Archive for Textile Art

Afterwards we were told that after 10 years this was the last edition of Meesterlijk Design en Ambacht. Too bad because I thought it was a beautiful and good initiative. And of course it is still necessary to promote crafts and handmade products and to…

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Coming Sunday Jan and I will visit Meesterlijk in Amsterdam. Always a fun outing. This fair is a must go! Meesterlijk is an inspiring fair where self-producing designers, fashion designers, food artists, goldsmiths and other craftsmen present their products. In a mood enhancing setting, you…

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Its not something I ask my self everyday …but nevertheless … who is still weaving? So happy with this internet find, I think it’s a real gem! Amy Revier does not tell very much about herself on her website. I gather there is a store…

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Restore, revive, valued; the beauty of imperfection. Examples of beautiful repairs. Leading Japanese labels and designers such as Kapital, Visvim, Comme des Garçons, Sasquatchfabrix, Koromo Kyoto and Blue Blue Japan working with artless sewing techniques, creating timeless, hand crafted pieces. The Japanese expression Mottainai stands…

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It doesn’t happen often … but so now and then there is that little gem on Etsy … the slow fashion by G. Roslie … beautiful bags and garments … The bags are all made of great solid fabric, lined inside, they have nice details and…

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Next Sunday Jan and I go to the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam to visit Meesterlijk 2017. I’m very curious how this year’s edition will be. Last year we thought the Fair was beautiful. Meesterlijk brings craft, design, food and applied arts. Meesterlijk from 25 – 27 november in Amsterdam….

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The weather was great last Sunday. An excellent day to visit the 25th edition of the Lauwersland Art Trail. The trail runs through a wide area in Groningen and Friesland, its pretty much impossible to visit all the studios in one afternoon. So ahead of time I made a selection…

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In 2015 Alix Bizet graduated at the Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Alix did so with a project called Hair Matter (s) For this project Alix asked several hairdressers in Eindhoven to save the hair from a week of cutting. With the usable hair Alix made…

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Embroidery by Mrx Stitch The amount of contemporary textile design on Pinterest is just amazing. There is a whole new world out there of embroidery, knitting, quilting and even macramé. From realistic to abstract it’s all there. Today I like to show you a few of my…

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Valerie from FailyWorn on Etsy makes clothing and bags mostly from recycled or fairly produced materials – old bed linen, vintage clothing, used blankets, old kantha quilts and embroidered pieces. All her items are one of a kind. Valerie also sells a variety of tribal…

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