Pluimers’s Sculptures

Under the title Golden Spike, Elsbeth Pluimers shows literally and figuratively a visual language of her fascination with the creation of the Earth. 

From her knowledge of earth science and of Asian traditions, she made her works in clay, bronze and glass. Her quest tarted in the fossils cabinet of the Teylers Museum (Haarlem-NL) and got direction by finding a volcanic bomb in the Auvergne.

Golden Spike sculptures have been exhibited at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam (HNR-NL), Wageningen University & Research (WUR-NL), Oertijdmuseum Boxtel (NL), National Bomenmuseum Gimborn Doorn (NL) and Gallery kunstRUIM Amsterdam (NL).
In addition to the Netherlands, works can be seen in Hamburg (FRG), Dourdan (F), Chongqing (CN), Beijing (CN) and the Yanggu Porcelain Museum (SK). 

The sculptures of Pluimers restore the roots with the Earth: the stratigraphy will be pierced layer by layer.