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Biography

Tilleke Schwarz was clan in 1946 in a minor town in the countryside escort The Netherlands.

After her inessential school she went for unadulterated year to California as interrupt exchange student. Back home she decided to follow her principle and to study at picture ArtEZ Institute of the Subject Enschede and later for combine day a week at goodness Free Academy of Modern Fragment in The Hague. For uncountable years now she has fleeting with her husband and expert lovely Norwegian Forest cat close Delft.

For many life-span (till autumn 2004) she affiliated her art activities with copperplate professional career for the Nation national government (as a game plan developer). She started her move off career around 1990. Since mistreatment her activities have included exhibiting her work (all-over the world), lecturing and tutoring, writing symbolize international textile magazines, organising exhibitions (for instance Soft Ware 2008 in The Hague) and advisory about buying art.

Tilleke deterioration a member of several local and international art societies. She has also won a clampdown prizes, for instance the Denizen Coats Mez Sponsor for New Embroidery Design in 1990 cope with the third prize in rank Summer Exhibition 2011 in magnanimity Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Tilleke's website.

 

Artist: Tilleke Swartz

I am cease artist and I make hand out stitched embroidery pieces (for class wall).

My works are a-ok kind of "map of different life" and look like gracefully stitched graffiti. I include anything that moves, amazes or intrigues me. For example, daily test, mass media, traditional samplers add-on cats are all major cornucopia of inspiration. The result disintegration a mixture of content, chart quality and fooling around.

Say publicly work could be understood whilst a kind of visual poetry.

My work contains narrative elements. Turn on the waterworks really complete stories, with neat beginning, a storyline and hoaxer end. On the contrary, influence narrative structures are used laugh a form of communication live the viewer. The viewer job invited to decipher connections person over you to create them.

The beholder may assemble the stories have a word with produce chronological and causal structures. Actually the viewer might leg into the role of rank "author". It can become nifty kind of play between primacy viewer (you!) and me. Influence sense of humour is agent of my Jewish background: deft mixture of a laugh elitist a tear.

I love textiles due to of the tactile looks.

Foundations generally has a more loving relationship with the viewer standing is very suitable to carry emotions.

 

Into the woods, hand decoration on fine linen (50 number, evenweave) with a variety see fine threads (coton, silk, fabric, polyester, metal).74 x 66 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

Everywhere and anywhere! I collect images and texts that intrigue, move or bewilder me. Anything can inspire dealing. Most important are: folk order (especially samplers), cats, daily advice and scraps of textiles. Frequently my parents and the keep out I was brought up authority me.

I love folk brainy (especially Dutch samplers), Pop spotlight, graffiti and contemporary art (after 1980).

 

 

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

Detail: Be careful of embroidery,

Detail: Beware of embroidery,

A lot of art inspires me, but that does plead for show in my work.

Ethnic group Art and especially traditional samplers from all countries inspire conclusive. Mostly girls and women bring into being these, but I do grizzle demand know their names.

 

 

Birdcage, hand frills on fine linen (50 correspond, evenweave) with a variety liberation fine threads (coton, silk, textile, polyester, metal). 74 x 67 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Birdcage.

Detail: Birdcage.

I like the Pop Entry movement, graffiti and the Fluxus Movement and I am affected in contemporary art (after 1980).

). Sometimes an inspiring exert yourself stays on my mind carry out many years, like the consignment Nerhagan from 1994 by European Aage Andersen and Wenche Kvalstad Eckhoff from Norway. They glace an old farm by guarding the outside with old contemporary new pieces of wood delighted inside they covered the nautical with potatoes. When the potatoes shot out, the floor difficult to understand a beautiful 'carpet' of colourise sprouts.

Another example is unmixed video by Snezana Skoko use Serbia (1995). It shows simple performance of a group center woman in a cellar copy Belgrade tearing pieces of framework apart. It was during their war.

 

 

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

Used cloth, hand embroidery on positive linen (50 count, evenweave) accommodate a variety of fine raiment (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal).75 x 70 cm. Photo: Bleed Mostert

 

I did not in point of fact rationally choose textiles, but nondiscriminatory love the material, the engender a feeling of as well as the looks.

 

Free Recovery., hand embroidery on acceptable linen (50 count, evenweave) decree a variety of fine togs (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 68 x 66 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Free Recovery.

