Textile Biennale in Rjswijk

Today I was with my UK friend Jane on tour again.

Like we did to Leiden some weeks ago, 

we went by public transportation

(for me bike, boat, bike, train, bus)

The museum in Rijswijk 

(though it's not a specific textile museum like the one in Tilburg)

"does in textile" a lot : f.i. the retrospective exhibition of Leslie Gabrielse

was there some eight years ago,

and I think this is the fourth Textile Biennale that they're organizing.

I already read about it in my favourite textile magazine TextielPlus

(... sorry .... only in Dutch !) 

One of the rooms.

Chiachio & Giannone (ARG)

(flowers ?)

Mai Tabakian (FR)

Caroline Bartlett (UK)

A beautiful installation with delicate embroidery 

with embedded imprints of textile in porcelain

Raija Jokinen (FI)

Rebacca Ringquist (USA)

(detail ... pojagi-like)

Debra M Smith (USA)

(the front of the flyer)

Monica Bohlmann (DE)

Ane Henriksen (DK)

(a translucent room)

Amanda McCavour (CA)

(combination of paint and stitch)

Pauline Nijenhuis (NL)

(weird animals)

Henrique v an Putten (NL)

(thousands of pins (numdered !) ... and thread)

Katie Lewis (USA)

(a weird installation : all the original furniture of this room

embedded in folded cloths !)

Derick Melander (USA)

(very, very fine crochet and embroidery)

Ying Chew (AUS)

Not all of it, 

but things I liked

Oh my, there are so many different way to make textile ART !

.....

If you have the opportunity :

GO  VISIT  THIS  EXHIBITION

it's more than worth the trip !

It lasts till September 27

(Thanks again for the lovely day Jane !)