3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue
3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue
3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue
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CAROLINE BÄRTLING<br />
The Netherl<strong>and</strong>s / Nîderl<strong>and</strong>e<br />
Born 1976<br />
Koperstraat 22<br />
6291 AJ Vaals, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Education<br />
2000 BA in Jewellery <strong>and</strong> Product<br />
design, Academie Beeldende<br />
Kunsten Maastricht, the<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
2003 MFA, S<strong>and</strong>berg Institut<br />
Amsterdam, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Selected exhibitions<br />
2007 ”Inhorgenta Europe”,<br />
Munich, Germany<br />
”Textile Illusionen”, Craft2eugallery<br />
Hamburg, Germany<br />
2006 ”Tallinn Applied <strong>Art</strong><br />
Triennial”, Tallinn, Estonia<br />
”Blickfang”, Liederhalle,<br />
Stuttgart, Germany<br />
”Be the Queen”, Herengracht<br />
498 Amsterdam, the<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
2005 ”The past feeds the future”,<br />
Museum Amstelkring<br />
Amsterdam, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Awards<br />
2 nd Prize at Tallinn Applied<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia<br />
Working as a jewellery-artist I try to travel<br />
through my own culture <strong>and</strong> it´s traditions.<br />
Using nostalgic elements I want to create<br />
favourites, which rouse memories in us even<br />
though it is the first time we see them.<br />
For the “Global Intrigue” I chose not to make<br />
jewellery or accessories but small souvenirs<br />
to be hung on the wall.<br />
“Aloha Home Sweet Home” tells the story<br />
about “Fernweh” <strong>and</strong> “Heimweh”, the<br />
longing to get to know other parts of the<br />
world <strong>and</strong> to be homesick when you are<br />
there.<br />
I have always been interested in other cultures<br />
<strong>and</strong> travelled a lot to experience them.<br />
Remaining in a foreign culture <strong>and</strong> environment<br />
I recognize a different approach to my<br />
own one. What seemed to be understood<br />
turns to be special.<br />
I see beautiful flowers <strong>and</strong> miss the trees of my<br />
hometown.<br />
I can eat the most delicious fruits, wanting for<br />
my gr<strong>and</strong>mother`s kitchen.<br />
I come to know the friendliness of people realizing<br />
the grumpiness of people at home.<br />
I learn about foreign traditions <strong>and</strong> their value<br />
noticing that I unlearned those of my culture.<br />
Trying to feel home at least a little bit I plant<br />
some homeseeds <strong>and</strong> I adopt some foreign<br />
ways. And this is what I did with this work, I<br />
grew some homemade cross-stitch-flowers<br />
to pictures I took from flowers in Peru <strong>and</strong><br />
Australia.<br />
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