logo zeeuws museum

Dit is het prachtige logo van het Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg. 

In het meerjarige project HANDWERK nodigt het Zeeuws Museum ontwerpers en vakopleidingen uit om aan de slag te gaan met ambachtelijke technieken.

wearable origami

wearable origami by Tina de Ruysser

Last week I took (again) part in a two day course in studio Zijdelings, Center for Textile and Surface Design, Tilburg. 

It was an interesting 3D-textiles course on wearable origami techniques by Belgium based visual artist Dr Tine De Ryusser.

Tine's first degree at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp taught her jewellery techniques. She then went on to the Royal College of Art in London for her MA. There she invented an innovative folding material: a combination of metal and textiles. Her PhD-research was a further development of the material. She investigated production methods and folding patterns as well as the design possibilities for wearables. Tina teaches at Lincoln University and as a visiting lecturer at a range of colleges.

antoine peters, designer & project handwork

In the context of the Zeeuws Museum project HANDWORK the designer did research into the nineteenth century yak. This folded and tightly cut female garment, part of Zeeland's regional dress, consists out of a single piece of fabric which is handled as a whole. Antoine Peters unravels the mysteries of this ancient folding technique and makes it visible in his comfortable unisex ‘yaksweater’. Peters examines the local garment and dives into its history, but also gets instructions of Mrs Vos from Walcheren. Mrs Vos demonstrates how the jacket consists out of one uncut piece of fabric that is folded and stitched entirely, leaving no centimetre textile wasted. The reusability of the jacket, which can be taken apart again and again, doesn’t really make the garment that comfortable. Check out the whole story via this short Dutch documentary.