Claudy Jongstra

https://claudyjongstra.com/

Beautiful colours – ?could achieve these with weld and cochineal?

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Claudy Jongstra Interweaves a Passion for the Environment

I absolutely resonate with this work.

 “I connect natural history and cultural history and this requires a permanent study. I want to learn from the persons I work with and work for. Reversely I hope that they also want to learn together with me. Then the strongest impact can be made in education, science, culture, healthcare and politics”.

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People have lost a direct connection with nature and they miss social structures. They are astounded to see how culture is created from nature. They have busy lifes, great careers, but they feel a huge emptiness around them: caused by superficiality, of agitated consumption”.

So, let’s all go back to nature? Engbersen: “No! we are not a retro movement. The trick precisely is to create new things from old knowledge and craft.”

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Couture

Victor and Rolf

“Spiritual Glamour” is the result of an inspiring collaboration with Viktor&Rolffor their Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2019/2020 collection. Fascinated by Claudy Jongstra’s scientific research and with great respect for her eco-aware practice and holistic mission for a better planet, Viktor&Rolf created a series of sculptural coats in an array of voluminous shapes from Jongstra’s trademark woollen textiles. 

(Jongstra 2023).