| Marjon
Hoftijzer-Boer Oltmansstraat 34 3842 ZX Harderwijk T: +31(0)341 426178 E: marjon.hoftijzer@kpnplanet.nl |
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Artist Statement
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I
find inspiration for making quilts in the nature and the area around
my home. Besides making photos, I make sketches and paintings. It often
is a search for simplicity. By drawing I try to make a complicated shape
abstract. Dyeing fabrics and threads is important to me. Besides this,
I love using unusual fabrics like velvet, organza, metallic fabrics
and fabric with sequins.
Experimenting with new materials, like polyester film, tyvek and plastics, is also very important to me. In the last years, I have researched and experimented with these materials on how to integrate them into my work. What intrigues me about polyester film is the measure of transparency, depending on the kind of polyester film and on its possibilities in manipulation. Tyvek, on the contrary, has other possibilities and gives beautiful structures if heat-manipulated. |