Hier deel ik ideeën en dingen die mij inspireren.
Corona, nergens een Kerstmarkt, zelfs niet in Oosterend, geen open atelierroute, geen tentoonstelling van onze kunstenaarsvereniging Zout. Ik ga opzoek naar nieuwe mogelijkheden. Een kastje langs de weg, oud Texels gebruik. Daarin kon je verse groenten en lekkere jam verkopen […]
Texel is a small island in the north of the Netherlands is the place I like to be. It is crowded by sheep’s, there are living more sheep’s than people. Their wool is giving me a lot of possibilities. Spinning, dying, felting, knitting and weaving.
Deze zomer werkten Peter Holman, Uli Reska en ik aan een project, ‘De Bleek van Texel’, naar aanleiding van een boek van Irene Maas, met dezelfde titel. Wij hadden ons in de materiaal keuze beperkt, gips, gipsverband, een houten raam, […]
A lot of children were on Texel for spring break. There are a lot of activities on the island. One of the things I love is to do with my (teenage) grandchildren is to comb the beach. We start at the lighthouse, which you can climb, and from there we walk along the shore line to Pole 28. At least, that is the plan. We end up criss-crossing the beach from one washed up piece of rope to the next interesting piece of driftwood. Our backpacks are full of shells, driftwood and stones and we drag the pieces of rope through the sand. When we arrive at Pole 28 we feast on a plate of chips.
It feels like summer and I am cycling in the dunes wearing a thin T-shirt. I am on my way to a bird event for bird-lovers. Men and women who have huge binoculars to observe all the birds on the island. This is normally not for me, the birds in our garden are enough and I don’t need binoculars to see them.
It is a sunny day, which became even more sunny as the assembly of the spinning wheel progressed. My husband Bob offered to assemble the wheel. He was very happy with the clarity of the instruction manual. And imagine our surprise when we found out we didn’t even have to go look for the correct tools, because they were included in the package! It took less than half an hour to assemble the wheel.
Hier deel ik ideeën en dingen die mij inspireren.
