Terps (Comments Off on Terps)
7/07/20 •
I had time and inspiration this week to work on a brainchild – Dutch Mountains. I’ve been fascinated by small hills in the flat Dutch landscape, and have been photographing them for years. Went through my photo collection this last week, and added information about each hillocks’positionand height. Also found out about what part would […]
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Woven (Comments Off on Woven)
6/25/20 •
Kunsthal in Rotterdam has ‘Extra Large’ – tapestries from the Manufacture de Beauvais – and despite the heat I managed to visit and very much enjoy the exhibition. Learned that a. making woven tapestries is very much a specialist job b. woven tapestries are status symbols and very very expensive c. all tapestries were […]
Lockdown (Comments Off on Lockdown)
6/23/20 •
I’ve been spending the corona-lockdown-time on two things: 1. learn how to train students via Zoom, the online tool that skyrocketed these last few months, and 2. creating a big tapestry for an exhibition that is to take place in Zaltbommel this summer. As for Zoom-learning, it was quite a challenge. I took my first […]
Kicked into gear (Comments Off on Kicked into gear)
4/20/20 •
And now for something completely inspiring – went to the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven on the extra day February offered us this year to participate in a workshop by Mounira Al Solh. Mrs Al Solh uses (amongst other things) embroidery to make work – very inspiring stuff! With a niece who has inherited the […]
Quintessential (Comments Off on Quintessential)
4/19/20 •
I live on the south bank of the river Waal, and one of my favourite pastimes is taking a walk along the river. A river that is picturesque, and quiet – but not always so. We’ve even had to evacuate the area in 1994 because the water level in the rivers was so high the […]
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