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'How the world slowly started to turn pink' (the extended version)@ Salon/2

2011-07-04T06:36:00.001-07:00

Salon/2 is the sixth edition of Salon/ in Amsterdam city.
More info on Salon/ ---> www.salon1.org <---

And I am happy to announce that I show my work 'How the world slowly started to turn pink' at Tesselschade Arbeid Adelt, Leidseplein 33, as part of Salon/2.
This specific shop at the Leidseplein, is a place which makes it possible to see conventional handmade embroideries and crafts in the shop downstairs.
And maybe the opposite, freestyle embroideries of mine, can be seen upstairs in the exhibtion space of the house during the event.
Besides that a I show traditional haute couture embroideries in the window. It represents a next step in my research, of how the traditional techniques I learn at the famous embroidery school I attend in Paris, can be used in a different free form way.
This all as an extension of the installation upstairs.

Salon/2 opened july 1 and runs till the 17th of july at different places along the city. (for more info and tickets see the website)

Tesselschade Arbeid Adelt will be open weekdays between 11-17.30 and during weekends 11- 17
closed on monday.
www.tesselschade-arbeidadelt.nl/

'How the world slowly started to turn pink'. A new piece in a group exhibit at the Krabbedans in Eindhoven

2011-04-21T14:09:00.000-07:00

Collecties Belicht
van 8 april - 8 mei
Krabbedans, Eindhoven
Clausplein 10 (De Witte Dame)
5611 XP Eindhoven
T 040 297 95 555
www.krabbedans.nl

Today's news: Opening WinterSalon/ Amsterdam

2011-01-15T14:02:00.000-08:00

WinterSalon/ opened today it's doors!
Till the 6th of february on 6 locations in Amsterdam city there is work shown from over 30 designers, artists and photographers.
for more information and tickets: www.salon1.org

‘In the summer of 2010 I started a part time training at the school of a famous haute couturehouse. I now completed 3 out of the 10 modules. Ever since I was a child I am fascinated by manually making clothes and embroideries. Gradually I got more specialised in this hand moderation, particularly in the unorthodox way. I now learn the techniques in accordance with the classic, traditional haute couture rules.

In my presentation at the Winter Salon/ I show the research I am doing of the way the new techniques I have been thaught are getting integrated in my own work.’

The Office at Dutch Design Week 2010, Eindhoven

2010-10-25T14:05:00.000-07:00

For the occasion of Dutch Design Week I did an installation at the cityhall of EIndhoven. It was a round up of the pop up project C.T.M.W.C.F.

Fashion@Nightwood, NY

2010-10-02T00:51:00.001-07:00

September 9th from 7-9pm

Livingston Street between Hoyt & Smith, Brooklyn

in Nightwood Design Pop-Up Space, by invitation of Nadia Yaron and Myriah Scruggs

a Fashion Event hosted by Pascale Gatzen

“a crowd of amazing
people on a magical September evening in beautiful
dress by inspiring artist and clothing designers,
who share a vision dedicated to love, life and beauty.”

Sarah Aphrodite
Katie Hubbard
Aki Goto
IKDESIREE
Michael DiPietro
BLESS
Painted
Susan Cianciolo
Lena Hawkins
Huong Ngo
Caroline Woolard
Adriana Young
Andrea Diodati
Myrza de Muynck
Alex Parkin
Twan Meijerink
Alexa Stark
Rachel Littenberg-Weisberg
Sandra Servat
Colin Sullivan-Stevens
Pascale Gatzen
Marlous Borm
Daniel Herskowitz
Eric Han
Elisa Marchesini

music : dogr
hair and make-up : r.j. taylor
photography : Chris Gabriel
photo of embroidered sweater by Richie
photo from Micha Lazare in Handknitted cardigan by Zach

