Tilleke schwarz biography books

          Textile artist Tilleke Schwarz was born in in the Netherlands and developed her craft at the Academy for Arts and Industry, Enschede and the Free Academy.

        1. Textile artist Tilleke Schwarz was born in in the Netherlands and developed her craft at the Academy for Arts and Industry, Enschede and the Free Academy.
        2. I live with husband and cat near Delft, The Netherlands.
        3. Excellent book for an insight to Tilleke working and thinkings.
        4. Tilleke Schwarz makes fine hand embroidered work which contains images, texts, and traditional items.
        5. This self published book features interviews with and narrative from Tilleke, and also big pictures of her work from to

          6. Excellent book for an insight to Tilleke working and thinkings....

          Artist: Tilleke Schwarz of Pijnacker, The Netherlands

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          Interviews published by Gareth Bate & Dawne Rudman.

           

          Biography

          Tilleke Schwarz was born in 1946 in a small town in the countryside in The Netherlands.

          After her secondary school she went for a year to California as an exchange student. Back home she decided to follow her passion and to study at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Enschede and later for one day a week at the Free Academy of Modern Art in The Hague.

          Tilleke Schwarz's book 'New Potatoes' showcases her embroidered art from , including a brief biography and her inspiration.

          For many years now she has lived with her husband and a lovely Norwegian Forest cat near Delft.

          For many years (till autumn 2004) she combined her art activities with a professional career for the Dutch national government (as a policy developer).

          She started her art career around 1990. Since then her activities have included exhibiting her work (all-over the world), lecturing and tutoring, writing for international textile magazines