Project:Training for perfection as a maroquinier, focusing on patterns, prototypes and material research. Arsutoria School, Milan. Destination: Italy (Website)
Projects – In 2020: Construction of rigid leather products (France). In 2021: Perpetuating skills in Belgium: fur.Training given by a master craftsman. Destination: Belgium
Projects – In 2019, 2020 and 2021: Preservation of the book and paper in all their states. Centre de Formation et de Restauration du Patrimoine Ecrit, Tours. Destination: Belgium and France.
Project: Effective functional connectivity comparison of experiential acceptance and cognitive emotion regulation (PhD student in Psychology, University College London – United Kingdom).
Project: Further training in advanced techniques and finishes of jewelry and gemology (Japan and Switzerland – 2020). Computer Assisted Design – Advanced Jewelry Techniques and Finishes (United Kingdom, Italy, France – 2018)
Projects – In 2018: Advanced training of saddler-leatherwork and manufacture of trunks and custom-made boxes. Destinations: France, Switzerland. In 2021:Sheathing and the art of covering leather objects. Training at the Atelier Bettenfeld Rozenblum, Paris.Destination: France
Project: Reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide by first row transition metal electrocatalysts for application in drug design (Aarhus University, Denmark).
Project: Determining chromatin-related roles of the short non-coding RNA NEAT1_1 and paraspeckles in the cellular stress response (National Cancer Institute Bethesda, USA).
Ondersteuning: Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology and PhD in Experimental Medicine (Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie Pneumologie de Québec – Université de Laval, Canada).
Project: HIV STAR : HIV-1 sequencing after treatment interruption to identify the clinically significant anatomical reservoir (Westmead Institute for Medical research Sydney, Australia)
Projects – In 2017 and 2021: Advanced training towards a master craftsman in leather goods of excellence.Training given by two Japanese master craftsmen.Destination: Japan
Supported project: Take a customized vocational training at the ‘European Lettering Institute’ to perfect lettering and graphic knowledge and pursue the development of the ‘De Lettermakerij’ craft workshop.
Supported project: Take the ‘Dirigeant & Développement de Solvay Entrepreneurs’ course to enable the development of his enterprise and showcase his work.
Supported project: Train at the « Centre Artisanal de Création de Bijoux et de Techniques Textiles » to engage contact with other artisans as well as learn about new working methods, tools, and ways of thinking.
Supported project: Apprenticing the craft of tile making and reinvigorate the tile genuine to its artisanal fabrication. Apply it to historic as well as modern architecture.
Supported project: Follow several intensive courses for a 1-year period on repair techniques and parts manufacturing for saxophones with two renowned artisans in The Netherlands.
Supported project: Take a 9-month carpentry traineeship in Japan focused on the construction of modern and traditional Japanese houses and follow the construction of a solid wood house from start to end.
Supported project: Take traineeships to learn gilding techniques and bookbinding decoration as well as acquire necessary equipment for artisanal binding.
Supported project: Take a master class offering a theoretical overview and gain practice experience in the preventive and curative preservation of plastic.
Project: Training in vegetable dyes on wool and silk fibers (Belgium, 2020). Traineeship with Master Michel Garcia to perfect vegetal (plant-based) dyes on mixt fibres (2014).
Supported project: Apprenticing and specializing in stone carving and preservation at “Marcel Ziemons Steinbildhauerei PGMBH” in Raeren. Several learning and development sessions in Belgium.
Supported project: Follow a short intensive traineeship with two master cobblers in the UK and Sweden to learn traditional hand sewn shoemaking techniques.
Supported project: “Imprimer sur la voie publique” (« Print on Public Thoroughfare »), creation of a mobile typographical printing facility. Extend knowledge of different printing techniques by working for a 1-year period at printers, typographers, lithographers and screen printers with the aim to create a mobile typographical printing company.
Supported project: Apprenticing, through post-degree courses, confrontation & fusion of theories, techniques, applications and products used for the conservation & restoration of paintworks across Europe and the USA. Follow traineeship at museums and private studios in Europe and in the USA to develop knowledge in the restoration of art works.
Supported project: Take a master class with Czech master-glazier Martin Janecky in the Corning (New York) workshop and study the technique known as ‘Blowing and Sculpting – Inside the Bubble’.
Supported project: Development of an ancient craft, furnishing of art and leather gilding. Create luxurious leather accessories adorned in gold leaves.
Supported project: Complete a Master’s Degree at the University of York combining theoretical knowledge and practical & technical skills in history of arts, archeology, and conservation & management of cultural heritage.
Supported project: Follow a traineeship at the carpenter’s ‘Les Machines de l’île’ workshop in Nantes and get in contact with other carpenters, learn about different work methods, other tools and ways of thinking, and to master sculpture.
Supported project: Get settled as a metalsmith specialized in edge-tool making as well as in the renovation, repair and making of mechanical and hand tools.
Supported project: 4 to 6-month stay in the Far-East to discover skills, craft techniques and traditional materials related to the conservation and restoration of graphic arts in the Far-East.
Supported project: Complete an internship with David Adrian Smith and specialize in gilded glass, open a workshop in Brussels and publish a book on vernacular lettering.
Supported project: Obtain a Master’s degree in “Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management” at the university of York and bridge traditional artisan skills to scientific knowledge and research, and so develop a highly modern glass workshop.
Supported project: Follow a traineeship in Kyoto, Japan, to learn traditional techniques for the conservation and restoration of works of art, as well as the mounting of paper and silk paint works (Hyôgu).
Supported project: Support to her course in stone carving at the « Academie Beeldende Kunsten » in Anderlecht as well as the acquisition of quality stones for her works.
Supported project: Follow apprenticeships in 15 European countries to study the techniques of the Masters of stone work. Diploma-awarding European tour of the “European Master of Craft” delivered by the “European Association of Buliding Crafts and Design”.
Supported project: Follow a traditional traineeship in sculpture and stone carving to master classic methods such as clay modeling, work based on plaster models as well as classic academic drawing.
Supported project: Complete and extend current professional knowledge with goldsmithing techniques authentic to the traditional Bhuj (India) nomadic people.
Supported project: Upper castes testifying about their perceptions of Dalit communities history and inter-caste changes (Tamil Nadu). An oral history approach.
University: French Institute of Pondicherry (India – 12 months).
Supported project: The chinese perspectives on the international rule of law : origins, impacts and prospects for the emergence of a consensus on the rule of law at the international level.
University: Beijing Normal University (China – 6 months).
