Marijke van Welzen
Textile is Marijke van Welzen’s passion, it lends itself to infinite possibilities of expression with the tactile aspect, the flexibility, the unlimited colour range and the visual texture. Marijke van Welzen creates wearable art using techniques she developed over the years. Not afraid of experimentation or a challenge, Marijke produces unique art garments that explore […]
Debra Milkovich
Debra Milkovich is an art quilter, mother to four girls, military spouse, and collector of weird vintage treasures. Early in life, she dreamed of becoming an artist but ultimately chose a steadier path by earning a doctorate in pharmacy. Debra made her first quilt in 2017, with the encouragement of her friend Emi. For her […]
Pascale Goldenberg
Pascale Goldenberg shares her life as an independent artist by managing the transcultural hand embroidery programme, Guldusi, which she launched in Afghanistan in 2004. On the one hand, she believed that being responsible for 200 embroiderers was a priority, but on the other hand, she didn’t want to give up her work as an artist. […]
Annie Bugnon
Annie Bugnon studied fine arts and ceramics in Besançon and currently lives in Béarn. She taught art for many years. In 2005, she edited La poétique de l’art de l’enfant in which she expands on these years of experience. During the 90s, her work focused on the symbolism of the history of art. She exhibits […]
Seika Lee Klein
Seika was born with Korean heritage in Japan, moved to the United States with her German husband, and now lives in Switzerland with her family and works as a bojagi textile artist. She is a human resource planner and a mum of a little girl, too. Fascinated by jogakbo, traditional bojagi patchwork, she first started […]
Fifteen by Fifteen
Fifteen by Fifteen is an international group made up of 15 artists with a shared passion for textile art. They come from all over the world so their meetings are often virtual. Each year, one or more themes are chosen and the artists then create six quilts. The photos and explanations of each quilter’s approach […]
YongMei Liu
Born in China, YongMei Liu has always known that textiles were her source of inspiration and her creative material of choice. After studying fine arts in Beijing, she became the photographic director for the Chinese Psychology magazine. Since moving to France in 2008, her artistic progression has been impressive. She has gone from being an […]
Dieter Filler
After studying art and handicraft education, Dieter Filler could only fulfil his artistic ambitions in his free time, mainly with clay creations or with bookbinding work. It was upon moving to Switzerland in 1993 that he first discovered patchwork. Thanks to various courses, he learnt traditional techniques that he quickly developed into new materials and […]