FINLAND - THE LOOMS THAT CROSSED MY PATH

At the house of Emil Wikström, Visavuori in Valkeakoski

At the house of Eliel Saarinen, Hvitträsk, Kirkkonummi

At the Friends of Finnish Handicraft, Helsinki

At the open air museum in Lieksa

Again the open air museum in Lieksa

Kuopio Museum of Cultural History

The Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä

Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä

Never in my travelling life I have seen this much looms,

and most of them I saw by accident.

Maybe that's why I enjoyed our trip so much...

Next blogpost some Finnish textiles.

Or some Alvar Aalto architecture.

Or some nature pictures.

Just too much to show you.

What I am working on at the moment?

A blue scarf,

preparing an exhibition in december,

and trying to work on my new loom.

I did some heavy cleaning in my atelier,

for a photoshoot of our house,

but probably more about all that later!

+ It's getting cold here.

Time for some scarfweaving :-)

ANYONE FEELING COLD?

  

So this my interpretation of a red scarf.

It was a big search for different reds to combine,

and that in different materials;

there's some merino, alpaca, mohair, ...

I thought weaving a complete red scarf, in warp and weft, would have been too much.

And I like red being more red among other colours.

It's a big one, a soft one, a warm one.

And it's for sale! :-)

You can visit me and my scarf this weekend at Oeverture,

10h-17h30
at Serweytens
Onderbergen 39
9000 Gent

OEVERTURE 2013

Next weekend,
In Ghent: Oeverture!
I'm showing and selling one scarf,
together with the work of
Dominique Dufait (leather),
Jeannine Vrins (ceramics),
Lie Vandrie (ceramic jewellery),
and our theme is RED.

The scarf has lots of red,
but weaving one colour just isn't my cup of tea...
So there's also blue, grey, white, orange...

You can find us on 6, 7, 8 september,
10h-17h30
at Serweytens
Onderbergen 39
9000 Gent

Hope to see you! :-)

3 WEEKS IN FINLAND

And these are the results of the time I had in the car and on the ferry,

I tried some embroidery instead of weaving for practical reasons ofcourse! :-)

(Yes, we went from Belgium to Finland by car, 

going through Germany, Denmark and Sweden...)

Other blogposts will follow,

but I can tell you Finland breathes arts and crafts.

We felt at home :-)

But I am also glad to be back,

the trip gave me tons of new energy,

by seeing the beautiful landscapes and works of lots of Finnish artists.

I brought back books and wool and ceramics and baskets and mittens

and smoked salmon too... :-)

We should travel more...

LIVING THE SUMMER LIFE

A SURPRISE SCARF AND SUMMER

Summer had started and it's not a good season for my weaving practice:
when it's sunny I just want to be outside,
and then the weaving gets neglected.
This surprise scarf needs to be ready soon.
So it's spending some time outside and then back inside again.

The first picture is about her.
One year goes so fast, but some things still feel like yesterday...

SCARF WAITING FOR SUMMER

Here he is! A summerscarf longing for summer!
Finally some green, not a colour I use much...
The leftover warp I'm using to prepare a surprise scarf,
first it was planned to be one for my boyfriend,
but he has to wait a little longer! :-)

Also proud of a cooperation between us (my colleagues and me at my dayjob)
and Mattia Van Severen, a graduate of the Antwerp Fashion Departement.
Do check his beautiful collection PLAYTIME,
featuring garments covered in angular patches of colourful flock.
We wove a fabric for him (if you look good on the pictures,
it's the fabric with the gradient in it!),
he used in combination with his flocked pieces.
How I would like to have one of the trousers... :-)

Ah, and some event-news:
in september once again I will participate in OEVERTURE (Ghent),
like a few years ago in this post!


PS: Tuesday we are taking down HOME. 
If anyone is still interested in buying one or more of the panels,
you can check them all on my Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilseacke/
Each panel costs 100 euro. Do send me an email with questions, or orders, if you are interested! :-)
We are not keeping the money to ourselves,
but more about that later...