{"id":2454,"date":"2021-02-03T09:49:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/?page_id=2454"},"modified":"2021-05-09T15:14:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T13:14:31","slug":"biografie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/biografie\/","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Felting was a great discovery for me, fifteen years ago. I was already busy painting, sculpting and working with textiles. Felting unites all these aspects. Felt is made from wool and I use different types. I regularly paint them myself with plants and flowers. For every new project I look for the right types of wool, colors and materials. Felting for me is working with natural materials and a pleasant and relaxing activity.<br \/>\nNature, news reports or personal experiences are the source of my work. I incorporate those themes in my works in different ways. It can result in &#8220;paintings of felt&#8221; or 3D sculptures on the same theme.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In addition to my autonomous work, I also make commissioned work. Because of my training as a designer I really enjoy working for a specific space, ofcourse in consultation with the client. It is nice to find a balance between boundaries (of space and wishes of the client) and the freedom of my work and ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Exhibits<br \/>\n2019 Doloris Meta Maze, Tilburg<br \/>\n2018 High Five Art Gallery (group exhibition)<br \/>\n2017 De Tuinen van Appeltern (group exhibition)<br \/>\n2016\/2013\/2006 Beek en Donk<br \/>\n2013 Kruithuis(group exhibition)<br \/>\n2013 Museum of Bags and Purses Amsterdam, thesis of the Sint Lucas course in Boxtel<br \/>\n2011\/2006 Eindhoven University of Technology (group exhibition)<br \/>\n2007 Nominated work TextielPlus Dag Nieuwegein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felting was a great discovery for me, fifteen years ago. I was already busy painting, sculpting and working with textiles. Felting unites all these aspects. Felt is made from wool and I use different types. I regularly paint them myself with plants and flowers. For every new project I look for the right types of<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn_a\" href=\"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/biografie\/\"><span><i class=\"in_left fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i><span>Details<\/span><i class=\"in_right fa fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["nl","en"],"languages":{"nl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2454\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esthervalkdesign.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}