PIM VAN NUNEN

 JUST LIKE HOME | 2022

SCRAP WOOD, VINTAGE DRAWERS, FOUND TIMBER AND VINTAGE FABRIC.

WHEN MY MOTHER MOVED TO A SMALLER AND SAFER APARTMENT SHE HAD TO SELL THE FAMILY HOME. IT WASN’T EASY FOR HER TO LEAVE ALL THE MEMORIES AND HER BELOVED GARDEN BEHIND. BUT SHE WAS GIVEN VERY LITTLE CHOICE KNOWING HER DEMENTIA WAS MAKING IT TOO HARD TO STAY. ONLY WHEN SHE SETTLED IN HER NEW ENVIRONMENT I REALISED THAT WE WOULD NEVER MEET AGAIN FOR DINNERS AND CELEBRATIONS IN OUR OLD HOME. ALTHOUGH I NEVER FELT ATTACHED TO IT I REALISED I LOST SOMETHING. CREATING THIS BOARDED UP LITTLE COTTAGE REPRESENTING THE OLD FAMILY HOME HELPED ME TO ACCEPT AND CLOSE THE CHAPTER.