Projects
In 2024 the Dutch TextielMuseum purchased one of my designs.
There really is no such thing as old and new work. There’s just good design…
Dreamy pucker effects in wool!
A brand new series of textures created with shrink effects
I finally had some time to explore new possibilities with my custom-built 3D printer
My latest series of embroidery designs, to be seen online and in the January trade shows!
New retroreflective effects on textile
New 3d printed designs online
Recently Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag invited me to design a print for their webshop, using their riso copy machines.
Maison du Flock, a (flock)print workshop run by Eugène van Veldhoven and Annika Syrjämäki
A new series of designs where I flock-print monochrome or tone in tone, creating woolly velvet reliefs.
New work for the new year!
In January 2023 the first regular Heimtextil after the pandemic took place in Frankfurt again.
Friday November 11th 2022 – a busy tenth edition of the ‘Haagse Textielborrel’ took place, where I was asked to hold a talk.
Organza with a coating of glass pearls
Flock printing trials for fashion
3D printing is the future – for textiles also..!
Designs for woven wallcovering and vinyl.
A customized 3D printing machine for flexible materials.
New series of designs online!
Some images from my workshop at the start of a new series of screenprints.
Several years ago I did trials giving a finishing touch to LED ribbons.
Felting wool that has been foil-printed first.
A video that may give some insight into how I design my patterns.
Needle punching is an old, very interesting and very sustainable technique.
Came across this video in my archive. My first baby steps in 3-D printing…
For sure it can get busy up in a designer’s head…
More designs for digital printing and sublimation transfer printing!
I am happy to include some older work in my online portfolio.
In the near future, 3D printing will become just as important to the textile industry as weaving and knitting
A blog on flower based patterns, spring/summer/autumn 2020
New flower designs
Just relief; no colours…
Embroidering in relief
Shrink effects on cotton through the use of transfer foils
Shrink effects for weaving and printing
There are basically two types of laser engraving machines
Embroidery and laser cutting can now be combined in one industrial machine, which makes sense as both techniques are digital
Multicolour abstract patterns available in Spoonflower webshop
Solar panels for my studio!
Microfibers in flock printing
Textile shrink effects
The use of colour in my work
With the help of the Dutch Textilemuseum I made a second series of embroidered and lasercut patterns.
Research into combining lasercutting and embroidery technology
Velvets are hot!
In the winter of 2017/2018 I was proud to be witness of part of the making of a new fashion collection created by G+N.
3D-printing samples with flexible material
Electrostatic effects on glitters
Young designers’ label Handmade Industrials showing flocked furniture.
Growing portfolio with digital flower designs
Flock prints on velvet in the new collection
A theme that pops up regularly over the past twenty years is 3D-printing effects.
Combining digital lasercutting and embroidery.
Needle punching with fellow designer Adam Guy Blencowe.
There are several shrink effects that can be used depending on the substance of the fabric.
Flock print is an incredibly rich source for velvet and rug design.
Thanks to the Creative Industries Fund in the Netherlands, I can spend time with technical specialists and develop new procedures and designs.
During my six months of ‘sabbatical’, one of the themes I am focussing on is flock print.
Thanks to the Netherlands Creative Industries Fund
Woven wallcovering with distressed look.
Two masterclasses in the Netherlands Textielmuseum in October 2016
New possibilities to create transparant prints.
Holographic effects through coating or laminating.
Technical luxury
Metallics are very important for the near future of interior design.
Applications for couture or interior decoration
Shrink effects on cellulose fibre
Ultrasonic welding, or ‘quilting’; laboratory tests.
Relief coatings with a strong graphical aspect.
Sometimes velvet or suede and concrete can be so close to eachother…
Felting wool in a regular way.
Printing or transferring a film onto textile
Textile inks that create reliefs are nothing new – but how to give them a glossy surface?
This video shows the process of flock printing on textile.
Combining a flock print with a relief effect
Corrosive print on textiles
Photographic flowers are a more and more important part of my portfolio.
Glitter and metallics?
Different solutions for different kinds of designs.
Images from the archives of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Short film on creating a velvet effect by printing with flock.
New ways of making felt
Wanting to add something ‘extra’ to a digitally printed flower pattern, I burned out little holes in the cotton fabric.
Combining different layers of fabric, to create special effects
Textile design for MEXX stationery
Burn-out is a print technique that removes parts of fabric, creating holes or transparency.
Combining coatings with relief effects, gives coated fabrics a more pleasant touch and look.
Short film on creating a reflective effect with screen printing.
Two designs of mine on Maharam agendas
Glass bead printing on transparant fabrics.
Short film om preparing lasercut fabrics.
Two-tone glitter relief coating.
Weaving and foil printing; Hélène Dashorst and me.
A project I did in 2010 for Vlisco in the Netherlands, famous in Africa for it’s wax-prints on cotton.
Work in the exhibition ‘De Wonderkamers’ in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
Pleated and laser cut fabric.
Laser engraving for the Dutch Textielmuseum.
Laser cut fabric for presentation in the MAD Museum in New York.
Hand painted and laser cut fabric.
Hand painted and laser cut fabric, part II
Three digitally printed fabrics commissioned by the Dutch Textielmuseum.
A crushed and laser cut experiment.
Laser cut on polyester fabric.
Two traditionally needle punched fabrics for the Netherlands Textielmuseum.
‘Nest’: interior design exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Workshop for young visitors of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Fabric with lace motif, combining burn-out chemicals and a silicone rubber coating.
A limited edition produced for Christian Lacroix Haute Couture in the nineties.
Early work, combining glass and cotton.
Early work made by Claudy Jongstra and me for the Dutch Textielmuseum.
