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My name
is Yvonne (1959), I am married to Tom and we have two teen age sons, and 3
ragdoll cats named Lucy, Otto and Jazz.
We live in a small town in the north of the Netherlands. Our street is
called 'Cypressenlaan' or Cypress lane in English.
And that’s where the name 'Sandrak' comes from. 'Sandrak' means fossilized
resin of the cypress tree.
It is the name of our house, but also the name I use for all my creative
activities.
Since I was 19 years old I have had Crohn’s disease.
Strangely enough this has been a curse as well as a positive element in my
life.
A curse because of all the limitations I have to live with.
Positive, because these limitations gave me an opportunity to find a
creative source in myself,
which I probably would not have discovered otherwise.
One of them is modelling trolls. The first were inspired by the famous Dutch
artist Ria Odijk, but more and more they got their own characteristics.
With every pot of modeling material I bought, I knew there was one of these
little creatures in there.
I just had to make it come out. It is always a surprise who comes out of a
lump of clay. There are no two alike.
Lots of them are living in our house and with friends and family.
I also
started drawing these little creatures and writing stories about them.
My first children's book was published in April 2004, the English version in
June 2004.
Both are available through this website.
Besides
all this I enjoy working on my website with stationery, animations and
digital pictures.
Recently I started learning how to write my own HTML scripts. In the future
they will also find a place on my website.
You can reach the main page of my website by clicking the 'Home' button.
From there you can get to all different sections.
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