Belgium Artist Is Bringing Life To Boot-Scrapers Through Her Work During COVID Pandemic

The pandemic has been hard on everyone as there is a limit to socializing due to health risks. However, Belgian artist Elke Lemmens has discovered a way to form bonds in the current situation.

As per a report in AP, she is putting her skills to good use. Using a community-building grant from Antwerp she is linking ordinary lives to extraordinary stories and bringing them to light by using boot-scrapers. Lemmens plans to install at least 50 miniature scenes in the old niches outside houses where families clean their shoes.

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¡°So many people have so many stories behind their doors,¡± she said.

Some lovely art

¡°Every one of these stories fits into one of these wooden cigar cases, and then I write the names of the property owners in chalk on the front,¡± she added.

Her plan is to put her creations in different neighborhoods around Antwerp.

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¡°Finding the figures is sometimes difficult,¡± she said.

¡°There are not a lot of models of people of colour or people in different religious dress and other things. I often need to paint these myself,¡± she added.