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IN THE WORKSHOP OF… MARJOLEIN DALLINGA FELT ART AT ITS BEST

An article by journalist ÉRIC CLÉMENT, LA PRESSE, Montreal Quebec to consult below: IN THE WORKSHOP OF… MARJOLEIN DALLINGA FELT ART AT ITS BEST Resident of the Laurentians, Marjolein Dallinga is one of the great artists specializing in felt, a fashionable material in contemporary art. We met the renowned artist of Dutch origin, who works regularly with the entertainment world, notably with Cirque du Soleil and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.HIS JOURNEY Born in the Netherlands, Marjolein Dallinga learned to sew when she was young....

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Exposition Bloomfelt : Felt Experience – Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Vermont, USA

"Felt Experience' Offers Touchable Sculpture at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center Par PAMELA POLSTON @PAMELA7D An article published on September 7, 2022 on the SEVEN DAYS Site, VERMONT'S INDEPENDENT VOICEIn a departure from typical hands-off rules, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center invites visitors to touch the art — that is, one installation in a group exhibit titled "Felt Experience." And, yes, it refers to sculptures made of felt. Artist Stephanie Metz made the six organic-looking "pods," as she calls them, that hang like...

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Felt Experience Bloomfelt Brattleboro Museum Vermont USA

Felt Experience Bloomfelt   June 18 - October 10, 2022 Brattleboro Museum & Art Center Brattleboro, Vermont, 05301, USA Felt is an ancient material, predating woven cloth. It connects us to the earth and its animals; it is an extraordinarily sensorial medium imbued with history. Felt can awaken childhood memories of a pre-digital age when our direct interaction with the world helped to awaken our senses. Think of the protective feel of warm winter sweaters, the smells of animals in petting zoos, or interactive childhood...

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vacation with an artist

Lately I have joined vaawa.com , here you can book workshop and a vacation in my studio, located in Gore, Quebec, Canada. For more informations : Sculptural Felting and Wearable Art with Marjolein    

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Bloomfelt and Marjolein Dallinga; a Press review

Small media world tour about Bloomfelt There are more and more articles dedicated to the works of Marjolein Dallinga, whether at the level of exhibitions, events or workshops led by the artist around the world. Feltmakers Ireland Very nice article from the National Guild of Felt Makers, Feltmakerss Ireland - Creating works of art with fibre -  Posted on January 30, 2020 "Interview with Marjolein Darllinga" The workshop will be given from 29 to 31 May 2020, for the conditions see online on the site or the Facebook page of Feltmakers...

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MOVE ME/TOUCHEZ MOI MARJOLEIN DALLINGA

MARY E. BLACK GALLERY  1061 Marginal Rd, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4P7, Canada Nov 7, 2019 - Jan 19, 2020 Marjolein Dallinga was born in the Netherlands where she studied Fine Arts. She moved to Quebec, Canada, in 1989 to pursue her art career through making art books and jewelry.. She discovered the craft of felting after her immigration. « I came to feel that felting was the medium most suitable for my artistic expression. Coming from a fine arts background I find the tension between the world of art and the world of craft very...

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Portneuf International Linen Biennale from June 15 to September 29

Marjolein Dallinga will exhibit his new work "The Vessels of the Heart (2019) - Wool and Linen" at the Portneuf linen Biennale, which will take place from June 15 to September 29, 2019! "Never ask your way to someone who knows it, because you could not go astray" Rabbi Nachman   The detours of the heart, its secret folds. With this theme "Byways and drifways", I went simply playing with wool - an animal fiber - and with flax - a plant fiber. Everything in my work expresses something both animal and vegetative world so the...

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Felt sense

Or who has invented my life? For more than twenty years, creations were made mostly with wool. All kinds of things really: toys , scarves ,dresses, and handbags but also wall hangings ,sculptures and fantastic costumes. If the medium is the message, as the Canadian Marshall McLuhan stated, then what is the revelation of this material? Are we artists not all driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide ? Inspirations came and come from so many direction — some from walks in the forest ,some from...

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WORKSHOP OF BOCAGE 31, occitania, France

WORKSHOP OF BOCAGE 31 Training center textile, wool felt, fiber and color atelierdubocage31@nullgmail.com Such. : 33 (0) 561 981 222 Siret number: 481 360790000 28 Training organization number: 73 3107496 31 Address: LA COUECH - 31310 MONTBRUN-BOCAGE - France Join the artist MARJOLEIN DALLINGA from July 15 to July 24 2019 for a summer residence in the south of France, a two-part manual wool felt session. Marjolein Dallinga was born in the Netherlands where she studied fine arts. She moved to Montreal, Canada, in 1989 to pursue her...

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