Workshop leaders
Meet the creatives who will be guiding the TexTiles workshops. Through their diverse practices in arts, they will support the participants in the process and share their expertise.
Anouk van de Sande
Website: www.tasket.nl
Instagram: @tasket_bags
Becky Doonen
Becky Doonan is a freelance textile conservator and seamstress, with a background in textile crafts and dressmaking. Originally from the UK, Becky has lived in the Netherlands since 2018. Her work covers a broad spectrum, from creating made-to-measure garments and conserving antique textiles, to teaching textile craft workshops and giving sewing lessons. She has a longstanding fascination with traditional textile craft techniques, which she explores through activities such as embroidery, weaving, and other handicrafts.
Website: beckydoonanconservation.com
Instagram: @textiletextiel
Chiron Floris
Chiron Floris (Maastricht, 1994) holds a BA in Fashion and Textile from HKU and an MA in Fashion from KASK. In her artistic practice, she works with textile crafts with a background in fashion. She explores the relationship between humans and textiles, and the connections that emerge during the making process. Guided by the belief that craft and fashion share the same core values, she brings these disciplines together in her work. Her work includes embroidery, filet lace and illustrations inspired by diary fragments. Floris’ practice engages with themes such as ancestral knowledge, migration and belonging, exploring how memories are embedded in the body and how textiles can reconnect us to place, heritage and personal narratives.
Instagram: @chironfloris