For the Love of Textiles

With my 3th year fashion students I have done a "collar-project". Based on collars traditional worn by the Dutch in the 17th Century. To get inspiration and starting points we went to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to see paintings from that time. The famous painter Rembrandt Harmenz. van Rijn is the so named painter of light. In all his paintings it is about shadows and lightning. Because our department also contains photography, we decided to do this project together. First they had to make collars from paper. Pleating, folding etc. Paper is the perfect material to get volume. After that is was time to work with other fabrics.  Next to the collar they also had to make garments to be worn with the collar, or find another way to get the atmosphere right. The whole project was about creativity, and it was a joy to see them at work. A few weeks ago it was time for the photoshoot. Roza Aziz, a 2nd year student from the Photography department really enjoyed it. ...

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...