Mathieu Weemaels huiles et pastels

I need your help to realize a complete book of 176 pages about my work since years 1980 until today : 2019

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Contributions

03/12/2019

End date

€15,580

Out of €5,000

312 %

Mathieu Weemaels huiles et pastels

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for this incredible start of crowdfunding operation. In only 2 days, we reached 100% of the amount ! this seems to be very rare, and it's an incredible joy and pleasure for me as you can imagine ! One week later, we are at 200% which was the real amount I needed.  So, I decided to add 32 pages with paintings, new texts, images of the studio, or work in progress, details of paintings. I also decided to bring some technical improvement : the pages will be sued instead of glued which is much better and more solid. Total of pages is : 208.   What if it continues evolving that way? I am thinking at a limited edition of hard cover books for the people who participated.  But one thing at the time, I let you now discover the project as it was before this incredible start... My book will count 176 pages, with more than 200 works :  paintings, pastels, drawings and several texts. It's the result of almost 30 years of painting.  Of passionate work, joys, pains, doubts, curiosity, and of course love.  That's what it is in fact ! <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/562122/Capture_d__cran_fleur_et_bol-1546274531.png" width="100%" /> It is a quality work that I plan to do : good paper, good binding ... "Either I do it really well or I don't do it at all" The chosen printing press is Belgian and famous (Albe De Coker). So I will be present all along the printing process and colors tests. For an art book it's essential ! The format will be 27x22cm, with a square back glued which is another sign of quality as I have been told.  <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/562121/Capture_d__cran_caban-1546274462.png" width="100%" />   I m a Belgian painter living and working in Brussels. Showing my work in Belgium but also in several other countries. In 2009, I had the idea of making a book of 20 pages or so to present to galleries, collectors. Finally I made a book of 84 pages ! Almost ten years later, I decided to make a new book, with my recent work. This is the subject of this Crowdfunding operation. This new book will count 176 pages. Beginning around 1990 with my first work and arriving in 2018 with my most recent paintings.  <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/558865/Capture_d__cran_2018-12-06___19.58.09-1544123276.png" width="100%" /> You will also find texts of mines explaining different aspects of my work. Why and how ideas came. All of them are in French and in English.  <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/560409/nus-1544989786.png" width="100%" /> I also proposed to friends and fellows painters to write about my work : their impressions, their feeling, their ideas. I didn't expect praises and super-positive comments, just their feelings, their ideas and with their own words. These texts are left in their original languages. Like here, the beautiful text of Dean Fisher, American painter. All of them are translated at the end of the book in French and in English.  <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/558882/DEan_F-1544125790.png" width="100%" /> Text from Eduardo Alvarado, Spanish painter.  <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/562125/Capture_d__cran_Eduardo-1546276404.png" width="100%" />I began that long work little by little, in 2015 approximatively, taking time to choose the paintings, the paging, the texts. I have been helped by professionals of paging.    <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/558874/Capture_d__cran_2018-12-06___20.00.28-1544125007.png" width="100%" /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/558875/Capture_d__cran_2018-12-06___19.59.49-1544125041.png" width="100%" /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/560408/trip_nus-1544989763.png" width="100%" /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/562226/autoportrait_CF-1546382067.png" width="100%" /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/560430/dessins3-1544992288.png" width="100%" /> <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/560414/toit_plat-1544990423.png" width="100%" />     <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/560417/cubes-1544990707.png" width="100%" />   <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/558867/Capture_d__cran_2018-12-06___20.04.01-1544123675.png" width="100%" />

Allocation of funds

The crowdfunding operation will be used to print the book. Because if I want to do things properly, have good paper, a beautiful presentation, good colors etc .... it has a cost, which I can not stand alone. I decided to propose here to reach 5000€ but this is just a bit more than half of the total amount I need in reality. If we succeed at reaching the total sum I need, and let's dream, if we get even higher, I will see with the printer if we can do something to improve the book. Like additional pages, or thicker cover...and all these improvements will benefit to all of the donators! This would be great! At the opposite, if we don't succeed at reaching at least the first level of 6000€, all the money sent for the project will be returned to the donators in integrality. That's the guarantee of KissKissbakbank Platform.  But, I hope this won't happen.  I didn't chose the printer only depending of the cost. The major thing is : quality.  ALBE DE COKER is a famous and renowned printer specialized in art books. People I know who have been working with them have been extremely satisfied by their results.  https://www.albedecoker.com/fr/ Another important point for me is the fact that they have environmental preoccupations :  <img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/562127/Capture_d__cran_Albe_DC_english-1546277548.png" width="100%" />8% of the proceeds are donated for the costs of the operation: to KissKissBankBank (5%) and bank charges (3%).

Rewards

Drink in the studio

€10

3 contributions

Thanks ! For this first step, I ll invite you for a drink in my studio when the book will be printed.

image from the book ( print )

€20

9 contributions

Thank you ! For this second step, I ll send you a print from the new book, or from the previous one. These images make part of the tests done during the printing process. This image wil be signed of course.

print + 10 postcards

€30

1 contribution

Thank you very much ! Here, you willll recieve the print + 10 postacards like this one. Sent to your house

the book

€40

40 contributions

Thank you very much !!!! Here we are! The star of this crowdfunding operation : the book. 208 pages with more than 200 paintings represented. Hours, days, months , years of painting, of pleasure, of passion, of difficulty of joy and pain. This is what this book is exactly. Here, the shipping is not included. You must come and pick it up in my studio. If you want to recieve it by mail, it's the next step .

