In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of 16 million people, we have 12 million pigs. And well, of course, the Dutch can't eat… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Generally, our products today are so cheap, you know there's something wrong. Things are not made in a good way. I want… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Generally, our products today are so… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I followed this one pig with number '05049,' all the way up until the end and to what products it's made of. And in… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
In interior decorating, the pig's actually quite there. It's used in paint for the texture, but also for the glossiness. In sandpaper, bone glue… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
Even if you are genuinely interested in what is in your products, it is extremely difficult and often impossible to find out. — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I bought a year's production of flax from a single field owned by a Dutch producer. That's 10,000 kilograms of flax, enough to enable… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
In soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent, but also for giving it a pearl-like effect. — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I discovered that bone china was a British invention, which had been developed by a pottery sited next to a slaughterhouse - 'bone' china,… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
