The Matsutake Mushroom only grows after destruction, like forest fires or a nuclear disaster. It starts with Ground Zero. Welcome on the landing page of the portfolio website of the rooted creative Elske.
Rooted in the Netherlans
Mycelium
Follow my roots into art direction, storytelling, design and research.
My practice unfolds through many threads. My threads grow across disciplines and I work non-linearly between fields, continuously exploring, researching, and changing.
From studying the art of advertising at the Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, to exploring creative and critical writing at Emily Carr University of Art and Design Vancouver, my path continuous toward cultivating curiosity, learning, and knowledge-making through educational experimentation at Minerva Academy Groningen.
Field Kit
A open-ended set of practices, perspectives, and tools for navigating ideas, connecting disciplines, and creating new ways of seeing.
