We zijn er weer!

Na een lange luie zomer zijn we klaar voor een nieuw creatief seizoen. Het textiel atelier Wunderkammer gaat komende herfst aan de slag met drukken op textiel, quilten en dingen maken in textiel zoals kleding, tassen of dingen voor in huis. Elke maandag avond vanaf 20.00 uur hopen we je te zien op Kanaalstraat 149B in Amsterdam!

Martijn Huting @ Wunderkammer

This weekend starting friday 17.000 Martijn Huting shows recent work @ Wunderkammer (Kanaalstraat 149A in Amsterdam).  His work is definitely worth a visit, please feel welcome friday 17.00-23.00, saturday 16.00-23.00 or sunday16.00.-20.00.

Textile workshopping @ Wunderkammer starting monday 22/4

Wunderkammer is opening up for textile enthusiasts. From now on, every monday evening in odd weeks we'll have an open textile workshop at our studio. Starting april 22, then may 6th, then june 3rd (may 20 is whitsun/ pinksteren) and so on from 20.00 to app 22.00. Feel free to join us and work on your projects, like in a typical Swedish 'syjunta'. See you then!

Inspiring amish diamond mini quilt as seen at The Purl Bee

Bags from The Purl Bee

Another thing we would love to do: printing on textile:

I'm looking for owl inspiration to make for my boys

How to laser cut patterns in textile

Ever been to the Textile Museum in Tilburg? If you are ever so little interested in knitting, weaving, embroidery or anything that relates to textile it is definitely worth a visit. They feature a textile lab with the most advanced machines for textile fabrication. And you can actually have your designs produced there. We at Wunderkammer designed curtains that we laser cut at the lab. For a good laser cut you need to find the right speed and intensity of the laser to fit your fabric and pattern. Below some pictures of our lessons learned. The result is now hanging in our studio. Curious? Feel welcome to visit!

The final result:

The first try out: To the left the laser intensity was too strong, the fabric melted and the pattern got glued together. To the right the laser speed was too slow and the fabric might burn.

To the left: the pattern still melts and sticks together. Maybe the pattern is too fine? To the right: when the laser beam is too intens the fabric burns and leaves black marks on the fabric.

To the right: we still haven't found the right speed and intensity for our pattern. To the right: let's try to change the pattern and make it less fine.

Finally we found the right speed and intensity of the laser beam and the right grade of detail in the pattern to get the result we wanted.

Our 'butterflies' against the sunlight.