Published by nai010 publishers. Text by Louwrien Wijers, Laura M. Richard, Lidewij Edelkoort.
Dutch artist Claudy Jongstra (born 1963) creates site-specific murals and sculptural installations that offer visceral landscapes of texture and color.
This volume explores the artist’s distinctive, sustainable approach—which involves a range of natural materials and techniques—and provides an overview of her exceptional ongoing career.
Published by Artimo. Edited and essay by Toon Lauwen. Introduction by Ingeborg de Roode.
Part primitive, part animal, part magic, Claudy Jongstra's felt textiles are unique in their rough sophistication. Some seem to come straight from the back of the beast, while others are worked with a finesse that makes them a statement in raw elegance. Jongstra uses unrefined materials--wild silk, linen, camel, cashmere and especially wool--which she treats with original techniques, resulting in sensationally creative fabrics. She raises a herd of 150 sheep in the Dutch countryside, many representing rare indigenous breeds like the long-haired Drenthe Heath, whose shorn locks she felts along with the straw and lanolin accumulated on their original owners' wanderings. Her fabrics have been used by Christian Lacroix, John Galliano and Donna Karan. She has produced wall coverings for the architect Rem Koolhaas and costumes for the Jedi warriors in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. In September, her work was shown at Moss in New York.
PUBLISHER Artimo
BOOK FORMAT Paperback, 10.75 x 13.5 in. / 142 pgs / 33 color / 21 bw.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 3/1/2006 Out of print
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Claudy Jongstra: Matter and Meaning
