Joost Stokhof transforms daily observations into a tangible experience with a collection of handmade wooden sculptures. Inspired by the felt-tip marker drawings in his visual journal, these sculpted snapshots offer glimpses into specific scenes accompanied by fragments of poetry, as if you are able to hear just one or two lines of a song that was playing at that very moment. Each sculpture appears to connect to a distinct memory, yet there's an absence of concrete context. Coupled with the small poems on the pedestals, this stirs a wistful longing for that particular summer, a past love, or an unfulfilled resolution.

The bold colors of the screen-printed lines are a direct reference to the original drawings, all created with Stokhof’s go-to material: felt-tip markers made for kids. It’s this contrast between the nostalgic message and its loose and bold linework that makes these sculptures more than they appear to be at first sight.

Small things that are often ignored or overlooked tend to play a huge part in the work of Dutch illustrator Joost Stokhof. During the drawing process he tries to understand and explain himself and the world around him – an almost impossible task that nevertheless results in striking snapshots. Accompanied by poetic text fragments, the drawings become visual diaries that invite the viewer to discover their own narrative in the artisanal interplay of lines. Human behavior, nature and themes like mental health often get mixed up in a humorous and poetic way.