The sculptures by Sjaak Smetsers are like figures from a book of fables. They have personality in a human like fashion. Typically he uses a combination of glass and several metals like copper and bronze. The bird-like heads and the human feet are trademarks. His fascination for birds and nature in general started at an early age when his father often took him bird spotting. It’s easy to like these sympathetic works of art, but there’s always more to them than you might expect. Most of his creatures have two eyes on each side of their heads. This suggest they can show more than just one face, just like u humans. This sculpture has two human hands joined into prayer, or is it a greeting? They can be put away behind doors inside a small compartment inside the glass body. They can reappear on any occasion. Is the gesture genuine? We will never know. What we do know that is puts a smile on the face of many visitors to the museum.