A new tutorial: the crossed warp technique
MariekePosted on August 6, 2022
In the summer of 2017, I was able to purchase all editions of the Dutch Crafts Magazine “Hand-werken Zonder Grenzen”. In one of the editions, the cros
Woven poem
MariekePosted on May 30, 2022
Sometimes beautiful things come your way. Such as a totally unexpected email from Marieke Gelissen, a visual artist from Amsterdam. For a project she
A week at the Maastricht Institute of Arts
MariekePosted on April 30, 2022
Mid-January Willemien Ippel of Crafts Council Nederland texted “Do you have time to teach at the Maastricht Art Institute for 3 days in April?” Art In
In relationship therapy with a rigid heddle
MariekePosted on April 9, 2022
A long time ago I was called by Anneke Kersten if I wanted to be a teacher during Weaving International: a four-day weaving course for weavers from th
One year of dailies!
MariekePosted on December 31, 2021
The last day of the year… A year ago I decided, just like Jennifer Williams, to weave for 15 minutes every day to finish all my UFOs. And I have don
The Fred Mushkat collection
MariekePosted on October 22, 2021
About two years ago, a new book on band weaving was about to appear one day after my birthday: Weavings of Nomads in Iran by Fred Mushkat and others.
How to cope with climate change?
MariekePosted on September 12, 2021
Just like many other people I’m seriously concerned about the climate change: temperature reaches record highs, forest fires, floods, dryness… The m
The Joop-group offline!
MariekePosted on August 8, 2021
In January 2021 I started teaching an online weaving course with 9 participants. Soon two other group followed, but the first groups was the most acti