How can I give more depth and more layers to a textile portrait? That question has been on my mind for months. I have been conducting intensive research into materials and techniques for months. Looking for a contrast. A material or technique...
I've lost count. So many hours... I've done every stitch, every thread by hand. There are now over 14,000 of them. And it was only around the 9,000th stitch that I knew whether it would turn out the way I had imagined it in my...
Textile artwork damaged during tufting.
Tuft textile artwork Beneath the surface - Veiled
Unique artwork, portrait
Her lips are sexy. A little sultry (I think that's a wonderful word), even seductive. But are they? Her gaze holds yours just long enough to touch something inside you. You may wonder: what would she...
My third work in the 'Soul Searching' series. Literally 'painting with wire' to get all the details in. This was the first design in the series and when I had drawn it, I thought... oeehh that's too much detail for....
Hours of work... but all in all, it takes days to get these lashes just right. I cut them on my frame after shooting. Again on the frame when all the yarn is in. And again when...
It has now been 14 years since I fell into severe depression. 14 years since I had to start taking antidepressants (temporarily) because the risk of ending my life was too high. I didn't want to do that,...
Am still recovering.... What a great day I had last Tuesday at VT Wonen's 'Dutch Design Battle'. It was a day full of creativity, where anyone with an idea for an interior product could 'battle' for a chance...
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