Diederik Storms

Diederik Storms is busy making the invisible visible through his sculptures.

“Nature, more than anything else, confronts me with the question of what is invisibly present behind all that is alive”.

To this end he brings together contrasting materials, the solid, in the form of petrified wood, old tree trunks, stone, steel and the transparent; plexiglass, which enables Storms to “sculpt with light”.

He does this inside an old factory, now his studio, using techniques such as milling and chafing to carve his creations, sometimes even utilizing fine dental instruments.

The transparancy the plexiglass offers, acts as a literal spyhole on that which could also be a suggestion of another hushed reality. In this, light plays an important role. The different shades of light intensity of the plexiglass give a continuously changing view of the visible image.

Storms resides in Noordwolde, North Holland. His work features in many collections and has been exhibited extensively throughout Germany and The Netherlands as well as being shown at international art fairs.