Hello, my name is Franziska
a visionary,
a human being,
an artist,
happy, sad,
in between,
serious and
funny…
contact@visionvessel.net
About me & my work
Art and creative processes have been a part of my life for many decades – as a form of expression, as an opportunity for reflection, and as a way of bringing inner processes to the surface.
Change, transitions and settling into new life situations are experiences that have shaped me. They have sharpened my understanding of just how closely external upheavals and inner processes are intertwined.
Drawing on this experience, I decided to study art therapy and to explore in depth how creative support can be made effective and vibrant even in an online setting.
Today, I work with people who are going through periods of reorientation or who wish to understand themselves better. In my work, I combine creative methods with an open, mindful eye for what emerges during the process.
My work is shaped by trust in the creative process and the belief that each person already carries within them what they need for their own journey.
My role is to create a space in which new perspectives can emerge.
My journey in brief...
Education
Master’s in Art Therapy – HKS Ottersberg
Art studies – Minerva Academy, Groningen
Time and inner shaping
Growing up in the late 1980s – in a time of upheaval, uncertainty and ‘no future’.
A world without constant digital connectivity, where many things were slower but more immediate.
A mind that was often alert, unable to switch off – with a keen perception of moods, nuances and unspoken things.
Sometimes also the struggle to intuitively understand social codes such as small talk.
What has shaped me...
Growing up between two cultures –
with the feeling of being caught between belonging and feeling like an outsider.
Experiences of departure, farewell and new beginnings, which run through various phases of life – right up to the present day.
Encounters with mortality and loss, as well as with inner crises in which the familiar balance was lost.
Living in different cultural contexts and repeatedly settling into new environments.
Time and again, the feeling of belonging and yet being different – visible, welcome, and yet not quite belonging.