Cherish and Relic

For what remains

Sofie Boonman designs and creates objects and jewelry that contribute to cherishing and preserving precious memories and offer comfort in times of loss and grief. During DDW, her work will be shown by Pennings Foundation, coinciding with the exhibition LOSS on view there.

The exhibition is about the loss of someone, the impact of that on your life, and how you cope with it. Sofie’s work offers space for what remains - the memories, the feelings - to allow them to be there, to give them a place, literally and figuratively, to draw support from them. Her work offers a way to cope with loss.

Sofie Boonman (1978) graduated cum laude from the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht (2002). Sofie works independently and on commission from her studio in Eindhoven. She has worked on commission for Microsoft Amsterdam, the Municipality of Helmond, and the City of Maastricht. With the three Voelvorm models she won two International Funeral Awards. Since 2018, Sofie has also been working from the Koesterkamer, a place where her designs, revolving around cherishing and supporting, come together.