(w)aardewerk
With (w)aardewerk, Crafts Council Nederland draws attention to urgent issues surrounding the extraction of raw materials in relation to the production of ceramics.
Inspiration Day: Sustainable Ceramics
On February 1 2025, fifty ceramics professionals gathered at the Circulair Warenhuis in Leiden.
Warp Weft Wool
Warp Weft Wool brings designers and makers from the Netherlands and India together to repurpose local wool into a new destination.
Shared Stewardship
The self-organizing participation model emphasizes knowledge development and transfer, shared responsibility, and active citizenship, using the commons as a foundation.
Collective Value Chain
Our goal is to build capacity for growing flax and linen production in the Netherlands, with each phase of the chain adding value.
1m2 vlas
Under the guidance of experts, you will go through the entire process from seed to textile.
HOW&WOW Linen
HOW starts with the delicate blue flower and will introduce you to ancient techniques among which are rippling, winnowing, retting, scutching and heckling combs.
De Borduurschool: Theodoor Adriaans
Nora Veerman spoke with Theodoor Adriaans about embroidery and the Queer Needlework Circle.
De Borduurschool: Selina Ben
Nora Veerman spoke with Selina Ben about Ainu and Sashiko embroidery techniques.
De Borduurschool: Merlijne Marell
Nora Veerman spoke with Merlijne Marell about embroidery and fairy tales.
De Borduurschool: Martine van 't Hul
Nora Veerman spoke with Martine van 't Hul about her embroidery projects, where she combines hand and machine techniques.
De Borduurschool: Marcella van Oost
Nora Veerman spoke with Marcella van Oost about the pronkrol, a handcrafted piece that captures the beauty of traditional embroidery techniques and the importance of cultural heritage.
De Borduurschool: Majo van der Woude
Nora Veerman spoke with Majo van der Woude about the value of embroidery, collaboration and the preservation of techniques.
De Borduurschool: Hester Dennissen
Nora Veerman spoke with Hester Dennissen about the art of gold embroidery.
De Borduurschool: Desiree Hammen
Nora Veerman spoke with Desirée Hammen about haute couture and freestyle embroidery, emphasizing the beauty of imperfection.
Crafts Award 2024
During Dutch Design Week 2024, the Crafts Award was presented for the first time, recognizing outstanding creative craftsmanship within the Dutch making industry.
Atelier Max Lipsey
Sandblasted tableware and terrazzo from broken ceramics, commissioned by Circulair Warenhuis Leiden.
Benedetta Pompili
Self-glazing ceramics
Kim Blekkenhorst
Tableware made from local clay with screen prints of seasonal vegetables
Lab AIR – Iris de Kievith
Clay’s applications against waste.
Marte Mei + De Ceuvel
Glaze made from metals extracted by plants from contaminated soil.
Studio Christine Jetten
Innovative ceramic glazes for architecture in public spaces.
Studio Luske
Sculptures of leftover clay from ArtEZ’s ceramics studio.
Studio Rink
Locally produced sculptural objects from unfiltered clay.
Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon
Sap of the Korean Ott tree as lacquer applied to ceramics.
(w)aardewerk kick-off
On March 27, 2024, the first meeting for professionals and enthusiasts took place focusing on sustainable ceramics, featuring presentations by leading experts on the themes of earth, air and water.
De Borduurschool
Through the transfer of knowledge, presentations, research and lectures, we are building an ecosystem for embroidery.
Infinity Filigree
Eva van Kempen & Ming Design Studio
Augmented Weaving
Flavia Bon & Anita Michaluszko
Meshes
Amandine David & Esmé Hofman
Asparagus Lumen
Marieke de Hoop & Rik van Veen
Spacedyed Intarsia
Loret Karman & Joost Jansen
Sampler
Martine van ’t Hul & Daniël Maarleveld
Circulair Smart Saddle System
Bianca Koevoets, Aram Hartsuyker & Marius Stanasel
Physical and Digital Symbiosis
Nina van Bart, Roel Deden & Marieke van Heesbeen
NEW CRAFTS Talks
A series of lectures on the value of digital techniques in relation to craftsmanship and vice versa.
Projects overview NEW CRAFTS
Craftspeople and digital makers were brought together with the aim to stimulate knowledge exchange, experimentation and research.
NEW CRAFTS
This project brought together traditional artisans and digital makers with the goal of encouraging knowledge exchange, experimentation, and research.
BASK IT! Challenge
The BASK IT! Challenge, in collaboration with Basketclub, invited participants to design baskets around the theme 🔌.
BASK IT!
With BASK IT! we take you into the world of basketry and explore the many aspects of three-dimensional weaving.
The Linen Project
The Linen Project explores and revitalizes the economic viability of small-scale local flax cultivation and linen production in the Netherlands.
Indigo: Sharing Blue publication
Context, background information on shared heritage, work process, and results of the makers and masters in Japan.
Indigo: meet the maker-designers
Read more about the maker-designers of the Indigo: Sharing Blue project here.
Indigo: Sharing Blue
Four maker-designers traveled to Kyushu, Japan, to explore the shared heritage of the Netherlands and Japan in the field of indigo dye during a crafts exchange.