Ben Sledens

Laura Silva

Knee-high textile boot featuring embroidered palm trees on a gradient fold-out panel, an extended square Perspex sole and a sculptural heel. First year SASK, d’Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas in Belgium, 2026.

Inspired by Belgian figurative painter Ben Sledsens. By magnifying and idealizing elements from nature and his daily life, he creates a utopian world in his large-scale works in which he would like to live. Nature and art history are his main sources of inspiration.

Photo’s by Hessel Waalewijn.


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