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3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue

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HILTJE WIJNIA<br />

The Netherl<strong>and</strong>s / Nîderl<strong>and</strong>e<br />

Born 1949<br />

Star Numanwei 2<br />

8567JX Oudemirdum, The Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Education<br />

1994–1998 Academie voor Beeldende<br />

Kunsten, Maastricht, The<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Selected exhibitions<br />

2007 ”Suave 2”, Spanish<br />

National Museum of<br />

Costumes, Madrid, Spain<br />

”Sierwerk”, Museum<br />

Nairac, Barneveld, the<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

2006 Tallinn Applied <strong>Art</strong><br />

Triennial – “Two Close<br />

Ones”, Tallinn, Estonia<br />

2004 Solo exhibition, Van der<br />

Tocht Museum,<br />

Amstelveen, the<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

2003 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden,<br />

the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

2002 Schmuck 2002, München,<br />

Germany<br />

Schmuck, 2002,<br />

Kilmarnok, Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />

Galerie Slavic, Vienna,<br />

Austria<br />

Because of the increasing globalisation <strong>and</strong><br />

innovation, that has characterised the last<br />

decennium, many of our old habits <strong>and</strong> customs<br />

may get lost in the process. In my own<br />

way I want to ensure that such habits <strong>and</strong><br />

customs remain for future generations. I do<br />

so by using old techniques <strong>and</strong> thus transform<br />

old material forms into new objects.<br />

In my project “Laces” I felt - an old technique<br />

that originates from Far Eastern countries<br />

like Mongolia <strong>and</strong> Kirgyzia - antique laces<br />

(laces were used by the wealthy noble men<br />

<strong>and</strong> women <strong>and</strong> rich citizens in the 17th –<br />

18th century in Western Europe). In addition<br />

to felting the laces, I work my laces with<br />

knitted copper thread <strong>and</strong> pearls.<br />

The result of using these two techniques is<br />

beautiful lace collars, showing that the<br />

fragility of men <strong>and</strong> its materials may continue<br />

to exist, not withst<strong>and</strong>ing globalization.<br />

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