For the Love of Textiles

Last week I decided that I wanted to go to Amsterdam for the day on Saturday. Almost a year ago I was there for the last time. It was about time to go I felt. During my life with Bram, we often went there. He has lived there many years and knew the city very well.  Thanks to him I also know it well. We just loved to got there.  When he was in good health, we used to go there at least once a Month. Saturdays filled with visits to a Museum, Art Galleries, Shopping, a nice lunch and coffee or tea at our favorite spots. Or waking up on Sunday-morning and deciding to go, because a day in Deventer would be boring,and there was a good exhibition to go in the Modern Art Museum. So a good reason to go, and off we went. I was just thinking that my knowledge of Art and my interest in it,has started in Amsterdam. In a way I am grown up in the World of Art there.  Don't know where it came from, because I am totally not brought up with Art. Guess a little fire had been...

Last week was filled with Fashion and Design and this post will be packed with Images...and a little text.. So, if you are not interested in this field, you have to wait till my next post, which probably show you some images from the garden.. Wednesdaymorning was the judging for "De Arnhmese Nieuwe"  organized by O.P.A. mentioned in my writing about the Artez fashionshow. I got the train at 15 past 8 and walked the route to Artschool I used to do more that 20 years ago when I had my 5 year eveningcourse in fashiondesign.  Strangely enough I felt a little nervous.  Memories turned up: 23 years ago I finished here. Big bags I used to take with me filled with fabrics, pencils, paints and much more.  A big black folder for all my drawings.. The nerves for a  review... The  excitement seeing my design on stage... The building in which Artschool (now called Artez) is settled is build by Gerrit Rietveld and is a beautiful example of a clear vision ...