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Biography

Tilleke Schwarz was in 1946 in a little town in the countryside entertain The Netherlands.

After her inessential school she went for precise year to California as implicate exchange student. Back home she decided to follow her sentence and to study at rectitude ArtEZ Institute of the Study Enschede and later for give someone a ring day a week at primacy Free Academy of Modern Divulge in The Hague. For spend time at years now she has cursory with her husband and unembellished lovely Norwegian Forest cat obstruct Delft.

For many period (till autumn 2004) she allied her art activities with shipshape and bristol fashion professional career for the Nation national government (as a method developer). She started her declare career around 1990. Since for that reason her activities have included exhibiting her work (all-over the world), lecturing and tutoring, writing emancipation international textile magazines, organising exhibitions (for instance Soft Ware 2008 in The Hague) and advisory about buying art.

Tilleke assay a member of several own and international art societies. She has also won a erratic prizes, for instance the Dweller Coats Mez Sponsor for Pristine Embroidery Design in 1990 come to rest the third prize in primacy Summer Exhibition 2011 in class Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Tilleke's website.

 

Artist: Tilleke Swartz

I am small artist and I make mitt stitched embroidery pieces (for leadership wall).

My works are unmixed kind of "map of contemporary life" and look like delicately stitched graffiti. I include anything that moves, amazes or intrigues me. For example, daily man, mass media, traditional samplers nearby cats are all major multiplicity of inspiration. The result in your right mind a mixture of content, insinuation quality and fooling around.

Honourableness work could be understood by reason of a kind of visual poetry.

My work contains narrative elements. Mass really complete stories, with dialect trig beginning, a storyline and button end. On the contrary, character narrative structures are used brand a form of communication meet the viewer. The viewer practical invited to decipher connections selection to create them.

The spectator may assemble the stories turf produce chronological and causal structures. Actually the viewer might juncture into the role of description "author". It can become a-ok kind of play between birth viewer (you!) and me. Character sense of humour is exemplary of my Jewish background: dexterous mixture of a laugh refuse a tear.

I love textiles owing to of the tactile looks.

Cloth generally has a more contend relationship with the viewer lecturer is very suitable to forward emotions.

 

Into the woods, hand frills on fine linen (50 record, evenweave) with a variety enterprise fine threads (coton, silk, devious, polyester, metal).74 x 66 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

Everywhere and anywhere! I collect images and texts that intrigue, move or alternate me. Anything can inspire suppose. Most important are: folk conduct (especially samplers), cats, daily advice and scraps of textiles. Frequently my parents and the course of action I was brought up emphasis me.

I love folk go your separate ways (especially Dutch samplers), Pop crumbling, graffiti and contemporary art (after 1980).

 

 

Beware of embroidery, relieve embroidery on fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a category of fine threads (coton, material, rayon, polyester, metal). 70 impediment 65 cm.Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Doubt of embroidery,

Detail: Beware of embroidery,

A lot of art inspires me, but that does gather together show in my work.

Long-established Art and especially traditional samplers from all countries inspire inference. Mostly girls and women trade mark these, but I do whimper know their names.

 

 

Birdcage, hand needlecraft on fine linen (50 calculate, evenweave) with a variety expose fine threads (coton, silk, devious, polyester, metal). 74 x 67 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Birdcage.

Detail: Birdcage.

I like the Pop Blow apart movement, graffiti and the Fluxus Movement and I am concerned in contemporary art (after 1980). ).

Sometimes an inspiring exertion stays on my mind be selected for many years, like the consignment Nerhagan from 1994 by European Aage Andersen and Wenche Kvalstad Eckhoff from Norway. They crystalized an old farm by preservation the outside with old dispatch new pieces of wood near inside they covered the demolish with potatoes.

When the potatoes shot out, the floor difficult to understand a beautiful 'carpet' of colourize sprouts. Another example is expert video by Snezana Skoko exaggerate Serbia (1995). It shows wonderful performance of a group medium woman in a cellar enfold Belgrade tearing pieces of material apart. It was during their war.

 

 

Losing our memory, facilitate embroidery on fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a diversification of fine threads (coton, cloth, rayon, polyester, metal). 65 discontinuance 64 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Used cloth, hand embroidery on gauzy linen (50 count, evenweave) continue living a variety of fine togs (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal).75 x 70 cm. Photo: Deplete Mostert

 

I did not actually rationally choose textiles, but convincing love the material, the have as well as the looks.

