EXHIBITION FINISHED!

Time flies.
The exhibition has ended,
all pictures, scarves, wallworks and the loom are back home.
Time to make (compostable) placemats of the 15 metres newspaper cloth.
Soon for sale here on the blog!

SLOW SCARF READY!

The slow scarf is finally ready!
It took a while for me to 'master' my new loom,
but I found my way of having fun with it,
and this is the first result.
Fresh, cool colours, and because of the 24 shafts,
new motifs!
It has been delivered and approved.
Weaving scarves on demand also means meating nice people,
so I'm glad this scarf has found a good home... :-)

A TEXTILE WEEKEND IN WOLFSBURG AND BIELEFELD

KUNSTMUSEUM WOLFSBURG

KUNSTHALLE BIELEFELD

Jeffrey bought me a book a while ago,

it was the catalogue of the exhibition 

'Kunst & Textil' of the Kunstmuseum in Wolfsburg, Germany.

When I noticed the exhibition was still running,

we decided to go and take along 

'To Open Eyes - Kunst und Textil from Bauhaus bis heute' in

the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. 

Seeing the works of Anni Albers, Gunta Stölzl, Benita Koch-Otte, Sonia Delaunay,

Shiela Hicks,  Lenore Tawney, Magdalena Abakanowicz and many more, 

took me off the planet for hours. 

What a joy to see these textile works in detail,

to be able to examine them, to be suprised by the size, big and small,

by their texture, colours and technique.

The weavings of Anni Albers and the Bauhaus will forever be burned in my mind

and I hope to see more of them in real life...

So if you have the chance,

just go!

Check the website for text and better pictures,

one wasn't allowed to take them, 

but I couldn't help myself...

;-)

SLOW SCARF

It's going slower than before.
The reason is I'm enjoying weaving this one that much,
taking my time selecting new yarns and colours
and the right soundtrack on the background...

The colours of the pictures are not very good,
they're evening pictures, with the yellow light of my new pink lamp.
I'm getting used to my new loom,
the little computer is becoming a partner in crime...

YOU SHOULD GO TO PARIS

http://www.mam.paris.fr/en/expositions/decorum-exhibition

 "The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris has dedicated
an entire floor to the art of textiles with more than a hundred rugs,
tapestries, and freestanding sculptures by modern and contemporary artists.
The scenography of the stylishly titled exhibition Decorum
was designed by artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz, who,
in a Surrealist touch, placed unexpected domestic objects
on and around the carpets.
Anne Dressen, the exhibition’s curator,
grouped the works into the provocatively themed categories:
The Painterly, The Sculptural, The Decorative, Orientalisms, and Primitivisms.
Spanning the modern rediscovery of textile art,  
Decorum highlights influential 20th-century makers including
Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Louise Bourgeois,
and Italian Memphis group designer Nathalie du Pasquier.
Arts and Crafts–era textiles are presented by the likes of William Morris,
the Vienna Secession group, and the Omega Workshops in England,
along with tapestries by Bauhaus weavers Anni Albers,
Gunta Stölzl, and Johannes Itten."
(text taken here.)

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING

I bought myself this pink cardigan. Instant crush.
We visited the house Van Buuren in Brussels,
those carpets, the curtains, the paintings,
the architecture, the garden, again instant crush...
And I started a new warp, my boyfriend said spring is in the house...
:-)

LAST SCARF OF 2013

This very blue scarf was finished in 2013.
I only made 5 scarves last year,
because of some other big assignments.
But I look back on a good textile year,
with a prize, a new loom, a memorable textile trip to Finland,
two exhibitions, ...
Up till now 2014 looks calm.

But!
I would like to wish all of you a happy and healthy new year,
with nice plans and suprises, love and friendship.