Linen Beyond Fashion is part of the Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week and joins Maaike Gottschal in their programming. Both in the city of Rotterdam and in the Buijtenland van Rhoon.
Unique project in the Buijtenland van Rhoon where farmer, fashion designer and processor together reweave the local flax chain.
Area cooperative Buijtenland van Rhoon, nature-inclusive farmers Arjo Klok, De Vossenburg, Wiard Visser and Gert van Herk, Van de Bilt Seeds & Flax and textile expert Maaike Gottschal have joined forces in the ‘Linen Beyond Fashion’ project. Our aim is to bring flax back into the local textile chain. We will spend the next few years designing and teaching so that there is a new generation of fashion designers who appreciate the value of flax and can work with it.
As green as flax
For five years, flax has been grown in the polders of the Buijtenland van Rhoon, more than 35 hectares of flax is part of the building plans of nature-inclusive farmers. Flax is a nature-friendly, sustainable crop and good for biodiversity with unexpected and many opportunities for designers.
Pop-up exhibition in De Goot
In the middle of the Koopgoot (near Beurs), below street level, De Goot gives space to creativity and culture. The Goot is a temporary space for contemporary ideas by the maker and for the maker. The makers form the heart of De Goot. From 9 August to 11 October 2024.
10 Oktober: Program Kick-off
Panel discussion collaborating parties in the multi-year ‘Linen Beyond Fashion’ project. The local flax chain on stage: nature-inclusive farmers Adjan Vos and Arjo Klok in the Buijtenland van Rhoon, Lenno Vermaas, director Van de Bilt seeds and flax Maaike Gottschal, textile expert and designer and Anja Jongejan, programme director Gebiedscoöperatie Buijtenland van Rhoon. Moderator: Dore van Duivenbode.
10 Oktober: flax weaving workshop
On Thursday, Maaike Gottschal of Textielfabrique will give a flax weaving workshop at De Goot from 2pm – 3.30pm. She will show how she weaves her own flax on her loom and you can also get to work weaving yourself. No need to sign up. Walk into De Goot and be surprised by this beautiful local crop.
