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By: Claudy 07-06-2023
In the run-up to the 25th anniversary of De Veldkeuken, Claudy Jongstra has created three wool felted artworks entitled 'Series of stins', commissioned by Juliette Borggreve and René van der Veer.
- De Veldkeuken, Landgoed Amelisweerd, Koningslaan 11, Bunnik. www.veldkeuken.nl
- Photos Wim Zagt and SCJ
By: Claudy 22-05-2023
Studio Claudy Jongstra installed the 3.65 X 2.40-metre artwork entiteled: Mending the Future. The harmonious, earthy colours of the natural landscape fit seamlessly with the interior. "It was as if the empty white wall had been waiting for this work," says the private client with satisfaction.
- Studio Claudy Jongstra
- Mending the Future, 2023
- 3.65 X 2.40 m
- Felted wool from Drenthe Heath Sheep, embroidery, natural plant pigments
- Galerie Fontana
By: Claudy 02-05-2018
The World Premiere of Studio Claudy Jongstra’s monumental sculptural installation features an assemblage of sixty hand-felted textile artworks that evoke a primal architectural impulse. Over the past 20 years, Jongstra has built an artistic practice intertwined with Dutch cultural heritage and the natural cycle of her local environment in rural Friesland.
- Santa Maria dello Spasimo, Palermo, Collateral Event of Manifesta 12 in collaboration with Villa Valguarnera-Past Forward
- Zeefgebouw (De Suiker), Energieweg 10, 9743 AN Groningen
- Materials: wool of the Drenthe Heath sheep, merino wool, mohair, silk, cotton
- Pigments: madder, cochineal, walnut
- Photo credit: Jeroen Musch
