Ticket Sales Start: September 1, 2024, at 10:00 AM
Entrance Ticket Prices:
The prices include VAT, service fees, and a €1,50 amusement tax for the municipality of Amsterdam.
Children up to 13 years old have free entry (must obtain a free ticket for those under 13 years old).
Free entrance with your Stadspas (available only at the door upon presentation of your Stadspas, not available for online reservations).
Please Note: Everyone attending the festival, including those participating in workshops or masterclasses, requires an entrance ticket.
Weaving is an ancient craft that transforms loose threads into beautiful, unique textile creations. Imagine turning a simple collection of yarn into a colorful pattern, a warm scarf, or another artistic creation using just your hands and a loom. However, weaving is much more than just a technical skill. It’s a meditative and creative experience that allows you to experiment with color, pattern, and material.
In this workshop, you’ll get to do just that. You’ll work with colors and see how your ideas come to life, thread by thread.
A table loom, threaded with cheerful colors, will be ready for you. During the workshop, you’ll explore and experiment with colors and patterns. What happens when we blend colors evenly in the fabric? What if we use light or very dark colors? And what if we choose a different pattern? You’ll have the chance to try all of this.
This is a hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own unique piece to take home.
The Ambachtshuis Brabant is a leading educational organization specializing in practical training based on the master-apprentice model, where artisans serve as our masters. We strongly believe in this model, where learning by doing is central. Our doors are open to all (young) adults who want to work with their heads, hearts, and hands, regardless of their education, background, or skills. We offer everyone the opportunity to discover and further develop their passion for craftsmanship. Craftspeople are increasingly valued and in the spotlight! The demand for fair products and products with a story is growing. Through our training programs, we contribute significantly to this movement.
The art of polishing raw diamonds has been practiced in Amsterdam for centuries.
Diamond is the hardest material on Earth and can only be worked with another diamond. Using a diamond wheel, a diamond polisher transforms raw crystals into the most brilliant gemstones.
During the Ambacht in Beeld Festival, one of the master diamond polishers of GASSAN Diamonds will provide an exclusive one-on-one masterclass where you will polish your own diamond together.
Hausgemacht invites you into the world of woodcarving. You will start with a basic rough shape of a spoon, spatula, or butter knife and then refine it. Learn about different types of wood, the use of basic carving tools, cutting techniques, and how to finish your carving beautifully.
You will go home with a handcrafted spoon, spatula, or butter knife.
Hausgemacht is a mobile space for handcraft, craftsmanship, and creative play in Belgium. We aim to get people ‘out of their heads and into their hands,’ fostering a reconnection with ourselves, natural materials, and each other.
We strive to use waste materials whenever possible, recognizing the need to care for our planet. We believe that making unique and sustainable items by hand can contribute to a better world and happier people.
Adults can engage in various craft techniques at the workshop, such as woodcarving, glasswork, textile arts, and printmaking.
For children, we offer basic play materials made from natural and recycled materials. This encourages creative play and lets their imagination run free. In our creative workshops, they explore upcycling and natural materials, starting from handcraft and craftsmanship techniques.
Using porcelain clay as your primary material, design and make a piece of jewelry where your creativity takes center stage. You can bring your own ideas or get inspired by examples provided during the workshop. The choice is yours.
The workshop begins with an exploration of the available clay types, techniques, tips, and tricks relevant to your design. You will then start working on your piece with individual guidance as needed. After shaping, your work will need to dry and will be fired in the kiln at 1250 degrees Celsius, a process managed by the instructor at her studio in Haarlem. On Saturday, October 5, you can pick up your piece there or opt to have it shipped for an additional cost. If you need haberdasheries to assemble your piece, you can choose and take them with you; these are included in the workshop price.
Jeanet Gem is an active jewelry designer and teacher, living and working in Haarlem. She studied at the Academy for Visual Education in Amersfoort in the 1970s and later received instruction in goldsmithing and jewelry design from Anneke de Bruin in Amsterdam between 2006 and 2008. Jeanet Gem creates colorful jewelry using materials such as glazed ceramics, hematite, plastic, gold, and silver.
Special thanks to Amsterdams Kleibedrijf for sponsoring the materials for this workshop!
Felting wool is an ancient technique that has evolved over the years. All you need is wool, soap, water, and a pair of hands.
In the workshop, you’ll learn the first steps of felting wool using the layering technique. We work with the wet felting technique, which involves working with wool, water, and soap. Once you master this technique, you can create any animal. After making the basic shape—the body and head—the arms and legs are attached. Then the real work begins: felting the wool. Once the frog is sufficiently felted, the eyes are added using a felting needle. During this workshop, you will make one frog.
Jolanda Smit: “I discovered felting about 20 years ago. From that moment on, it became the only material I wanted to work with. The possibilities are endless, and they continue to fascinate me to this day. I love working with basic materials, and I find it wonderful that you only need wool, water, soap, and hands to create the most beautiful shapes. Through ‘De Vrolijke Kikker’ (The Happy Frog), I teach workshops and sell my work at markets. I enjoy passing on the technique; it’s really exciting to see what others do with what I teach them. The animals I create are usually made from Tyrolean mountain sheep wool, sometimes from merino wool. They each have their own character but are all cheerful.”
Embark on a journey to the Moroccan souq with chef Aicha.
