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Esmé Hofman

vlechtwerk / basketry

  • NEW CRAFTS

    New Crafts l Crafts Council

    It is a fascinating time for makers: traditional crafts and skills are back in vogue, while at the same time new technologies are developing at lightning speed.

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  • Data 2025

    Cursus
    Workshop I Photo: Esmé Hofman

    Workshop data.

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  • Esmé Hofman

    Photo: Haye Bijlstra

    I am a traditional trained basketmaker and learned the foundations of my craft at the German basketry school.

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  • Basketclub

    Basketclub

    Basketclub was founded in 2020 as an Instagram-based initiative. It plays by a simple set of rules.

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  • Wickerwork from all over the world inspires Lichtenfels

    OOTCZ

    Wickerwork from all over the world inspires Lichtenfels

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  • Miniature skeinwork

    1:12 I Photo: Esmé Hofman

    Exquisite willow skein work is also applied in the little baskets found in dolls houses.

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  • Functional and non-functional objects

    Vessels I Photo: Esmé Hofman

    As material forming techniques weaving with willow rods and weaving with textile materials have more similarities than differences.

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  • Look out exhibition

    Lookout I Photo Instagram

    Showing some of the best in European basketmaking today.

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  • Take care of old objects

    Reparatie wieg
    Crib | Photo: Esmé Hofman

    Craft starts with attention for the past. I use my knowledge of the traditional crafts when reconstructing an old crib or restoring grandma’s bag.

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  • Miniature basketry

    1:12 | Photo: Esmé Hofman

    Exquisite willow skeinwork is also applied in the little baskets found in dollshouses.

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  • Curriculum

    Kogei | Foto: Esmé Hofman

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  • ANNY & Esmé

    Wicked Light | PHoto: Hermien Keegstra

    The designers of ANNY& are skilled in designing. Our craftsmen are very good at making things.

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  • Crossing Parallels

    Crossing Parallels | Foto: Amadine David

    Amandine David: “I want to explore learning as a design approach”

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  • The Global Eco Artisan Awards 2022

    The Global Eco Artisan Awards 2022

    The Global Eco Artisan Awards is an international platform which recognizes artistic excellence, visualizes endangered crafts and glorifies eco-friendly cultural practices of the artisans in the world.

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  • Basketclub @ Karimoku

    Basketclub@Karimoku

    Basketclub and Karimoku invite a group of twelve Basketclub designers to think about the uses behind traditional Japense woven baskets and how they may be reimagined today.

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  • Hands on

    Detail I Photo: Esmé Hofman

    I enjoy the process of teaching and meeting a variety of interesting people from different backgrounds.

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  • Woven Willow

    Colorring I Photo: te

    Woven Willow consists of eight different objects based on the contemporary handwriting of Scholten & Baijings, in perefect harmony with a traditional Dutch 17th century weaving technique.

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  • Trade Union

    Trade Union I Photo: Rachel Griffin

    Vessels woven from a starch-based plastic which is industrially-produced, but naturally biodegradable.

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  • Unique or custom

    Birdscage | Photo: Esmé Hofman

    Check out my miniature baskets selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade basketry pieces for any style dollhouses.

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  • AD HOC

    Ad Hoc I Foto: Florence Louisy

    The art of tapestries has without any doubt a marvelous narrative purpose.

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  • Pine Skins

    Pine Skins I Photo: Sarmite Polakova

    Enhancing a closer relationship between people and trees.

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  • U-50 INTERNATIONAL HOKURIKU KOGEI (artisan crafts) AWARDS

    Prijsuitreiking Kogei 2017 I Photo: Organization Kogei Awards

    Proud to be one of the award-winning finalists.

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  • Homo Faber Guide

    Homo Faber Guide I @michelangelofoundation

    The Homo Faber Guide places craftsmanship in Europe at your fingertips.

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  • Scarred Vessel

    Scarred Vessel I Photo: Anne Couillaud

    Leather is a noble material.

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  • Craft in Focus 2019 New York

    Craft in Focus NY I Photo: Esmé Hofman

    In a world where children are swiping their iPhones and 3D printers are building houses, it is our mission that the art of true craftsmanship will survive, and that it will thrive.

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  • Transitions

    Transitions | Photo: ©Émile Barret

    Transitions – An Ongoing Operation on Change.

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  • Skeinwork a special trade

    Garlic Queen | Photo: collection te

    I am a specialist in fine skeinwork, a very labor intensive and almost extinct basketry technique.

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  • iAtelier x Crafting Europe

    Graphic design: Daniël Maarleveld l iAtelier x Crafting Europe

    Crafting Europe is an initiative of nine European craft organisations that strives to build the crafts sector by providing craftspeople with the knowledge and skills to grow and strengthen the industry.

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  • She is coool

    The Collective Portfolio

    SHE IS COOOL 165 female designers you should know…

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  • Asha Swillens

    Asha Swillens | Photo:Mo Swillens

    Oversized hats.

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  • Harmen Brethouwer

    Plain Style No1 I Courtesy: Gallery Hidde van Segelen

    A special collaboration.

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