Losing The Way While Walking

'Losing the Way While Walking' was created after Isabelle's journey through Asia in 2024, the works trace an emotional and geographical map of that experience. From the mist-covered mountains of Ha Giang in Vietnam, to the quiet rituals of Tokyo, and the raw, elemental nature of Bali, each sculpture holds a fragment of place, memory, and mood. As a Dutch artist with Chinese-Indonesian roots, the journey was more than a search for inspiration. It was a way of stepping away from the familiar to find recognition in another part of her heritage. In these places, she discovered echoes of her own identity reflected back to her in unexpected ways. Emerging from sketches made during the trip, the works are not just visual recollections, but translations of still moments: the silence of a forest, the pattern of rain, the texture of an unfamiliar city. The sketchbook became a vessel for impressions, and the sculptures give them new, tactile life. 'Losing the Way While Walking' embraces the beauty of getting lost, of wandering without a fixed purpose, and allowing the landscape to shape not just the route, but the inner terrain.