Photography: Ton Vol s

Text : Mai ré O' Shea

Copyri ght Peter ten Lohui s 2015

At the moment , there i s no other opt i on but to

make what I make. These days I ' m i nspi red by

the human heart and the j ourney between

vul nerabi l i ty and trust . I carry on wi th thi s

j ourney and see where i t take me wi thi n my

heart .

Peter ten Lohui s

Dat i k j e mi s

The cl oth i s damask. It represent s

tradi t i on to me. The di nner tabl e

al ways had a damask tabl ecl oth on

i t . Every meal of the day was l ai d

on i t . We di scussed and di gested

food, but al so what was goi ng on

that day i n our l i ves, my fami l y

and me.

I don' t want to copy thi s pat tern.

I have broken wi th that tradi t i on.

In my work and l i fe I don' t l ay

thi ngs out . It j ust happens. It i s

i nst i nct i ve. The green i s the

col our of copper when i t get s wet .

A natural process . Copper goes back

to earth i n the end no mat ter what

you do. The bl ue i s the col our of

motherhood, of mother, back to

earth. The source of l i fe.

Ne me qui t te pas

It woul d have been more appropri ate to cal l thi s " don' t

l eave me thi s way" .

The cl oth here i s damask agai n but thi s t i me i t has to do

wi th breaki ng away from the tradi t i on of pai nt i ng on

l i nen. It ' s about rel ease. I create a di fferent worl d for

mysel f. It gi ves me somethi ng to hol d on to.

The damask pat tern chal l enges me to fi ght , to change, to

transform, to get caught up i n the fi ght . It has to do

wi th the fi ght agai nst bei ng l eft al one. The abrupt

si l ence. Nothi ng more to say. The rel i ef of sayi ng " I

l ove you" before i t was too l ate, but havi ng no chance to

say goodbye.

Al so sprach Zarathustra

I ' ve been i n Indi a a l ot . The peopl e I

stayed wi th were Parsi . Zarathustra was a

prophet . He l i ved i n 1 , 200 bc and the Pari s

st i l l bel i eve i n hi m.

They have three basi c rul es . Thi nk good.

Speak good. Do good.

The cl oth i s more of an Arabi c pat tern.

Zarathustra l i ved i n Mesopotami a. There are

three symbol s on the cl oth. I wanted to

symbol i se that I needed to to gi ve a form to

how si mpl e l i fe can be. That I coul d l i ve by

three rul es . I want to escape from the

compl exi ty of l i fe. To deal wi th the anger

of what was done to me by not fol l owi ng

these rul es . The anger of what i s done to

me, what I do to mysel f and what I do to

others .

Don' t stop me now

Thi s pai ni ng wi l l be get t i ng me out

of my comfort zone. I want to

shi ne.

I ' m l ooki ng forward to i t . I ' ve

been confronted wi th my pai ns and

my anxi et i es . They wi l l st i l l be

there. They gi ve me freedom and

strength to be mysel f. To do what I

feel i s good to do. Not to do what

feel s good.

I know that I ' m surrounded by l ove.

The red makes me shi ne more. The

feel i ng of the col our red. Of the

l ove.

Peter ten Lohuis

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