II CONTACT & BIOGRAPHIE
 Stephen Bel |
II BIOGRAPHIE“I have been crazy about making objects since my childhood,I have grown up thinking about engines, machines..all the time. Nobody believed in me, people thought I was mad or even a crank. I still remember what people used to say: “ It will never work ! Unfortunately at that time, I couldn’t prove that every project can be carried out. …When I became a teenager, those dreams went to sleep deep in my memory and from then on, I spent my time looking for modifications especially forthe mopeds in order to improve their performances . Then when I was 18 , I decided to be a ilermaker. Therefore, I learnt some welding techniques, how to work with metal and I managed to make a “small moped”’ which was my youthful dream.
Since that day, my philosophy as en “just make it”, so a lot of my childhood-dreams have been fulfilled and I have carried out plenty of projects. I have managed to develop some artistic techniques looking at people working, observing hand-made objects and it has enabled me to go beyond my limits .
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Today, 7 years after the beginning of what I’d call my “real life”, people’s attitudes have changed: the cranky person has become an artist