Nachtslak, or night snail in English, is inspired by slugs, queer beings who mostly come out at night due to lack of a protective shell.
I graduated fine art in 2011 as a painter, after doing several side jobs I realised I really need a job where I can use, and develop my creativity. After trying and failing several things, I landed on tattooing 10 years ago, which I still love a lot. Needles and brushes have very different benefits as tools, and I especially love it when I get to combine them for the same project.
The raw feeling of drawing and painting materials is an important element in my work, as well as contrast. The contrast between light and dark, texture and smoothness, seriousness and playfulness, conceptual and material.
Experimentation is a big part of my creative process. I like to explore a wide array of subject matter and play around with material expression. New elements are frequently introduced into my designs. In most of them, abstraction plays a role. Whether it’s completely abstract, or an abstracted figurative form or composition. I see my work as playful with a dark edge.
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