Zomerweekend Borduren

This workshop will deal with the concept of ‘less is more’, originally  stated by the famous architect Mies van der Rohe and adopted by him as a way of life. This concept is not necessarily about minimalism. It is more about clarity and focus.

It is a natural reaction to add to your design – more colors, more images, more stuff – and the result is often visual noise and confusion.

We will explore the Japanese concepts of wabi-sabi (the beauty of imperfection), boro and mottainai (too good to waste) and kintsugi (the art of beautiful repairs).

Through a series of creative exercises we will practise limitation and the ‘art of taking away’. In stead of adding we will be asking, what we can remove in order to make a better composition.

We will work with both paper and fabric and experiment with different techniques to make surface design, including flour paste printing and gelatine printing.