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Meet the Maker

Read what makers are working on, get to know their sources of inspiration, dreams and challenges.

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Meet the Maker: Daan Simons

'How can the centuries-old tradition of creating totems help us in this time to make the value of nature tangible? Totem suggests a contemporary...
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Meet the Maker: Matthias Quadekker

‘My name is Matthias Quadekker and I am from a family that dates back to the 16th century. My great grandfather, Jan de Wit,...
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Meet the Maker: Amandine David

'I think that makers are storytellers. A piece of craft is never only the result of a technical achievement. It contains stories, tells about its...
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Meet the Maker: Sebastiaan van Soest

‘My name is Sebastiaan van Soest and I am a gold leather maker. Most people more or less know what is is, but I...
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Meet the Maker: Gillian Vogelsang – Eastwood

‘My name is Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood and I am the director of the Textile Research Centre (TRC) in Leiden. Next to that I have been...
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Meet the Maker: Jasmijn Taken

‘My name is Jasmijn Taken and I graduated in 2018 as Fashion Designer at the University of Arts in Utrecht (HKU). The past two...
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Meet the Maker: Lily Odette

‘My name is Lily. I studied fashion at ArtEZ in Arnhem. During my time there i found a growing interest in prints and material....
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Meet the Maker: Sabine Bolk

‘My name is Sabine Bolk and I am a visual artist and batik researcher. I do not have an Indonesian background, but I do...
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Meet the Maker: Eva van Kempen

'My name is Eva van Kempen and I am a goldsmith with a love for filigree. Filigree is a very complicated technique that was...
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Meet the Maker: Hul le Ke

‘Kleding is een verlenging van je identiteit. Daarom geloven wij niet in trends, het van links naar rechts gaan is iets heel commercieels. Je...
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Meet the Maker: Guave

'Wij geven nooit opdracht om iets speciaal voor ons te maken. Wij gebruiken wat er door de makers op Java wordt gemaakt en werken...
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Meet the Maker: Cees van Soestbergen

‘My name is Cees van Soestbergen and I am a traditional carver. From 1800 on my family has been working with wood. I am...
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Meet the Maker: Lipika Bansal

‘My name is Lipika Bansal and I am a social designer. I want to shed a light on certain societal issues hoping to make...
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Meet the Maker: Frans Dingemanse

'Na 1800 wordt het heft meer gedecoreerd, met een leeuw en een kooitje waarin het zieltje (los stukje hout) zit.'
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Meet the Maker: Christien Meindertsma

‘My name is Christien Meindertsma. I want to know how a product comes into being, from the material to end product, and how it...
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Meet the Maker: Nikkie Wester

‘My name is Nikkie Wester, I am a textile and ‘Future Heritage’ designer from Amsterdam. I mainly work in commission for companies, institutions of...
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Meet the Maker: Mina Abouzahra

‘My name is Mina Abouzahra. My mother came to the Netherlands when she was pregnant with me and only a week later I was...
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Meet the Maker: Dave van Gompel

‘My name is Dave van Gompel and I was born and raised in Amsterdam. After studying art history and furniture restoration I lived in...
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Meet the Maker: Sandra van Riet

‘What kind of ceramist am I? I am always looking for timeless shapes, the origins of objects, ancient ceramics in the sense of life’s...
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Meet the Maker: Edith van Berkel

‘My name is Edith van Berkel and I studied at the Academy for Industrial Design (now the Design Academy) in Eindhoven. From my very...
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Meet the Maker: Joana Schneider

‘I studied Textile at the KABK in The Hague. The academy is an open and safe place. It did not direct me into a...
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Meet the Maker: Sofie Leenen

'My name is Sofie Leenen and in 2018 I graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven. After graduating I started as a freelance designer for...
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Meet the Maker: Esmé Hofman

When I introduce myself as basket weaver people tend to drop out instantly, just as they do with the word craftswoman. That is why...
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Meet the Maker: Marjo de Vries

‘I am a designer. That title suits me best. But actually it fits most people, as the ability to shape is what makes us...