View this blog about the event and the website of Nightwoodny:

http://fashionatnightwood.blogspot.com/
www.nightwoodny.com

C.T.M.W.C.F

2010-10-02T00:44:00.000-07:00

Cars parked in the streets in Eindhoven
city were transformed into amorphous
objects that entered a relationship with
the street furniture and environment.
This approach prevented the identifica-
tion of the brand of car underneath
and, in addition, these soft object forms
changed the experience of the space for
the public.

july 7 - 18, 2010

Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds

2010-10-02T00:43:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Prins Bernard cultuurfonds, Peter Paul Peterich Fonds, De Waal-Pouwer Fonds and Maria Antonia van der Elburg- Schuddebeurs Fonds for giving me the opportunity to study at the school of a famous couturehouse in Paris.
Thank you very much!

Studies on wallpieces with tape, flowers and triangles

2010-06-02T13:46:00.000-07:00

soon to come I am killer bambi

2010-06-02T13:45:00.000-07:00

soon to come Shanghai gesture

2010-06-02T13:43:00.000-07:00

Painted at Cooper- Hewitt National Design Museum, NY

2010-06-02T13:41:00.000-07:00

Dear friends,

We are thrilled to tell you that Painted has been invited by the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in New York to

participate in the exhibition "Why design now?"

At this moment some of the first pieces of our growing Painted Series repertoire are shown in this Design Triennial.

In a small still life, Painted created a scene of intimacy, suggesting the presence of a person.

We were pleased to collaborate for this installation with

Nightwood (New York) and Freudenthal/Verhagen (Amsterdam).

The exhibition is on view through Januari 9th, 2011 and

will travel around the world afterwards.

Go & see!
Saskia, Margreet and Desirée

Tover*** featuring Desirée Hammen: stage, make-up, kleding en sieraden

2010-06-01T14:00:00.000-07:00

Installation 'Home' at group exhibition 'Nouvelles vagues', juni 2009

2010-06-01T13:57:00.000-07:00

Arnhem Mode Biennale, Paleis van Justitie, Home is were the heart is, june 2009

2010-06-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

'Treers' solo exhibition at PlaatsMaken in Arnhem, 6-3-2009 - 19-3-2009

2010-06-01T13:39:00.000-07:00

NY fashion week: Photoshoot with Ruby

2009-03-10T04:40:00.000-07:00

Photoshoot I did with Ruby of a few pieces of my collection for New York fashion week fall winter 08/09

Things i did not tell yet: New York FAshion week fall winter 08/09

2009-03-10T04:13:00.000-07:00

Before Susan Cianciolo's show in the evening I joined the same 'greenday' during NY fashion week organized by Ekovaruhuset the store of Johanna Hofring on 123, Ludlowstreet in NYC.
For that reason I made a collection out of organic fabrics with patchwork details, embroideries and hand knitted gardigan and tunic dress. The fabrics are dyed by hand with natural dyes.

Things i did not tell yet: Susan Cianciolo

2009-03-10T03:17:00.000-07:00

Last year I worked with Susan Cianciolo.
For her Fall/Winter08-09 haute couture collection I made the embroideries.

Besides that I made the jewelry under my own name and very happy to tell they were sold in a store in NY. PROJECT No. 8, 138 Division Street (Orchard/Ludlow)
New York, NY 10002 www.projectno8.com

I always love the work of Susan, and am thankfull I could work with her many times.

TONITE At the ELK gallery

2008-12-20T07:59:00.000-08:00

Desirée Hammen
Insieme

Elk Gallery
33 Crosby Street (Between Broome and Grand)
New York, NY 10013

Opening reception: Saturday December 20th, 2008 6-9pm
One night exhibition, with music and dance

