Dutch artist Diederick Kraaijeveld constructs truly unique photo-realistic collages from salvaged wood. His images are icons plucked from the contemporary Diaspora: Chuck Taylor Converses, a Magnum .44, a roll of dollar bills, a pack of cigarettes, a VW van. Kraaijeveld’s pieces have all been beautifully created from genuine, coloured vintage wood that the artist himself collects as he ...

100 cm x 130 cm x 7 cm (individual piece 100 x 55 cm x 7 cm) Assemblage of found and salvaged wood. The black piece is charred salvaged wood. Diederick Kraaijeveld/Oudhout The Netherlands I only work with found wood, that I do not paint. Sometimes I use a torch to color the materials. The White House 2020 represents my feelings about what is happening in the American society right now. The ...

Diederick Kraaijeveld (Oudhout/Oldwood, The Netherlands, 1963) builds classic and modern icons in vintage reclaimed wood; a Coke Can, Steve McQueen or a pair of Chuck ...

Diederick Kraaijeveld is a sculptor that works with salvaged wood that is sourced in abandoned buildings, beaches, city dumps and ruins all over the world. With those pieces of wood, considered worthless by most people, Kraaijeveld creates monumental icons of desire… He only uses the painted wood in its original colors, and does not use any paint.

I collect skulls. Human skulls. In my opinion the wood that I find, with all its stains and cracks and dents, fit PERFECTLY to create skulls…

About Diederick Diederick Kraaijeveld (Oudhout/Oldwood, The Netherlands, 1963) builds classic and modern icons in vintage reclaimed wood; a Coke Can, Steve McQueen or a pair of Chuck Taylors (All Star sneakers)...

The Millennium Falcon With 230 cms wide, it is one of the largest pieces I have created so far (2016). In this piece, as I have done before, I used templates and spraypaint for some of the details in the work. Private collection Blaricum Holland.

Diederick Kraaijeveld (Oudhout/Oldwood, The Netherlands, 1963) builds classic and modern icons in vintage reclaimed wood; a Coke Can, Steve McQueen or a pair of Chuck ...

My wife Aulia and me encountered this Air Unit truck while bicycling Seattle one summer. I immedeately fell in love with this car. A friend of mine who knows everything about graffiti, told me the spray can letters say ‘Air Unit’ too! Private collection Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

One of my heroes, Jeff Bridges….starring in one of my all time favorite movies, The Big Lebowski. I really like portraits in black and white (and grey).