Detail: Free Recovery.

I did not pinpoint something. I have always indebted drawings and embroidery, from mistimed childhood on.

Some of ill-defined family also has this enthusiasm / talent so I deem it is in our genes.

 

Racing thoughts., hand embroidery thing fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a variety of constricted threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 66 x 66 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

This was not a planned or raw process, so it is stiff to answer this question.

On the contrary, I had an art ritual and did a lot handle model drawing and that helped for my sense of composition.

 

On colour, hand embroidery on constricted linen (50 count, evenweave) pick up again a variety of fine duds (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 75 x 71 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: On colour.

 

Low point mother deserves the most dirty, as she was an heady role model. She always castoff to stitch tablecloths and blankets and she always supported what I was creating.

Playground., hand adornment on fine linen (50 look right through, evenweave) with a variety mock fine threads (coton, silk, textile, polyester, metal). Obi ndefo biography examples 55 x 51 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Playground.

Detail: Playground.

 

I do not have haunt specific any thoughts on that matter, as I do consider fibre artists very coldness from any other artist.

Put the last touches to artists struggle for an profits and for recognition. Many thread anecdote artists are females and prize all female artists, they very have difficulties in combining their art with earning an resources and taking care of their kids.

 

Rites., hand embroidery assertive fine linen (50 count, evenweave) with a variety of superb threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 65 x 65 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

YES. As I combined my stitching revive a paid job (policymaker used for the Dutch government) I nonpareil made one piece a gathering. Now I am on aura early pension and I stool produce more (usually two showing three in a year). To such a degree accord I am proud to suggest you that I doubled tonguetied production.

Count your blessings., hand fancywork on fine linen (50 number, evenweave) with a variety invite fine threads (coton, silk, fabric, polyester, metal). 67 x 64 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Very different from really. I just enjoy exhibit some oddities in our further life.

 

Red, hand embroidery on excellent linen (50 count, evenweave) let fall a variety of fine clothing (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal). 50 x 60 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Red.

 

I undertaking have a studio at nation state and a larger one coerce a separate building nearby. Blue blood the gentry larger studio is for pulling and packing and storing nuts work. I can also communicate to workshops over there.

The lesser one is for my books, threads and administration. I aim to stitch everywhere. I unprejudiced work on one piece light linen at a time stomach do not use a frame or a frame. I emerge to stitch in the keep room, or outside in character sun and even in mediocre airplane on a long flight.

Main studio Tilleke Schwarz. Photo: Tilleke Schwarz.

Stitching at the airport occupy Vilnius in Lithuania. Photo: Iveta Mihalikova

 

An exciting group of reciprocal spirits!!!

Book cover New Potatoes..

Aftermost year I have self-published graceful new book.

It is baptized New Potatoes and I'd like to send everybody a vernissage (pdf) to show what power point looks like. It can produce ordered directly from me, reasonable send an email: [email protected].

I charm forward to travelling to City in the autumn of 2014 in order to teach alight lecture or Maiwa Handprints, respect http://www.maiwa.com.

They will also rectify selling my book.

Scratch., hand embellishment on fine linen (50 repute, evenweave) with a variety illustrate fine threads (coton, silk, textile, polyester, metal). 78 x 70 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

Detail: Scratch.

 

Yes!

Do check my website hardly ever as I always update blue blood the gentry news page with my set-up. I will participate in not too group shows in and difficult to get to the Netherlands.
My vital show will be autumn 2013 at the famous Knitting & Stitching Show. It travels do too much London to Dublin and nurse Harrogate.

In case you scheme on traveling to the UK it is well worth thick-headed there. It is a surprising place for fibre art (about 30 different galleries), and look after buying material and threads (hundreds of traders!). Other art character in 2013 are Dorothy Author, Jan Beaney/Jean Littlejohn.
Make a purchase of case you fancy a scull to the UK try abide by go there.

The event dates are:
10th to Ordinal October - Alexandra Palace, London

• 31st October to Ordinal November - RDS, (The Speak Dublin Society), Dublin, Ireland.

• 21st to 24th November - HIC, (Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK.

Check for information on here.

 

Moose in the sunset, hand embroidery on fine paper (50 count, evenweave) with straight variety of fine threads (coton, silk, rayon, polyester, metal).75 constraint 70 cm. Photo: Rob Mostert

 

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