My book + print + postcards +shipping anywhere in the world

€50

66 contributions

Thank you very much ! I propose here exactly the same as for the previous step, excepted that you will recieve the book in your letter box : the shipping is included . As a compensation for the extra-cost due to the shipping, and if it doesn't make the box too heavy, I'll put inside a few postcards and images from my previous book. I forgot to mention : I will sign book and prints with pleasure.

Book + postcards + prints + shipping

€75

4 contributions

Thank you again. Here, I will send you a great box with : the book + 10 postcards and a signed print. You will recieve this in your letterbox anywhere in the world.

Book and drawing

€100

19 contributions

Thank you again ! This is a step that I especially appreciate. You ll recieve the book with an original drawing inside. Both will be signed of course: book and drawing ! It's a black and white drawing, size around 10x15cm. Here the shipping is not included. Iif you want to recieve it in your letterbox.... see the next step.

Book and drawing + print + cards + shipping

€110

9 contributions

Thank you ! Here is exactly the same as the previous step excepted that the shipping is included, so that you will recieve all in your house anywhere in the world : book and drawing. As a compensation for the extra-cost due to the shipping, and if it doesn't make the package too heavy, I will also send you a print from my previous book or a few postcards, or both included in the sending. Once again, I ll sign book and print if you like it.

Original drawing + book + cards + shipping

€200

2 contributions

Thank you very much ! I will send you an original drawing of mid-dimension, bigger and more complex than in the previous step. Like this bowl on a table, or a preparatory drawing for a painting included in the book such as the oil painting called " Florinda" or the last self portrait. Dimensions approx: 20x20cm (8x8inches). . Of course, I will also send you the new book. And like for the previous step, if the package is not too heavy, I will also send you a few postcards and prints.

Drawing + book + cards + prints

€300

3 contributions

Thank you so much ! Here, I propose you some very precious drawings, precious for me. Some of them, like this self portrait 30x20cm ( 8X12 inches ) are present in the book around page 160. Some others represent my wife sleeping or complex interiors. You will also recieve the book included in your box and a few cards and a few prints. Still and again, it will depend on the weight of the package.

oil pastel + 2 books + cards + print

€400

4 contributions

Thank you again! I will send you here an oil pastel on wood or paper. Some representing a landscape like this one dating from the end of last summer. Others are scenes with objects on a table, bowls, fruits. Dimensions around 20x20cm or 8X8 inches. You wil also recieve 2 books, a few cards and an extra print in the package. All this will arrive in your letterbox. No need to say that I will sign them.

Oil pastel on wood + 2 books + cards + print + your name

€650

2 contributions

Thank you so much !! For this high step, I will send you one of the 3 oil pastels present in the book.. The two others are also favourites of mines. You wil also recieve two books, a few cards and an extra print in its pages. All this will arrive in your letterbox. By reaching this step, you are becoming a very important contributer for this book. So, I propose you if you like the idea, to write your name somewhere at the end of the book. Something like special thanks to.......

Estimated delivery: April 2019

oil painting + 2 books + cards + image + your name

€750

Thank you very much for your precious help. As a counterpart, I will send you an oil painting 30x30cm ( 12X12 inches ) like this one representing my little bottles of linen oil present in different pastels of my first years. You wil also recieve two books with postcards and an extra print in their pages. All this will arrive in your letterbox. By reaching this step, you are becoming a very important contributer for this book. So, I propose you if you like the idea, to write your name somewhere at the end of the book. Like special thanks to.......

oil paintng + 2 books + postcards + image + your name

€800

2 contributions

Thank you! I propose you an oil painting like this one representing my garden, or others... Size : 12x8 inches. And once again, you wil also recieve the book, I should say 2 books with an extra print in its pages. And a few postcards. All this will arrive in your letterbox. By reaching this step, you are becoming a very important contributer for this book. So, I propose you if you like the idea, to write your name somewhere at the end of the book. Like special thanks to.......

oil painting + book + print + postcards + your name

€900

Thank you so much! I will be glad to send you one of my oil paintings 40x40cm ( 16x16 inches ). Like this one, figuring in the book. Like in previous steps, I will also send you 2 books, some postcards and prints. All this will arrive in your letterbox. By reaching this step, you are becoming a very important contributer for this book. So, I propose you if you like the idea, to write your name somewhere at the end of the book. Like special thanks to.......

oil painting + book + image + your name

€1,000

1 contribution

Thank you very much for your precious help. As a counterpart, I will send you an oil painting around 45x45cm or a little bit more. To chose together. And again, you will recieve 2 books, a few cards, and prints in the package. All this will arrive in your letterbox. By reaching this step, you are becoming a very important contributer for this book. So, I propose you if you like the idea, to write your name somewhere at the end of the book. Like special thanks to.......

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original drawing + 2 books + print + cards

€350

1 contribution

Thank you very much ! This drawing is very important for me. That s why you ll also find it in my new book around the page 160. I decided to propose it in this crowdfunding operation. 30x20cm or 8x12 inches. You will also recieve 2 books, a few cards and an extra print in the package. All this will arrive in your letterbox. Of course I will sign all of them.