CREATING STORIES WITH TEXTILE

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Workshop Description:
Using leftover fabric and yarn, this hands-on workshop invites participants to create a small wall-hung textile while exploring the stories held within reused materials. Discover what can emerge from items that might otherwise be discarded. We’ll focus on letting the hands lead and allowing the mind to slow down.
No prior experience is required.

What to bring:

• Please bring any leftover fabric, scraps, or yarn you already have at home - don’t be shy! The more the better! Think of old sheets, cloths, clothes - you name it!
  (All other materials will be provided.)

• A drinkbottle or cold drink to keep you hydrated (it can be hot at this time of year in the courtyard!)

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Nanette de Kool is a Dutch textile artist. She studied at the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago.

Back in Europe she worked for textile studios in Antwerp and Amsterdam, where her love for 3D knits began. Nanette

loves working with circular 3D knits: remains like leftover textiles and yarns including production flaws. Imperfections are part of the creation; tactility and the texture

of the fabric add to her visual language. She screen-prints, washes, cuts and then re-assembles the textile, creating new compositions. This leads to more depth in color, character, texture and story. Next to wall-hangings,

Nanette also makes suspended screens, room-dividers and made-to-measure pieces.