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Curriculum
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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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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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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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Scarred Vessel
Scarred Vessel I Photo: Anne Couillaud Leather is a noble material.
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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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Transitions
Transitions | Photo: ©Émile Barret Transitions – An Ongoing Operation on Change.
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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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Harmen Brethouwer
Plain Style No1 I Courtesy: Gallery Hidde van Segelen A special collaboration.
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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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CV
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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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Take care of old objects
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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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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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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Look out exhibition
Lookout I Photo Instagram Showing some of the best in European basketmaking today.
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Asha Swillens
Asha Swillens | Photo:Mo Swillens Oversized hats.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Miniature basketry
1:12 | Photo: Esmé Hofman Exquisite willow skeinwork is also applied in the little baskets found in dollshouses.
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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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Data 2025
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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She is coool
The Collective Portfolio SHE IS COOOL 165 female designers you should know…