[UN]Apparent worlds
Between fragment and meaning
Miniature worlds between natural history observation and free imagination are created from botanical fragments, seeds and inconspicuous found objects. Bird sculptures made from seed capsules, insect art from plant remains and everyday found objects – in my miniature assemblages, the smallest things become the protagonists.
In collage and assemblage, I place these materials in new relationships. What at first seems familiar often turns out to be different on closer inspection.
You are invited to take a closer look and develop your own associations.
At second glance, the small becomes big.
In the miniature compositions, countless parts interlock in just a few centimetres – a network of found objects and shapes. What originally didn’t belong together comes together harmoniously – between sugary sweet and morbid.
The works invite you to take a closer look –
and perhaps also to question your own perception.
Because it often only becomes apparent at second glance,
that the familiar is not quite as clear-cut as it seems.
Size 22 x 22 cm
I even assign a meaningful framework to the last remnants.
The materials are carefully stabilized and permanently presented in high-quality object frames with low-reflection glass and UV protection.
The works are created in different formats –
from intimate miniatures to larger pictorial spaces.
Each work is individually framed in my studio
and unfolds its effect individually or in combination with others.
[UN]Apparent worlds
Some of my works are reminiscent of historical nature cabinets or
natural history collections – insect art in the spirit of the cabinet of curiosities, but with a strictly [UN]scientific order
Nature and found objects, chance and composition tell stories about perception, values and change.
Caution: May contain traces of poetry.
About me
As an artist, I live and work in Bad Pyrmont in the Weserbergland region.
I appreciate the freedom to think without fixed categories.
That suits me – because my materials don’t particularly like to adhere to established orders either.
You can find insights into series, work processes and thoughts under these links and in the journal.
![View of the room installation "Change needs courage" during the exhibition "[UN]seeming worlds"](https://hohlweg.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IS-Ausstellung-Bad-Arolsen__HOH7585_HDR-e1755373064971.jpg)
A letter from the studio
Some things only become apparent at second glance.
About once a month I write about new works,
about found objects that suddenly mean the world,
and about the idiosyncratic ways in which they become part of my pictures.
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when new works are available.
