A story unfolds in the three cards. A perfect time for the artist to consider varied metaphorical options.

I like how the simple lines of this engraving turned out. The figure stands boldly on the paper, rejoicing in the freedom to the imagination.

A small print maps out a lost key with the name JAZZ, the only memento after they stole the bicycle.

"te bekijken maar even sterk geboeid" A small print depicts a man at work with bolt cutters on my bicycle lock. The embossed key remains as a keepsake.

I like the black center of this print and how the lines spiral outwards to form a fist.

When I drew the lines for this engraving, the strong and simple lines appealed to me. The title gives it a great scene of humor.

A drypoint engraving in an old telephone card. I like this print because you can faintly see the reserved numbers from the original card design.

Excellent news, not all options are taken.

In this print I present you with an opportunity to choose, but you can not select everything.

Artistry unfolds in discarded telephone cards' rebirth, transformed into funny images, a testament to upcycling's creative worth.

But just because it's normal, it doesn't mean it's inevitable. Stop feeling helpless and release.    

This title makes complete sense after the COVID19 lockdown. In the time of its making, this was a singular foresight.

Artists across the world, most of whom were already working part-time, on an informal basis or under precarious contracts prior to the pandemic, are struggling to make ends meet. We are experiencing a cultural emergency.

The title that I found in a dutch art catalogue fits the playful mood of the engraving. A large mountain man in a small village.

Finding and getting a job can be a challenging process.

The title was cut out from an old folder, and pasted on the print.

Detal< an embossed key.

Needle and thread, hand tools, hand made.

A variety of ways in which people may involve themselves in crime.

Include in your budget: artists’ fees.

Insert them into the payphone’s card reader to make a call

Similar to an engraving, a dry point is drawn with a needle or a sharp pen in a copper or zinc printing plate (without the use of an etching bath). In K_Van’s case, he used discarded phone cards as the printing plate.

The culture has been shaped largely eastern philosophies and religions like Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.

Unicellular organisms have simple emotional mechanisms to evaluate if a situation is favorable to survive.

Note: these prints have been shown in the Post and Telecommunication Museum, the Hague in 1997

Simplicity, clarity and directness.

There is an art of slowly disappearing.

I make print engravings using discarded cards.

In visual art, mixed media describes artwork in which more than one medium or material has been employed.

and have volunteers, who wear identifiable clothing like matching shirts, stand in the various rooms of the exhibition to help explain the work and make sure it does not get damaged.

Serve refreshments and let the visitors see the work.

The new bitcoin for art.

they skillfully seize the problems and situations of modern society from different levels and display them in a sensitive and unique way.

Using the boundaries of the plastic telephone card and the imprint of the electronic chip, I formed a dialogue in the form of a graphical story. HOw far have we surrendered ourselves?

The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China.

being such in essence though not formally recognized

this is a non-destructive way to open a lock without using the original key.

Using the boundaries of the plastic telephone card and the imprint of the electronic chip, I formed a dialogue in the form of a graphical novel. The Man speaks to himself.

Plastic telephone-cards and other reusable materials have supported the artist over the ages. Cards or cash are also welcome :)

He also appears to have been walking in a strange, empty, high-speed, vigorous, and ever-changing world if life.

Soon he will have to return to his non-art-related employment.

A sound engineer doesn't necessarily have to work with music

Do you think visual arts can help you in life?

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The secret, nurtures creativity, innovation and cultural diversity for all peoples across the globe.

Drawings where scratched into the surface of the card and then were inked and printed.

In this direct and simple drypoint print process, the image is cut directly into the plastic with a sharp knife.

making his personal commentary

It becomes necessary that each government contributes to the creation and support of an environment encouraging freedom of artistic expression, and also the material conditions facilitating the release of creative talent.

monnaie unique africaine

Some say this is only a grave designed to fool robbers.

To my regret, I must

A small print maps a village and the surrounding fields. The heart of the village is formed by the chip.

wonders of the world

Despite the simplicity, the drypoint is capable of much beauty and subtility.I like it for being autographic and direct.

Drypoint is only good a small number of  impressions, no more than 25 are taken from the plate.

Step 4) of the printing: At an easy pace, the print is passed through the press. 

Inking: With an old wine bottle cork spread a small amount of etching ink evenly over the surface area of the phone card, ensuring that the ink is rubbed into the grooves. The remaining ink is carefully removed from the surface of the card by rubbing the surface with old news print.

What can you bring? Planning ahead these days can be tricky. Packing properly can facilitate your travel experience. Not only at the airport.

A triptych is an artwork made up of three panels. This triptych illustrates the different stages of the other reader's spirituality. 

The prints are made with discarded phone cards. The phone cards we available in most countries in retail stores or corner stores. We used them on public payphones for domestic and international calls.

Drawings where scratched into the surface of the card and then were inked and printed. During a year K_Van made this series of 100 dry point prints, which shows a reflection of his life.

Before the mobile telephones, we used public payphones. You had to use telephone cards and insert them into the payphone’s card reader to make a call. Once the telephone credits were used up, the card was pretty much worthless, except for collectors and to the artist K_Van, who had a new application for the plastic card.

Before the mobile telephones, we used public payphones and telephonecards

Drawings where scratched into the surface of the card and then were inked and printed.

Hundreds of #elephant carcasses have been found scattered across a remote, narrow region of north Botswana. The mystery has dragged on for months.

Collage art a technique of pasting anything with everything .

The way of the artist.

Do you also have the feeling that this might last a lot longer?

note: the faint mirrored numbers in the print.

Do we have the courage to experiment by trial and error? Or has our time run out?

