Manner of working

Françoise van den Bosch worked directly in the material. The many small models and proofs, onto which she drew markings in felt-tip, show exactly how she worked. In the collection of the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation numerous examples of these can be found. Research was essential to Françoise's work. In an interview with Hans Vogel in the Amsterdam Parool daily of 13 May 1975, she explains: "I've always worked with metals. Metals are extremely hard, they challenge you. Metal reflects something, it is resilient, it also works against you and you can hurt yourself. I find it fascinating to explore all these characteristics". And about her early period, after graduating from the Academy of Art, she says: " I cast off all those fixed associations and tried to discover new things. And not in the sense of: could that bracelet actually be worn".