Ineke Poort's exhibition

Ineke joined us at our clubavond last Thursday and mentioned her upcoming exhibit. Here is the flyer for her show. I recommend a look-see!!! She has some amazing textile art.

First day - Textile Art & Art Quilt program

We had a great a first day in the new Textile Art 2-year program. A group of 15 women joined together in Amsterdam and shared their talents, laughed a lot, and made plans for the coming months. 

EU Surface Design Conference - ECOVISION

Join me and others at the EU Surface Design Conference 21-22 October, 2011.  It is now open to non-SDA members as well!

Karina at Zijdelings has done a great job of lining up some very interesting speakers. Check the link for more information. http://www.zijdelings.eu/ECOVISION.html

I will be attending a pre-conference activity  - a tour of BOTH the Vlisco factory (African batik prints) and the Lace factory (kantfabriek). Two places I have been wanting to see and now I get a personal tour!

Textile Arts

A friend of mine sends me very cool blog and design sites related to textiles. It is always inspiring to see how others are creatively thinking about the use of fabrics in very different ways:
Soft Maps
Cold comfort
Recycled T-shirts

I hope this inspires you to join us for the 2-year Textile Arts program at DIY Textile School starting 1 October!!
Sign up now!
Ginni

Textile Art & Art Quilt program

Handwerkfestijn voor het goede doel

The last two years that I went to this tweedehands beurs I found lots of great things for the school and for my own creativity! For anyone who would like to join me, I will be driving to De Kastanjeboom on Friday, 2 september in search of some goodies.

Want to know more about what you can find? Look in the newest Handwerk Zonder Grenzen (Aug/Sept) under events and take a peak on page 51 where DIY is listed! :)

Don't forget to tell your friends about the weekly Mixed Media and Surface Design class starting 27 september. Also, sign up for the new Textile Arts 2 year program starting 3 October before it's too late! It will be amazing!

See you all 15 September for Fiber Arts Night!

2 Year Textile Art & Quilt Art Program

I just put a new course up on the DIY website. It is a 2 year program in Textile Arts. I am really excited about it since there are so few programs on offer in this area. It will be absolutely fun to see this develop! I am in contact with teachers now and working out all the dates, so more information is still to come.

A number of years ago, I also was looking for a program just like this, a place to go as an older student, where I could learn about fiber arts. I wanted to learn about art and design theory, develop my skills in artistic design with textiles, and experiment, experiment, experiment. After taking a course here, a workshop there, a program here and lesson or two there...I decided it was high time to set up a school where one could really focus and develop their talents with excellent instructors, in a group with other like-minded people, with clear guidance throughout the creative process. With a Masters Degree in Creativity in Education and the teaching of many "bekende textielkunstenaars" in my repetoire, I am ready to offer you with the help of many of these same artists a top program! Check out www.diytextileschool.nl

AMS-DIY Urban Arts Festival

Carola and I spent the day at the ABC Treehouse in their annual Urban Arts Festival. DIY had a table to let people know about all the creative skills one can learn at the Textile School. Carola and I were also privy to a few fun workshops - Penelope Craft's pin cushion workshop and Sara Naumann's collage workshop. Here is a photo of Carola having fun! I gave a workshop on creating your own Screen's for screen printing which you can learn more about on 6 August at my full day workshop! Click here for more info.