About CECE.
CECE is a project I’ve been working on for many (and by that I mean MANY) years. When both my grandparents passed away shortly after each other, I found comfort and inspiration in the books they left behind. One of the books was filled with Egyptian statues and after an afternoon of collaging CECE’s first prototype was born.
CECE’s image is part of the MET Museum’s open access initiative. It’s an incredible resource that includes over 492,000 images of public-domain artworks from The Met collection.
That first prototype was made of styrofoam, cardboard and two not very silent clock mechanisms that ticked in an irritatingly uneven rhythm. “Can we PLEASE turn the clock off for a few hours” quickly became one of my flatmate’s catchphrases. But we also developed a language to talk about time in facial expressions. It’s almost 🙄 or I’ll meet them at 👀. It took me years to get the details of the piece in the right shape but it still makes me giggle just as much when I glance over and see CECE is making a funny face.
About Me.
Born and raised in the Netherlands / Live and work in London.
After 10 years in various design roles in consumer electronics and the public sector, I now work as a freelance designer / maker / artist. A big chunk of the motivation to make CECE available to other people came from wanting to spend less time behind the computer and more time making physical things (she says while typing her bio on her laptop). I am happiest when I get to make things with my hands, have lots of time to learn new things or spend time outside.