Let it snow!
MariekePosted on November 4, 2022
The regular workshops I give at the “Weefcollectief Fryslân” mean that I can frequently stay in hotel Lunia. When I’m not teaching, I settle into the
A publication in Little Looms!
MariekePosted on September 25, 2022
For the magazine WEVEN of Weefnetwerk I interviewed Barbara Goudsmit, who was well known for her publications in Easy Weaving with Little Looms. Becau
Braids 2022 in one band
MariekePosted on August 21, 2022
A day after the Braids conference 2022 in Svendborg, Denmark, I am typing this blog fairly exhausted, but full of new knowledge and inspiration. What
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