biobased

Experimenting with biobased materials yesterday gave us (Plustwee) remarkable and exciting results. Pictures show samples of potato flower which looks and behaves like plastic.

With a small group of designers and artists we will join the grand opening event on 21 and 22 September of the old CiBoGa terrain in Groningen initiated and organised by House of Design and  Open Lab Ebbinge. We will show our work and these results from experimenting with new biobased materials like bioplastic, hemp, yarn of lactic acid.
The event coincides with the Creative City Challenge (CCC).

Claudy Jongstra

 

 

We met Claudy Jongstra in her Frisian studio last Friday. A small group of designers were invited.
Claudy is an internationally acclaimed artist working with wool, silk and other natural fibers.  Her work has high tactility and special color qualities by means of the use of natural dyes of plants and herbs which they grow themselves.
It was great to see her work but even more inspiring is her gets inspiration from nature and the high respect and care for Mother Earth fully integrated in her growing company.

handicrafts

Old-fashioned but beautiful and still lively practised handicrafts during 'Textieldagen' in Verhildersum estate in Leens.

art of living fair

Way up north, in Zandeweer, there's the annual fair and festival 'Art of Living', located at the beautiful estate Eissingeheem . These last pictures are of work of Kunsteboer. He recycles iron for the creation of his artworks.