Join chef Aicha, a specialist in fresh spices, to explore the authentic world of Moroccan flavors. In this workshop, you’ll experience the rich aromas of freshly ground spices and create your own unique spice blend. Say goodbye to stale spice jars and discover the true essence of spices by using them in their freshest form.
With your personalized spice blend, you’ll learn to make and fold briwats—triangular pastries that are a hallmark of Moroccan cuisine. Chef Aicha will guide you through blending spices, selecting the right vegan filling, and mastering the art of folding and baking. You’ll leave with your own spice blend, your handmade briwats, and the skills to recreate these delicious pastries at home.
Aicha’s culinary expertise has made her one of the most popular chefs on the KolenkitKoks platform, which supports talented local cooks in developing their food enterprises. Aicha runs her own business, bringing authentic Moroccan spices to Amsterdam, and her dedication to fresh, expertly ground spices is a rare and valuable craft. With support from Stichting KolenkitKoks, Aicha continues to inspire with her unique spice blends and culinary creations.
With the help of a pocket knife, we’ll transform a raw branch into a splendid walking stick. If you have a knack for using a knife, you might even add intricate carvings and designs to your creation.
Once you’re content with your masterpiece, we’ll drill a hole and attach a vibrant, colorful rope to your walking stick for that finishing touch.
Hausgemacht is a dynamic mobile haven for handicrafts, crafts, and creative exploration in Belgium. Our mission is to guide people from all walks of life to shift from overthinking to hands-on crafting. In a world where reconnection with ourselves, natural elements, and one another is vital, we’re here to inspire you.
We prioritize utilizing residual materials as much as possible, respecting the Earth’s capacity. We believe that crafting unique and sustainable items with our hands can foster a happier world and a healthier planet.
For adults, our workshops offer a diverse array of craft techniques, including woodcarving, glasswork, textiles, and printing. Meanwhile, children have access to a plethora of basic play materials crafted from natural and recycled sources. This encourages imaginative play, where creativity knows no bounds. Our creative workshops introduce kids to upcycling and the use of natural materials while they play, all rooted in the principles of crafts and handicraft techniques.
During the Ambacht in Beeld Festival, the documentary that Wendy van Wilgenburg made in collaboration with Arne Verbrugh about gold brocade weaving in Fez will premiere.
Moulay Ismail Ouazzani, one of the last gold brocade weavers of Fez (and of the world), will come to the festival to share his knowledge.
Fragments from the film will be presented with a detailed explanation of the specific technique (which involves a second person at the loom, for the patterns). He will bring materials and examples of work.
Particularly interesting for textile enthusiasts, professional and hobby weavers.
The Fès brocade is a luxury silk fabric enhanced with designs embroidered with gold and silver according to the techniques specific to the city of Fez in Morocco. This weaving is a tradition that has disappeared elsewhere in North Africa. The last workshop still making this weaving is located in the Medina of Fez.
Several craftsmen are involved in the weaving of brocad:
The zouaq who is the craftsman sketching the shapes and colors of the pattern on the paper using the appropriate pencils. The shape and colors are agreed between the master craftsman and the client.
The nyar who is the craftsman who makes the blade and the loom, is an independent who works outside the production unit.
The medewar which is the one that wraps the bamboo rods with thread, this step precedes the weaving operation. This process is called “winding” or “counting”.
The jebbad who is the craftsman who pulls with his hands the hair threads in bundles, one after the other because it is all these piles that form the desired drawing.
The maalem who is the master craftsman, the one who accompanies all the stages of production and who dictates to each intervener in the weaving process his mission and controls their work. Its function is the most important both inside and outside the workshop. It is he who winds lemtawa with the silk threads, who chooses the shape and color of the patterns in consultation with the customer and the designer, who sets the price, buys the yarns and prepares them. In general, it is he who takes care of all the tasks that are part of the weaving process. In particular, it determines the number of drawings and threads that will form the pattern in order to obtain the required product.
The film was made in collaboration with the Centraal Museum Utrecht, and is also part of the MODA exhibition, which can be seen from October.
Are you interested in the origins of photography? Do you want to learn about one of the first photography processes, the wet plate collodion process? Then register for this introductory workshop.
In this practical workshop you will get to know the basics of this 19th century process; from pouring collodion on the plate, developing and fixing to working with a large format camera 4×5 Cambo.
Afterwards you will not only return home with a handmade portrait, but also with a deeper understanding of how these unique portraits were created in 1851.
Wet plate or Collodion photography is a traditional photographic technique that was invented in 1851. With this method, collodion is poured onto a plate of glass or aluminum (formerly asphalted tin). This is then made light-sensitive with silver. As long as the plate is wet it can be exposed, hence the name ‘wet plate’. The warmer the environment, the shorter the time to expose your plate. This traditional method results in unique portraits built up from extremely small silver particles. Portraits that will certainly last hundreds of years.
Wet plate studio Amsterdam was founded by Sanne Paul. A traditional portrait studio where ‘wet plate’ portraits are made on aluminum or glass in various sizes. In her work as a wet plate photographer, Sanne finds the tranquility and the craft, which sometimes threaten to be lost in this digital age.
Festival address:
NDSM Loods
NDSM-Plein 85
1033 WC Amsterdam
Postal address:
Stichting Ambacht in Beeld
Kalf 158
1509AH Zaandam
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