From February 9 – 28 April 2013 the exhibition Stitch takes place in the Karmel Klooster in Drachten, The Netherlands. Openings hours are Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 13:00-17:00. Eight textile artists from home and abroad display their work. Rosie James Louise Baldwin Joyce van Dongen This exhibition is really close to where I live, [...]
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Stitch!
February 12th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Textile Art
Tags:Joyce van Dongen·Karmel Klooster Drachten·Louise Baldwin·modern embroidery·Rosie James·textile art
Basket project
November 10th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Design, Textile Art
A lovely project and images … Her name is Dienke Dekker and she is a 4th year student at the Design Academy Eindhoven in The Netherlands. The basket weaving craft has been the inspiration for this project about imitation and reinterpretation of crafts. From imitation of bamboo structure, the step was made to silkscreen printing [...]
Tags:Baskets·craft·Design Academy Eindhoven·Dienke Dekker·silkscreen printing·textile art
Colorful and austere jewelery
February 22nd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Fashion, Jewelry, Textile Art
Are colorful and austere words that go together? In the case of the jewelery of Ingeborg Vandamme, I think both words are certainly applicable. And what a wonderful mix of materials and techniques Ingeborg uses in her jewelry. Ingeborg Vandamme lives and works in Amsterdam. In Tilburg she attended the teacher training handicrafts and textile [...]
Tags:Cecile van Eeden·Galerie Beeld en Aambeeld·handcrafted jewellery·Ingeborg Vandamme·textile art
Happy New Year!
December 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Fashion, Interior Design, Jewelry, Textile Art
Fleur Goedendorp graduated from the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem, The Netherlands, object of study: fashion accessories. Fleur makes gorgeous textile collars and headwear but also jewelry, interior and fashion accessories. Be sure to look at Fleur’s site. I think this movie with Fleur’s work so enchantingly beautiful that I use it to [...]
Tags:Fleur Goedendorp·Happy New Year!·hats·headgear·textile art
Minimes by Sheila Hicks in Boijmans van Beuningen
December 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Art, Textile Art
I do not think all works of Sheila Hicks beautiful, especially her bright colors I often find too much. But then who am I … this exhibition of one hundred small weavings made by her in the last 50 years, seems really worthwhile. Sheila Hicks weaves in unique ways art, craft and architecture in her [...]
Tags:Museum Boijmans van Beuningen·Sheila Hicks·textile art·weaving
Textile Artist
September 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Textile Art
Abigail Doan is a fiber and environmental installation artist based in New York City, Sofia (Bulgary) and she owns an old farm in rural Italy. She has exhibited her art projects with the United Nations Environment Programme and in numerous international gallery and design venues. Abigail is a regular contributor on sustainable fashion and textiles [...]
Exquisite textile craft
September 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Art, Fashion, Handmade, Textile Art
Cocoons nestled into headdresses, sisal binding merino wool, the pith of rice paper, horsehair and pineapple fiber all create new shapes that seem ancient and contemporary at the same time. Just beautiful … These are photo’s from the series of HYBRIDS, Textile Futures Textile by textile artist Hao-Ni Tsai
Tags:Hao-Ni Tsai·textile art
Textile Art
May 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Handmade, Textile Art, Uncategorized
A graphics program at Art school and a job as a printer, has not stopped Judith Brouwer to develop herself as an artist. Until two years ago, Judith mainly worked hard and it is only recently that she comes out with her drawings, collages and dolls, or “Spinsels” as Judith calls her dolls. To make [...]
Tags:doll making·textile art
Five Fun Finds on Etsy
April 30th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Design, Fashion, Handmade, Textile Art, Uncategorized
Bicycle wine rack by Oopsmark Textile art “Bag Story” by Colette Handmade Coral cotton dress from Lois by 13Threads. In her blog Lois will keep you informed about her latest additions to her shop! Contemporary Wall clock by Paula Art Statement textile ring by Kjoo
Textile Art
November 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Art, Textile Art
Embroidery, knitting, quilting, it all sounds a bit old hat. But if you look in the right places, you’ll soon dicover a whole world of contemporary textile art. I found the Dutch textile artist Mieke Werner on the beautiful and very interesting website of Textile Plus, magazine. Since 1983 Mieke makes sculptures of textiles . [...]
