Works
Martine van ‘t Hul
Daniël Maarleveld
October 4, 2022
Andrew Stuart
October 5, 2022
MEET THE MAKER
As a designer of embroidery art I deeply care that embroidery techniques and craftsmanship will be preserved for the future. Since I have embroidered from childhood and professionally already for more than fifteen years, I only noticed that time is a limiting factor in this craft. Embroideries made by hand, like handwriting, always reveal the soul of the maker. For me it is a deep love for fine traditional embroidery techniques, taught by my mother at a very young age. Over the last couple of years, I become increasingly interested and skilled in other techniques as well, such as Japanese embroidery, Point de Marseille, lace embroidery and bobbin lace. Embroideries made by hand I combine nowadays together with machine embroideries. To give the machine embroidery an elevated image, I interact with the machine during its process.
Project
Daniel Maarleveld and Martine van ‘t Hul have investigated the handwriting of the embroidery machine. Combining Martine’s knowledge of embroidery traditions and Daniel’s knowledge of algorithms, they developed a typeface that translates traditional embroidery letters to the logic of the embroidery machine.
Value iAtelier
I always try to look for new techniques in my work, especially to embroider on the machine as refined as possible. As if it is hand embroidered instead of machine embroidered. Normally I work a lot on my own. This collaboration with Daniël was really a great gift for me. Getting imput from a differtent work level. This project pushed me to work with my software in another way. You get used to your own work methods, Daniël made sure that there came out much more of the software than I could have ever imagined.
