vintage textiles

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from the fleas the last weeks

Kuba raffia cloth with cowrie shells and plastic beads embroidered
from DR Congo

a salomon printed curtain in halflinnen-like the eyes, actually I saw only them and not the roosters!

a very weird black printed curtain, it's almost too much, you really need a big room for this

before the opening

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painting
cleaning
hanging
equalizing
drapping
ironing
looking
changing
again from the beginning
and then
it's opening

this friday at LLS387 in Antwerp
it will be an interesting exhbition

work by Kenneth Andrew Mroczek and Harell Fletcher
in the collection of Anne Daems

still empty showcases for the collection of Vaast Colson

greenish grey

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green tends out to be my most loved colour
want to paint the turqouis wall in the living very dark green
found finally a fitting fabric for the yellow couch
wanted to have sage, but it's more grey
a 70ies cushion cover
the book about Agnes Martin I found via the book/shop
the collection of scandinavian glass
and the most beautiful placemat from the 50ies with linnen napkins

owls

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it started with the movie
then I got the beautiful owl from M. for my birthday
she guards the table
from then on
I met them everywhere
mostly in the Brockenhaus
the towle I will give to M.
she already has a pillowcase
and the pictures in black and white are from a childrens book
taken with a Leica
it's a Waldohreule
how the lunar phases influence owls and other creatures, you can read here

1. August

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Today it's swiss national day
when I was in the Brockenhaus
I saw nice towels
some I bought
some I just photographed
some I will sell on the upcoming flea in Antwerp

Brockenhaus treasures VI

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after the hale
my computer had some serious problems
went to Switzerland and Germany for some days

made arrangements in the Brocki
but left all the nice things there

the macrame is the real stuff from the 70ies

dust bags

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busy with my bag collection
I made already the dust bags
old linnen
old linnen ribbon

if you're living in Belgium
you have to go to the retrospective from Giorgio Morandi

working clothes

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like every designer
I'm collecting old working clothes
the details to functionality are often outstanding

a french? nurse dress
another nurse dress
a french working/painters jacket-not sure completly if the patches are added recently to look vintage
the hype about vintage brings out strange things
the stains are original I guess

costume ghosts

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a peak of my work recently
wanted to post it 4 weeks ago and now it changed enourmously
here

long days and nice things

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I'm absent a bit
having long days
again ghosts
entseelt
verzückt
entrückt

and a new fork-like a claw
a new mug from Mieke for my birthday in january
and some spring flowers

mortars and pestles

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my collection of pestles and mortars gets larger
as well was I collecting on the flea again by colour
old linnen I need for the following costume project
and a pendant lamp like this I was long searching for
a pitty that it's broken

Russian scarf

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some time ago
I found this parcel in a handbag in a hugh mess of clothes on the fleamarket
It seamed, that the woman who brought it back as a souvenir from the World Exhibition '58 in Brussels
never looked at it again
so it was capsuled in its original condition in the purse for over 50 years!

It's always again a wonder what is possible to find on a flea 

flour sacks

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flour sack from flea in Brussels
little flour sack or bread sack from Brussels as well, but original from Pennsylvania
must be very old, wonder how it came to Belgium