Textielfabrique is the Rotterdam-based textile studio of Maaike Gottschal. Textielfabrique offered masterclasses for professionals and inspired textile lovers. The masterclass program was designed to teach hands-on skills and knowledge on high-quality textile production. All masterclass programs offered historical background information and insight into both conceptual, technical, and aesthetic textile applications.
Textieflabrique specializes in the basics of Japanese, South American, and European craft techniques like Aizome (natural indigo dye), Katazome (rice print), Shibori (pattern making), Sashiko (quilting), Saori weaving, and Kasuri (ikat) weaving, Gobelin Weaving, damask and velvet weaving.
The owner of Textielfabrique Maaike Gottschal:
I inherited an appreciation for textiles from my family. I grew up in a textile family and learned weaving, spinning, bobbin-making, embroidery, sewing, and many other techniques at a young age. I was born in Haarlem and raised in Lelystad. I studied design, art history, jewelry, and visual arts, and I work at the intersection of disciplines. Over the past 15 years, I have studied numerous textile techniques with seven teachers worldwide in a self-designed program called “Textile as Language.” Here you can find my homework in the different techniques that I studied.
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My mission is to raise awareness of the enormous potential that textiles can hold in our culture. Textiles used to be an important medium for communicating and transferring value, emotions, and comfort. In our current society, there is insufficient textile knowledge to adequately appreciate it. My ambition is to expand that knowledge.
Since 2020, I have been making textiles using locally grown flax. Handweaving and spinning are important techniques for increasing the appreciation of textiles. Anyone can weave, spin, and create beautiful, valuable fabrics. The textiles I make are not technically perfect, but woven to emphasize the human nature of these handwoven textiles. There is a great deal of joy in the making process. I hope this is reflected in my work. I hope people want to live with the work.
With my work, I want to make a plea for beauty and poetry. Beauty has a transformative power of imagination that makes interacting with textiles personal and valuable.
In 2018 and 2019, I completed the Master’s program in Contextual Design at the Dutch Design Academy. There, I began my research into the importance of (manual) technology and the use of the senses within the design and production process.
The basic insights of many different techniques are very important for a deep understanding of textile art and its possibilities. Textile knowledge is also connected with our digital world and the art disciplines that use notation, and language as such.
If you have questions. Please send them: textielfabrique@gmail.com