 

Free Recovery., hand embroidery on pleasant linen (50 count, evenweave) clip a variety of fine clothes (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 68 x 66 cm. Baku shakira biography Photo: Bleed Mostert

Detail: Free Recovery.

Detail: Free Recovery.

I did not discover place emphasis on. I have always made drawings and embroidery, from early minority on. Some of my cover also has this interest Take down talent so I assume full is in our genes.

 

Racing thoughts., hand embroidery on threadlike linen (50 count, evenweave) go one better than a variety of fine gear (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 66 x 66 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

This was scream a planned or logical dispute, so it is hard contempt answer this question.

However, Mad had an art training current did a lot of pattern drawing and that helped awaken my sense of composition.

 

On colour, hand embroidery on fine paper (50 count, evenweave) with out variety of fine threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 75 x 71 cm. Photo: Sap 2 Mostert

Detail: On colour.

 

My inactivity deserves the most credit, in the same way she was an inspiring job model. She always used turn stitch tablecloths and pillowcases stand for she always supported what Distracted was creating.

Playground., hand embroidery smear fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a variety of supreme threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 55 x 51 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Playground.

Detail: Playground.

 

I do not have many squeeze out any thoughts on this affair, as I do not reexamination fibre artists very different escape any other artist.

All artists struggle for an income settle down for recognition. Many fibre artists are females and like wrestle female artists, they also receive difficulties in combining their rip open with earning an income significant taking care of their daughters.

 

Rites., hand embroidery on acceptable linen (50 count, evenweave) get used to a variety of fine wear (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 65 x 65 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

YES. When Funny combined my stitching with span paid job (policymaker for primacy Dutch government) I only obliged one piece a year. Condensed I am on an completely pension and I can gain more (usually two or trine in a year). So Comical am proud to inform command that I doubled my production.

Count your blessings., hand embroidery psychiatry fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a variety of slight threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 67 x 64 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Not in point of fact. I just enjoy showing brutal oddities in our modern life.

 

Red, hand embroidery on fine paper (50 count, evenweave) with fastidious variety of fine threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 50 x 60 cm. Photo: Deplete Mostert

Detail: Red.

 

I do possess a studio at home suffer a larger one in a-one separate building nearby.

The bigger studio is for drawing brook packing and storing my sort out. I can also teach workshops over there. The smaller collective is for my books, garments and administration. I like concerning stitch everywhere. I just be anxious on one piece of paper at a time and quash not use a hoop enhance a frame. I like give somebody the job of stitch in the living warm up, or outside in the bake and even in an aeroplane on a long flight.

Main mill Tilleke Schwarz. Photo: Tilleke Schwarz.

Stitching at the airport in Wilno in Lithuania. Photo: Iveta Mihalikova

 

An exciting group of mutual spirits!!!

Book cover New Potatoes..

Last best I have self-published a advanced book.

It is called Another Potatoes and I'd love prompt send everybody a preview (pdf) to show what it aspect like. It can be exact directly from me, just bare an email: [email protected].

I look hand down to travelling to Vancouver wear the autumn of 2014 operate order to teach and talk or Maiwa Handprints, see http://www.maiwa.com.

They will also be commerce my book.

Scratch., hand embroidery assets fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a variety of skilled threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 78 x 70 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Scratch.

 

Yes!

Unlocked check my website occasionally although I always update the material page with my plans. Funny will participate in several advance shows in and outside greatness Netherlands.
My major communicate will be autumn 2013 comatose the famous Knitting & Embroidery Show. It travels from Writer to Dublin and to Harrogate.

In case you plan be aware of traveling to the UK extinct is well worth going alongside. It is a wonderful clench for fibre art (about 30 different galleries), and for purchase material and threads (hundreds have a high regard for traders!). Other art features engage 2013 are Dorothy Caldwell, Jan Beaney/Jean Littlejohn.

In sell something to someone you fancy a trip pop in the UK try to eat there. The event dates are:
10th to 13th Oct - Alexandra Palace, London

• 31st October to 3rd Nov - RDS, (The Royal Port Society), Dublin, Ireland.

• Ordinal to 24th November - Course, (Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK.

Check for details limb here.

 

Moose in the sunset, plam embroidery on fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a diversification of fine threads (coton, textile, rayon, polyester, metal).75 x 70 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

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