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.
New at Ambacht in Beeld Festival: the live Repair Shop!
Over the past few months, we invited people to submit cherished items that needed repair. During the festival, these objects will be restored live by specialized master artisans.
You can witness the restoration of a vintage costume by master seamstress Emma Moerbeek, watch Damien Antunes Duarte of La Malle du Cireur repair a vintage Dior bag, or observe Margot van Os restore a porcelain figurine. Additionally, two unique fountain pens will be repaired by Carlo de Croock.
Van der Linde is a specialist in art supplies and graphic studio materials, established in 1898. It operates both as a retail store and a wholesale distributor, catering to schools, creative centers, professional visual artists, hobbyists, and anyone with creative aspirations.
“During the festival, we want to introduce visitors to our extensive range of products. The selection we present will complement the workshops at the festival. If you’re inspired, you’ll find the materials with us to continue practicing your newly learned skills at home. We’ll also highlight some sustainable product innovations. We will demonstrate water-mixable oil paints and offer a ‘make and take’ activity with Posca markers for the children.”
Take a look at the discovery laboratory where you can use a microscope to examine inscriptions/engravings and impurities in a polished diamond. With a Mohs hardness scale and raw diamond samples, learn from a diamond expert about the diamond material and dive into the world of diamond polishing.
Do you wear silver or gold jewelry? You can have it cleaned for free at the goldsmith’s stand of GASSAN Diamonds, so it sparkles like never before.
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.
Görkem Şen is an artist, inventor, composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer, and sound designer. In his quest to find the essence of music, he has created an instrument called the ‘yaybahar,’ which can produce complex sounds in a purely acoustic form, after gaining a thorough understanding of traditional and electronic music elements.
Şen’s desire to explore new techniques and unconventional sounds is a fundamental aspect of his art. He is known for his exploratory and innovative approaches, aimed at pushing the boundaries of musical expression. With his invention, the ‘spring family’ of instruments, he creates entirely new sound textures and melodic structures that go beyond traditional musical forms. Şen’s approach has inspired other artists to seek new forms of musical expression and create their own unique musical instruments.
His invention has been studied worldwide both from a musical perspective and through the lens of physical principles, and is taught at some of the most respected universities.
He has performed more than 40 solo concerts across Europe, America, and Asia.
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!
At Vakschool Schoonhoven, you discover the power of your craft—creating beautiful things and moments that enrich life. This requires craftsmanship and creativity, which is why we encourage you to develop your unique talents and seize opportunities.
Explore how you can bring your craft to life in your own way. As a goldsmith or silversmith, work on your own creations. As a jeweler, create special moments for others. As a watchmaker, fine-tune intricate techniques. You’ll discover all of this in an inspiring environment where you can be yourself. It’s no wonder we’ve been a renowned institution since 1895. We’d love to share more with you at the Ambacht in Beeld Festival!
The Kenniscentrum Immaterieel Erfgoed Nederland (Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage) will be present at the Ambacht in Beeld Festival. The practice of traditional craftsmanship is a vital domain of intangible cultural heritage. The Kenniscentrum assists practitioners in safeguarding these traditions, ensuring that skills and knowledge are preserved and passed on to future generations.
At the festival, the Kenniscentrum will provide information about intangible cultural heritage and explore how they can support your heritage community. Through personal conversations, they will demonstrate the value of intangible cultural heritage and discuss the diverse range of heritage practices and opportunities available to maintain and practice these traditions.
Clockmaker Melgert Spaander (75) will share his expertise on clock repair and restoration at the festival. A specialist in timepieces and music boxes, he has been a clockmaker for 55 years.
Meet this passionate craftsman and learn about his unique approach to documenting restorations.
Photo: Luuk Stam
Festival address:
NDSM Loods
NDSM-Plein 85
1033 WC Amsterdam
Postal address:
Stichting Ambacht in Beeld
Kalf 158
1509AH Zaandam
The Netherlands