“Insieme” is a one-night presentation of Desirée Hammen’s intermingling of
art, vestment and jewelry shown hand in hand with discarded items found on
the street and documentary evidence of improvised social interaction.
Hammen’s sleeping pod made of cardboard, white pillows, a purple sash, a
green curtain and a gold sheet installed in Arnhem’s Mariendaal will be
represented photographically in counterpoint to her handmade sweaters,
dresses, necklaces and repossessed bird feathers. Also on display are
traditional bobbin lace works inspired by the tiled patterns of the
Miromesnil Metro station in Paris, rendered under the tutelage of New
York-via-Brussels sensei Marie Rose Delahaye. These painstakingly
handcrafted components of future attire provide a contrast to the spirit of
sidewalk detritus that informs and animates much of Hammen’s earthy and
intuitive couture, clothing that responds to reality as opposed to dogmatic
notions of “fashion.” Masks from an “Animal Farm” action at a birthday party
last summer in Mölnbo, Sweden will be shown, which by way of concealing
their wearers’ faces strive to disclose the inherent animal within. These
wearable art creations are arrayed around a crooked and weathered ten-foot
long stick discovered near Smith Street and W. 9th in Red Hook, Brooklyn, at
a liminal space it occupied with a mattress and other castoffs that
constitutes a King’s County doppelganger of the homeless-cum-chic bed
environment in Arnhem. Knowing it was a find since there are so few
substantial stray branches in New York, Hammen scoped it out for weeks, then
dressed it in a one-of-a-kind sewed coat “skin” before leaving it at its
original location to marinate on its way to becoming a sculpture at the
gallery. Fineness and grit mix effortlessly in these works, as does the
social and private and a yearning for clothes to reflect the true self. This
is art and raiment as unexpected surprise, complimenting the meditational
gratification of lace embroidery with the action, reaction and randomness of
unscripted social discourse. The magic of peoples’ stories heard and
incorporated into a stand-alone multi-disciplinary practice is especially
manifest in the collection of single cigarettes caged during short and
usually friendly interactions with strangers (“People who have the package
in their hands are the best”) that will be exhibited. An ethos of sharing,
trash appreciation, and exquisite craftsmanship comes together, and the
ad-hoc sleeping arrangements and often recycled materials so integral to
Hammen’s oeuvre are mirrored on the walls covered with cardboard and linen
and various bits of tape strategically placed on the floor. Also on view
will be Hammen’s films of birds flying in formation, Halloween parties, and
litter being buffeted by the wind. The evening will include musical
performances as well as interpretive hula dancing. A full-color, forty-page
catalogue published in conjunction with “Insieme” is available from Elk
Books.

Desirée Hammen was born in Breda, the Netherlands, in 1976, and studied at
the Artez Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. Besides working as an artist,
fashion designer and stylist, she has showed her creations at shows
organized by Ekovaruhuset/House of Organic in New York, and also with
Ekolab. She is a specialist in gold embroidery, and a member of the Dutch
collective Painted, in which along with core members Saskia van Drimmelen
and Margreet Sweerts she is involved with learning handcrafted techniques
that are utilized in collaborative projects realized in a sequential
back-and-forth between Holland and Bulgaria. This is her first exhibition in
New York.

Jocko Weyland

http://www.elkzine.com/gallery/
http://ikdesiree.blogspot.com/
http://www.paintedseries.com/

Made possible by the unerring support of BLOOD

The Gabarron Foundation, Carriage House of the Arts

2008-10-17T09:46:00.000-07:00

It has been for awhile to be connected with my blog but in the meanwhile there happened a lot of nice things, like love life, birthday parties, a show with Painted and this exhibition which was set up as a collaboration between Eko-lab and Ekovaruhuset NY.
Now I am in NYC again so will catch up from here.

The outfit is made of dress nettle fabric peace silk bobbin lace peace silk embroidery with gemstones dyed with earthhues natural dye.
camisole linen
skirt cotton.
crochet necklace with hemp and gemstones
mask out of paper, organic cotton.