Resulting  #bio-methane can be injected into existing pipelines for a wide range of uses, such as vehicle fuel. Power cows

2700 Kelvin

More than 26,000 bicycles were reported stolen,  BBC London has learned. Take care to use a proper locking technique; back wheel + frame to a solid object.

It is normal to experience occasional anxiety. Information: anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia and in the  United States.

Clearly underwater environments are very relaxing.

You may think that donated works of art will find a permanent home in the museum of choice.  And that the art will be displayed and promoted under favorable terms. This is not the case. It is better to enjoy your art at home.

The economic and social working conditions of the artists are essential to reaffirm our grip on freedom of expression.

The roundness of the iris of the eye comes from the mechanical imprint of the chip on the plastic card during the print. In the image, it tells us that something remarkable has happened.

I made this drawing of a electronic device of some kind. The instructions tell us to turn it off, and it will turn on automatically. A rare find, such a turn on.

As our population continues to expand, the natural habitats of many animals shrink. Let us listen to their story.

A simple domestic still-life, a disconnected power cord, and a wall socket. You can feel the need for connection. Zink etching.

In the fusion of fast-paste print and past telecom relics, obsolete items find revival, stories on recycled materials.

The power of words and images. A title from a brochure I acquired in Seoul, South Korea.

With this print you can literally turn any room of your own home into an oddity.

The title came from a brochure from the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). Although we can not see the full figure of Madonna, we can imagine her to be luscious and lonely.

I found myself carving into plastic cards. Any art form can be used to entertain but also to create awareness. On the print you can see a faint 5 in reverse. The phonecard cost five dutch guilders in 1996. I think it would last a few phone calls.

This initial print was made in 1995. I found this dramatic title in 2020. It is a great combination of text and image.

The power of words and images. I took this title from a luxurious hotel brochure located in South Korea. I find the combination hilarious.

Every hour of the day I have my doubts. Yet I had no second thought about this title.

A man breaking the lock of a bicycle with boltcutters. The embossed key is a genuine leftover key from a stolen bicycle.

This series of prints deal with bicycles stolen or being stolen. I lifted the titles form a Rembrandt exhibition catalogue.

I present this double print on a one-sided bookcard. The print expressed a feeling of rejoicing.

I spend hours going through catalogues, newspapers, manuals, and brochures. The titles I cut out should fit exactly with the image. I love this one about noise and space.

Inspired by an image from a comic book, I used the image to create a dialogue between a collision of our own worlds.

Artists spend quite a bit of time observing the world around them. They ponder over things, people, the state of the world, nature, dialogues, mathematics, inner silence. Then they talk to themselves through their artwork. I paint and draw.

Using the boundaries of the plastic telephone card and the imprint of the electronic chip, I formed a dialogue in the form of a graphical novel. The Man speaks to himself.

Artistic freedom and creativity do matter. I express my anger, my love, my dire, my doubt, my humour, my inexpressible thoughts, my joy...

The simple lines cut into the plastic of the forms a simple and wide landscape. I think it gives enough space for 7 years of interviews about the question of artistic freedom.

The simple lines cut into the plastic form a simple landscape. 

The Future and Reality in reusing art is reading a new idea into each print. I page through old art catalogs and combine words with images. The print was made in 1998, I added the title in 2014

I go through countless catalogues to find just the right title for each print. My favourites are art brochures. This particular clipping comes from a video camera manual. The mechanical properties of the rounded eye congers up a feeling of a robot.

From telecom fade to artistic crusade

I cut the title about the performance from a dutch art catalogue. It captures the jolly mood of the print. The print was made in 1998, I added the title in 2015.

Telephone card remnants, silent, now echo tales, as printmaking breathes life into discarded plastics

Obsolete items, reborn in ink's embrace

Gosh, I would have loved to receive this recycled art brawl for my 50th. 

A funny clipping from an art catalogue makes this work complete. The print was made in 1997, the title came more than a decade later.

The title came from  a cultural guide. Find resurrection in prints.The title came from  a cultural guide.

This little clipping was cut from a UK real estate guide. Obsolete phone cards: now upgraded to art status

A testament to recycling in  form

The words in the print read: bicycle bicycle gone cycle.During the print process, I use a cork to spread the ink over the plate. With circular motions, I firmly press to make sure the ink goes into all the groves.

Obsolete relics, reborn in ink's embrace, whisper stories anew as art finds its place.

The workplace should mirror efficiency: machinery is well kept and arranged in an organized manner; work instructions are posted neatly for easy reading.  Reservations required. A workaround to a well-considered instruction.

The simple lines forming a balled-up fist scratched into the plastic of a used telephone-card carry a new vision of the future. I have reused the plastic and reused the artwork

Using printing techniques on old telephone cards, I have brought together fascinating shapes and formations that create landscapes. I found this particular classic title in an old catalogue. I cut it out and stuck it on the print.

The actual embossed key of a lost bicycle marks this print. The black ink of a drypoint print engraved on a discarded telephone card tells the sad story of a bicycle removed brutally from its holding place. Truly a key cultural relic.

Outstanding artists pick up their skills as they go. They focus on abilities to resolve problems out-side the box and encouraging curiosity and dialogue.

The elastic properties of the plastic telephone card make it ideal for the drypoint engraving. I use a special etching ink to print the image.  In 2015, I found this amusing title in a Dutch art catalogue.

Recycling can give you a handsome profit. Put a large number of telephone cards with a golden chip into a beaker. Now start adding hydrochloric acid. But wait, heed the warning. This is a print made with a recycled telephone card. A contribution from the artist towards sustainable development.

Similar to an engraving, a sharp pen is drawn into the printing plate (a discarded phone card). The print was pulled and later I found this anxious title in an art catalogue. I glued the title on the image.