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Research linen wedding dress, stays and balletskirt
By Marijke Bongers Ik heb een paar projecten gepland dit jaar. Een ervan is een linnen bruidsjapon die uit verschillende onderdelen bestaat. Het moeilijkste is een keuze maken uit de inspiratie die ik al meer dan een jaar aan het verzamelen ben. Ik vind zoveel mooi en interessant! Ik ben…
Our kimono-project
Kimono update For those of you who follow us on Patreon, you probably know that we are working on a big project. We want to make fully handwoven, and mostly handspun kimono jackets. Our first project is coming along nicely and I’ve made quite some progress in the last week.…
#inspiration Selvedge magazine
By Marijke Bongers After the commission of Mariska Mell and Gerah Lankhuijzen I was much more aware of what is important in my life. Both let me in their life, even in a time that it was so precious and short. Both wanted me to really make the best of…
Voor de draad ermee
By Marijke Bongers “Voor de draad ermee” is the name of a project and an exhibition in Gorinchem a small city nearby. I was asked for a few parts of this project and I will share in steps my work done for the organisation “Het Huis van Inspiratie” and the…
The Conscious Women Society
By Marijke Bongers Because making beautiful handmade clothes is a huge amount of work it is a wise idea to work on it with others. I think it is also good that women in small creative businesses support each other and cooperate. One of the reasons is that it can be…
Eco printing with India Flint in Schotland
By Marijke Bongers On Thursday 28th of March I will teach a workshop eco print.Caitlin and I joined a wonderful 5 day workshop with India Flint in Scotland in 2015 and I went again to a long workshop on eco printing of India in 2017 when she visited the Netherlands.…
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