To see the whole exhibition you can use the flickr link below.
and also find other websites from people who were involved.
Photo by Duncan Morimoto-Brown

We were sponsored by the Gabbarron Foundation! And during the event Charwei Tsai presented her new issue of 'lovely daze magazine' a magazine curated by Charwei and is sold all over in the world.
In the magazine Charwei let the artists she curated speak for themselfes so you always get a personal review on the work. U should check it out it is very nice.

After the event we went to the after party which was brought up by Charwei, I guess..
And we were very lucky to have Mark Borthwick as our guest performer. His lovely tunes made us feel relaxed and lightening again. I could not imagine a better party than we had. Many thanks. It was very lovely, Julien Asfour!! Charwei, Mark!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22772382@N00/sets/72157607230444503/show/
www.ekovaruhuset.se
Eko-lab.com
Gabbarronfoundation.org
lovelydaze.com

New York fashion week 5-12 september 2008

2008-09-05T08:09:00.000-07:00

Now I am preparing my work for the New York fashion week,
where I will present my work in collaboration with Eko-laborative and the store Ekovuruset on Ludlowstreet 123, where I'll also be very pleased to sell my collection starting this autumn.

My participation is generously supported by the dutch Foundation of visual arts, design and architecture.

Summer report three: Amsterdam, Painted Garden

2008-09-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

...And there it is, our longtime work and treasures to be showed to the world!

At august 22nd, 17.30 we started the show in a beautiful garden at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam.
We are: Saskia van Drimmelen, Margreet Sweerts, Jarwo Gibson and I, Desiree Hammen,
and together we work under the name Painted by.
We always invite many others to work with us. All what we share with eachother results in the clothing we make with love and mostly by hand.

We have a beautiful collection of one of kind semi haute couture pieces,
a small collection pret-a-porter and last but not least a series of easy-to-wear t-shirts!

Please visit our website: www.paintedseries.com

http://www.dianepernet.typepad.com/
http://www.dazeddigital.com/article/949/1/PaintedbySaskiavanDrimmelen
http://www.volkskrantblog.nl/bericht.php?id=217079

Summer Report part two: Sweden, Thor's birthday

2008-09-05T07:52:00.000-07:00

In Sweden I went to visit Johanna Hofring, Thor Soderin and Vida!
I worked in a very interesting and inspiring surrounding where I did some actions.
One of the actions was on Thor's birthday and during this big anniversary party I did my action called Animal Farm.

Summer Report part one: Paris

2008-09-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

In Paris is located 'Maison Lesage' a very special place were Haute Couture embroideries are made by craftspeople.
The House of Lesage is very well known throughout the world for their treasuring works of embroidery.
I went there for the school, 'Ecole Lesage' atelier de broderie to make a longtime wish come true: be tought in the secrets of Haute Couture embroidery, and I made 'the dove'.

La Tour Eiffel

2008-08-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

First pictures I took with my Thornton and Pickard junior special ruby reflex camera from c1926! Very exciting to have a camera like that.
Hope we are a good match.
Found with help of Norman Beierle and Hester Keijser!
Later more about Paris, I went there with a special reason.

Peace and money ; )

2008-08-26T14:16:00.000-07:00

Molnbo, Sweden, a little preview of the atmosphere in wich I could do some actions.

Introduction

2008-06-11T02:16:00.000-07:00

this is a start of an entire new life.
here I Desiree will present my work.
as a fashion designer and all things of my interest,
like photography and performing arts and more.

making this blog I will show all activities I have in my professional life.
telling about my fashion label ' IkDesiree', an organic womenswear label where I love to work with handsewing and crafts,
telling about 'SPRMRKT' a store in Amsterdam at the Rozengracht, were I am very pleased to sell a collection of custumized vintage clothings, 'Desiree for SPRMRKT'
telling about 'Painted' a collaboration with Saskia van Drimmelen, Margreet Sweerts, and Jarwo Gibson.
and telling about many other things that will come up.

I hope you enjoy it.

desiree

also made possible by the dutch Foundation of Visual arts, Design and Archtiecture,
I am very thankfull with their support.