My Another Turn Iron pieces are featured in VTWonen nr 10 2019

Styling Marianne Luning and photography Stan Koolen

You’re invited to the opening of a new exhibition at The Kinfolk Gallery! Birgitta de Vos’s OMNIPRESENT | BEYOND BORDERS is an ode to the earth in the form of tactile art, created to mark the publication of her third book of photo-poetry. 

 

EXHIBITION OPENING 

Thursday September 26th

17:00-20:00

 

EXHIBITION HOURS

September 27th-October 11th 

10:00-16:00 

 

LOCATION

Kinfolk Gallery

Amagertorv 14, 1 

1160 Copenhagen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than any of my other work the Iron Lady loves to get the attention from press and photographers.

We had a beautiful feature in the RUM International 08/2019 with stunning pictures made by Piet-Albert Goethals (he is also co- founder of his own serene and minimalistic AKT magazine) and wonderful words by Marlene Tolbod Jakobsen.

 

 

 

 

 

‘True Colors’, the latest book by color and crafts expert Keith Recker is an amazing treasure.

A must-read and buy for all who work with, or like to know more about the magical world of organic dyeing.

It starts with my passion for white…

 

 

 

 

 

ANOTHER TURN is an encounter between creative souls.

 

The 21st of June, 2019, the brightest day of the year.

For just one day the works of two of the most inspiring contemporary

allround creatives Xander Vervoort + Leon van Boxtel (X+L) 

and my work will merge at the Iron Lady Amsterdam.

 

 

 

 

In 2007 my husband and I purchased a rundown farmhouse in the Dutch Countryside.

Although I am not much into publishing my house on my site, somebody said to me the other day, that the design I do for my houses is also art, so here we are.

A few years ago photographer Henny van Belkom came to visit me with the question if he could make pictures of my farmhouse. The latest issue of Country Living Modern Rustic published them for their issue nr 14.

They titled the feature ‘ALL WHITE NOW | a rundown farmhouse in the Dutch countryside has been converted into a timeless, minimalistic live-work space by its artist owner’.

Some changes have been made since the pictures where taken in 2016, but it is still white and minimalistic…

 

Cheick Siby with one of the AAAA Textile Totems | Picture Birgitta de Vos

 

Cheick Siby is one of the skilled artisans we worked with in Segou, where we created, under the supervision and with the support of Haram Sidibe a new label called AAAA (Ateliers Autodidacts Anti-Alghorithms).

We selected the Bogolan, a traditional textile art in Mali, and started from here to create a contemporary line of design and art products. The Bogolan connects the makers, not only to their land and past, but also, to their future, and with AAAA it gives them unlimited possibilities in the present.

Creating a Bogolan is a labor-intensive cooperation between people and place. All stages of the making of the AAAA Bogolans are done by hand. From picking the cotton, spinning, weaving, dyeing and hand painting.

Making a Bogolan is a true slow art process and product. With a minimal of means they create products that speak the language of the soul.

Atelier Autodidacts Anti-Algorithms (AAAA) is initially brought together and supported by the United Nations, the EU and the government of Mali.

You can find more info about AAAA, the products and their way of working on their Instagram account  @AAAACOOP or online here.

 

 

 

My book DRESSING THE SOUL | AGELESS BEAUTY has an impressive 8 page feature in the VERDANT issue of Trend and Forecasting publication Textile View Magazine Winter 2018 nr. 124

Embracing Ageing. Recycle. Reuse. Stay clean and select green. Verdant is the future.

Thank you, David Shah and View-team!