About me

Afke van Herpt (​she/they)
afkevanherpt @ gmail.com

I am from the south of the Netherlands (near Eindhoven). Creating is the only thing I ever really wanted to do. I have been playing around with arts and crafts since I was little, though now, several decades later I have specific favourite materials of course.
My creating is mainly divided into drawing and crafting. In all of these, nature is my biggest inspiration; people, animals, green growing stuff!

Drawing I have been doing for the longest time. I can't say I really have a specific style, because I don't like to repeat myself. I like variation, and experimenting with new materials. Though I keep going back to Copic markers (I first purchased some in 2007), pencils and ink.
I also started carving my own stamps in 2017.

Crafting is a rather small umbrella-term for a whole lot of different things I make.
One material I use is polymer clay. I mainly use Fimo, and though I have also had little bits and pieces of this since childhood, I really started exploring this medium since 2014. 
I taught myself how to knit in 2011, mainly because I really liked the idea of yarn bombing. It is still my favourite knit-project to do, because I can let my mind wander, just playing with colours. I also started to combine knitted pieces with clay parts in 2017, and exploring more mixed media options, including sewing, in 2018.
The main results coming out of this is puppets. I really wanted to make a puppet for a Halloween activity I co-organise, and in 2019 I made my first few.

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​This site was last edited in Oct 2023.​

Exhibitions

Telg², Hooge Mierde (2023) NL.
Telg, Hooge Mierde (2018) NL.
Kunst in Uitvoering, Eersel (2013, 2014) NL.
D'n Anloôp, Hoogeloon (2012) NL.
Muzenval, Eersel (2011) NL.
4 Generaties, Moergestel (2008) NL.
WAK Gluren bij de Buren in Balen (2008), Meerhout (2009) BE.
Libraries in Bergeijk (2012), Bladel (2008), Hapert (2008, 2010), Reusel (2012), Valkenswaard (2010) NL.