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Kees Goudzwaard is reprensented by gallery ZENO X GALLERY in Antwerp -  Find out more about his work here: http://www.keesgoudzwaard.org

Aliki + Lenn * The study trip was on invitation of the Dutch Crafts Council in the context of the knowledge exchange Indigo: Sharing Blue

KURUME-KASURI On invitation of the Dutch Crafts Council Aliki made a three and a half week travel to Yame on Kyushu, Japan and learned about the weaving technique Kurume-kasuri and indigo dyeing. Aliki chose rope as a framework to implement her new knowledge. This resulted in the collection NAWA: a series of ropes, cords and objects.  source Aliki van der Kruijs set-up Dutch Design Week

KASURI  Kasuri (絣) is a Japanese word for fabric that has been woven with fibers dyed specifically to create patterns and images in the fabric. It is an ikat (resist-dyeing) technique. The patterns are characterized by a blurred or brushed appearance. The warp and weft threads are resist-dyed in specific patterns. Prior to dyeing, sections of the warp and weft yarns are tightly wrapped with thread to protect them from the dye. When woven together, the undyed areas interlace to form patterns. 'The word “kasuri” originated from a Malay: “bind” or “tie.”Kasuri-textile is a technique to twine and dye vertical threads and horizontal ones together so as to weave up a design. The representative types of kasuri made in Japan are Hingo-kasuri in Hiroshima, Iyo-kasuri in Ehime, and Kurume-kasuri in Fukuoka. Kurume-kasuri was born from the daily life – people worked their loom and wove clothes for their family. source Kasuri from the Mr. Shimogawa collection and factory, photos made by Aliki during study trip to Japan on invitation of the Crafts Council NL for the project Indigo: Sharing Blue to work with local textile professionals. 

title TRITON project Nawa photography in collaboration with Lonneke van der Palen

TSUNA The Japanese word tsuna means rope, but acquired a whole new dimension in the context of the shinto religion, and therefore in that of sumo. In fact, the tsuna as we know it in sumo has its origins in the shimenawa, a sacred rope hanging across the torii (the gate at the entrance of a shinto shrine) or sometimes wrapped around a tree also at the shrine entrance. Very often it features hanging goheis, zigzag-folded paper strips that signify the presence of a kami, i.e., a shinto divinity, god or spirit. source http://www.lemondedusumo.com/english/MDS14_tsuna.php?mag=mds&num=14

ROPE IN CONTEXT source photo made by Aliki during study trip to Japan on invitation of the Dutch Crafts Council in the context of the knowledge exchange Indigo: Sharing Blue

OBI Obi (帯?, おび) is a sash for traditional Japanese dress, keikogi (uniforms for Japanese martial arts), and part of kimono outfits.The obi for men's kimono is rather narrow, 10 centimetres (3.9 in) wide at most, but a woman's formal obi can be 30 centimetres (12 in) wide and more than 4 metres (13 ft) long. Nowadays, a woman's wide and decorative obi does not keep the kimono closed; this is done by different undersashes and ribbons worn underneath the obi. The obi itself often requires the use of stiffeners and ribbons for definition of shape and decoration.There are many types of obi, most for women: wide obi made of brocade and narrower, simpler obi for everyday wear. The fanciest and most colourful obi are for young unmarried women.[1][2] The contemporary women's obi is a very conspicuous accessory, sometimes even more so than the kimono robe itself. A fine formal obi might cost more than the rest of the entire outfit. Obi are categorised by their design, formality, material, and use. Informal obi are narrower and shorter. source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash)

title KONPASU project Nawa photography in collaboration with Lonneke van der Palen

HOW TO TIE A KARATE BELT source https://www.google.nl/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=How+to+tie+an+belt&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=CuUEWIaaMo_38Afuya-4CQ#q=How+to+tie+a+belt+karate

title TSUNA project Nawa photography in collaboration with Lonneke van der Palen

title BRIDGE project Nawa photography in collaboration with Lonneke van der Palen 

Zuihitsu (随筆 ?) is a genre of Japanese literature consisting of loosely connected personal essays and fragmented ideas that typically respond to the author's surroundings. The name is derived from two Kanji meaning "at will" and "pen.” source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuihitsu

TOME ISHI - SEKIMORI ISHI a tome ishi (stop stone) or, to use its more descriptive name, a sekimori ishi (boundary-guard stone). It is a device used in Japanese gardens, particularly those with tea houses, to guide visitors along a prescribed route. You occasionally see them elsewhere, such as outside a traditional restaurant to indicate it’s closed, but these whimsical wrong-way markers are most strongly associated with tea gardens. source http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/19/reference/tome-ishi/#.V8bBUT595bU

NAWAPEDIA online encyclopedia of Japanese bondage and related kinky activities source http://www.nawapedia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

project Nawa the materials prepared in Japan by Aliki are in The Netherlands fabricated, collaboration with passementerie specialist Thea Veel at TextielLab Textielmuseum Tilburg NL

TIM INGOLD - THE KNOWING BODY Tim Ingold’s wide-ranging studies encourage us to re-appreciate alternative knowledge or, put differently, things our bodies know but we do not always act upon, such as acquired skills, sudden reflexes and marked intuition. With a focus on alternative ways to find knowledge, Ingold offers imaginative workshop tutorials that include weaving baskets and flying kites with students. Tim Ingold’s writings cover themes as far apart as humans and animals, sensing, education, skill, perception, making, materials and becoming. His most recent book, The Life of Lines, is a wonderful example of his achievements and a poetic narrative that interlaces bodies, minds, landscapes, topographies and perceptions through a correspondence of lines.  source start at min.17 to hear Tim Ingold talking about ROPE during his lecture at Van Eyck Academy Maastricht NL May 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCCOkQMHTG4#notes 'Not a totally that is finished, but a movement that is carrying on. 'Correspondence of parts in an ongoing process of life' 'Mixture of agreement & tension' (ancient greek vision on hARMony) source photos by Lenn from Metropolis M Nr 4-2016