Lizgstitches, about eyes, ink and the Moon

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Although I have never met Elizabeth Griffiths, also known as Lizgstitches, I suspect we have the same kind of fascination… namely with marks and the moon. Half a year ago, wandering through Instagram, I ran into her embroidered image of the moon. To me it was just… like a lightning …

Stewart Francis Easton, Innovative Embroiderer

Lojong 9, Stewart Francis Easton, photo courtesy SFE Embroidered meditation Some years ago I rediscovered embroidering, after having paused for nearly 40 years. I needed some quietness in my head in exciting times. My restarting worked out well for me. Embroidering gave me such a “Zen feeling” again. In the meantime I have met a …

Exposition Hand Schrift Pauline Nijenhuis

Carnival, Pauline Nijenhuis, 2014, photo Mique Menheere, courtesy Pauline Nijenhuis What appeals most to you, the work of the artists or the machine? Decide for yourself at the solo exposition Hand Schrift (Hand Writing) of Pauline Nijenhuis at CBK Emmen (Centre for Fine Arts). At October 12 it was enthusiastically opened by Harry Tupan, director …

Rebellious (Tegendraads)

Ballad of Nature, Astrid Polman, photo Mique Menheere Loooooove this work! I saw it at the contemporary textile art exposition at the Grote Kerk (the big church) at the city of Emmen (Drenthe province). Six textile artists show a selection of their work there. It’s not a very big exhibition but whén you’re in the …

The second skin of Do Hu Suh at Museum Voorlinden

Do Ho Suh, Staircase -III, 2003-2010, Polyester fabric and stainless steel, Tate: Purchased with funds provided by the Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2011, at Museum Voorlinden, photo by Mique Menheere Kind like a second skin. That’s what a house is to artist Do Ho Suh (1969). Grown up in South Korea and immigrated to the …