the flax project design by christien meindertsma
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truly dutch
the zuiderzee museum, enkhuizen, netherlands
from 23 May 2009 onward

http://www.zzm.nl

christien meindertsma, with ten other dutch designers and artists, will exhibit at the zuiderzee museum.
the exhibition is based on dutch traditional crafts such as rope-making, bronze-casting and basket-weaving.
meindertsma designed a series of objects for T.E. editions – with support from the zuiderzee museum –
whereby the craft of rope-making plays a central role. having carried out research, she went back to the
origin of 16th-century dutch rope: flax, from the province of zeeland. the fibres were spun into yarns and
then woven, twisted and twined together and knotted by rope-maker steenbergen in gorssel. meindertsma
has thoroughly taken up this old craft.



flax light elm by christien meindertsma
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flax rug
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flax light
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flax extension
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flax set tea & hand towel
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flax wax candle
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flax ottoman
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