Arte Verde

"The Lilliputian worlds within each Living Terrarium remain open to the air through one small opening allowing each hand-blown container to be filled with intricate tiny, living plants. The collaborative spirit is at the core of this living work, through its engineering, fabrication and eventual care-taking encouraging a devotional relationship between the caretaker, vessel, and its contents."

http://www.paulahayes.com/

Nature is the medium, 2007

You can use whatever you want to express yourself
A pen
a brush
a guitar
a photo-camera
a needle… etc.

Every instrument has its proper use and its limits: a language.
Every language has its technique.
Every technique has its art.

Strijdom van der Merwe has chosen to use nature as a instrument.

Come with me, 2011

Relatum with four stones and four irons, 1978.

Schlosspark Haus Weitmar, Bochum, Germany.

Nest Rotterdam“, 2008