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In October last year I met Paulien Hopmans from Studio Hop at the Textiel Plus Festival. She showed some fantastic leather bags and organises workshop

For years I had been a member of pop choir Voicemail in Voorschoten. I especially liked to sing all the Christmas carols. My absolute favorite was “In

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

For the magazine WEVEN of Weefnetwerk I interviewed Barbara Goudsmit, who was well known for her publications in Easy Weaving with Little Looms. Becau

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

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

Sometimes beautiful things come your way. Such as a totally unexpected email from Marieke Gelissen, a visual artist from Amsterdam. For a project she

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