Wool
7th EWA study tour to Wales
The Wales study tour was planned for a whole week, May 16th to 23rd 2025, both Fridays for traveling. Friday 16th: Our host, Gillian Thomas, had to prepare the EWA stand at the Welsh Spring Festival with the help of two participants of the tour: one English craftswoman, Karen from Cattywumpus Crafts who was going […]
6th EWA study tour to Texel: 3rd Day
On Thursday, March 26th 2025, we started our third and last day of the EWA study tour with a visit to the new owner of the Texelkleed brand that was originally founded by Renske. The rugs are mainly made of Texel wool: the wool is core spun around a cotton thread, and then felted before […]
6th EWA study tour to Texel: 2nd Day
On Wednesday, March 26th 2025, we started the day at the Kaap Skil Museum in the small village of Oudeschild. They had built a new building a few years ago and the inhabitants of the village were not really too fond of the idea… For the entrance hall, the artist Erna van Sambeek was asked […]