Naaldwijk Watertower (NL)

Work in progress

Mimicry (NO) 2010-2012

Mimicry (NO) 2010-2012
Mimicry – I : ms. Seaborn Odyssey (46 wallobjects)
Mimicry – II : ms. Seaborn Sojourn (68 wallobjects)
Mimicry – III: ms. Seaborn Quest (46 wallobjects)

Barbara created compositions of coloured blown and hand formed glass objects in the atrium, library, restaurant and for the terminal lobby of three Norwegian Cruise ships.

Each ship has its own color palette that consists of multiple colors. The pieces are mouth blown and hand-formed, there is no equal. The silvering inside enriches the surface of the elements Mimicry.

Woongebouw, Huizen (NL) 2010

Monumental commission 48 windows

For the privacy of the residents the transparent windows next to the roomdoors are replaced by 24 under 24 above Windows with fully melted color decoration.

The forty-eight Windows, which refer to the four different life spheres, Christian, Domestic, Artistic and het Gooi have as theme the four elements: Heaven and Earth, Water and Fire.

Nautilus IJburg Amsterdam (NL) 2008

The entrance gate of the Theo Frenkelhof in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nautilus, imagines an eccentric landscape. It invites to submerging in a magical fantasy world, by showing a different reality, which could as well be located somewhere in the universe, under the sea or in the interior of the earth, yet always in the here and now.

Particular to the project is that the purchasers and the tenants of the Theo Frenkelhof were given the art work as a gift from de Alliantie and from Waterstad 3.

Kunst op Kamers, Graft-De Rijp (NL) 2006

Seres, ABN AMRO, Amsterdam (NL) 2004

Ceramics, polyurethaan, stainless steel, sand coating
Location: ABN Amro Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hanging Flower bud: Height 400 cm, Width 210 cm.
Standing Flower: Height 162 cm, Width 250 cm.

What initially began around 1996 as a few isolated objects inspired by flower buds and seed capsules gradually developed into a separate group.

Compactly composed buds evolved into lush flowers with leaves that seem to wave in the wind.

In their turn, the flowers transformed into underwater beings swaying along on the currents.

Fleurs de Mer I – II, ms. Zuiderdam en ms. Oosterdam 2002-2003

By far the largest piece of art of the Cruiseships ms Zuiderdam and ms Oosterdam are the Fleurs de Mer by Barbara Nanning (Holland); these huge wild roses with open centers forming focal points are suspended from the ceiling of the Vista Dining Room, gilded red/gold and with modern fiber optic illumination.

Uitvaartcentrum Daelwijck, Utrecht (NL) 2001

Galaxy, TNO/TPD, Eindhoven (NL) 1999

In 1999 Cor Unum was given the honor of developing a ceramic art project, to grace the new main building of TNO, then scheduled
to be built in Eindhoven (NL).

Cor Unum invited Amsterdam based Barbara Nanning to design the objects that together would form the imposing ceramic work
of art that now adorns this new building.

For her design of applied art in the new TNO building Barbara Nanning choose the theme of everlasting motion, a movement without end or beginning, the circle of life.
The artwork consists of 250 objects. These objects are placed so as to create an atmosphere of movement as they proceed from the atrium and wind their colorful way through the floors of the building utilizing the various concrete piers and pillars.

Barbara Nanning is a well known ceramic and glass designer in The Netherlands. Her work meets with great approval and appreciation accross the globe.

Originally a ceramist, she is constantly pursuing the limits and bounds of ceramic design.
An example: by developing a new colorful ‘skin’, built up from many layers filled with various types of sand and pure pigments, she has created new dimensions for contemporary ceramic art.
The bright, intense colors and a typical velvety feel make her work uniquely recognizable and very much admired.

Vis-à-vis, Wako City te Saitama, Japan 1997

The Training and Research Institute for Court Officials

For the Training and Research Institute for Court Officials in Japan I made benches for the Zen garden and along the sports fields.

Monument Mt. Fuji, Japan 1997

Monument for the Mt. Fuji: Petrified Dynamic Flow
Location: The public plaza of Tamaho branch of Gotemba City, (Shizuoka prefecture) Japan, 2007
(assistent Architect Paul van Leeuwen).
Polystyreen, ceramic moaic tiles, coating
Sizes: 570 x 380 x 280 cm.

The site is located in the Tamaho area in the Gotemba city, which has expanded at the foot of Mt. Fuji. There was equipped the monument that would be regarded as a landmark of the area and symbolize Mt. Fuji which is representative of Japan and Gotemba city. Barbara Nanning was bought into as an artist for the monument. She is a Dutch sculptor and keeps her creative activity, being greatly influenced by Japanese artistic culture and landscape. Red-burning earth energy, power of life, and light that gives to darkness. The monument shall draw bright scenery on public space in the branch and symbolize that Gotemba is the city with a great earth energy concealed.

Reclining Flowers Aalsmeer & Driebergen (NL) 1997-1999

Ceramic, glazed, terrazzo
ø 220 cm.

What initially began around 1996 as a few isolated objects inspired by flower buds and seed capsules gradually developed into a separate group.

Buds were also the departure point for several monumental commissions, such as for the Municipality of Aalsmeer, location Legmeerdijk / Hornmeerpark (1997) and for the Nationale Politie, Hoofdstraat 54 in Driebergen (1999). In collaboration with architect Paul van Leeuwen and the Hague-based company Struktuur ’68, man-sized sculptures arose that were assembled from glazed segments.

For these and many other of her monumental commissions, Nanning makes use of advanced computer designs. Moreover, she has developed types of finishes new to the industry that can be applied in large-scale projects.

Infinite Movement – VU (NL) 1992

I always work from the circle, it’s an archetype. The center of the circle is a resting point, from there, the movement emanates …
That’s what I do: capturing the essence of movement and growth in my work.
This is visualised by this sculpture Infinite Movement.
Location: Free University Amsterdam, Buitenveldertselaan, Buitenveldert, The Netherlands.