Klosjes van vilt en mallen van hout

"Slijpen is een kwestie van gelijkmatig kunnen draaien."

Felting atelier

Phylene Lemans atelier

Phylene is an example of a pro am. She has studied dutch literature and worked as a child therapist, teacher of dutch and the last 3 years she decided to make a hobby of hers into a professional activity. She started with workshops on how to felt, felting hats and continued following lectures on felting. She also did an experimental workshop held by Jongstra.
Now she has her own atelier in the oud west. At her atelier ,which she shares with a fine arts painter you can see her felting with her students, chatting over a cup of coffee or trying on beautiful hats in peculiar forms and colors. Sometimes she is giving workshops in schools and activity centers in Holland. “I load my car with all kins of fabrics,wool and soap and drive kilometers giving workshops on felting.It is something that gives me a lot of pleasure."

http://www.feltamsterdam.nl/home/1

Kodama visited.

Rob Bunnik
Jaldhara Bakker
www.kodama.nl
KODAMA>atelier+ winkel

Rob and Jaldhare create beautiful custom made interiors in Japanese style.

They produce and sell their creations in their space near overtoom. The space is beautiful, the smell of the exotic wood fills the air and classical music is playing non stop. They work long hours in a relaxed pace. They enjoy what they do. In fact Rob gave up a carier in medicine and Jaldhare a job working with mentally handicaped people , in order to open their own wood atelier.