Before I discovered stones I was already working 3 dimensionally, in a totally different field of work. My love for working in 3d is coming from my time at the Fashion Academy in Amsterdam. Especially the subject moulage, which gave me the opportunity to create what was in my minds eye, but clothes need zippers and other practical solutions and that didn't resonate with what I thought to be most important: the original form, freed from all additions.
In 2005 I began to work in stone. This material gives me the freedom which is necessary to visualise what I observe and feel. Most of the time I work without a plan. While working on the stone a shape will arise which I often don’t see coming. Its an intensive but rewarding process. My sculptures are mostly abstract and smoothly polished in organic shapes.
My name is Lisette Leegwater (1979) and I live and work in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Besides my free work I'm happy to consider commissioned work.
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