Elsbeth Pluimers’ Sculptural Narratives

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 sciences and of Asian traditions, she makes her works in clay, bronze and glass. Her quest started once in the fossils cabinet of 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), Frans Hals Museum (NL) and Gallery kunstRUIM Amsterdam (NL).
In addition to the Netherlands, works can be seen in Hamburg (GER), 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.