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Living and working in rural Friesland, Jongstra is constantly exploring methods of non-invasive farming techniques and researching new methods for improving care of the flock and, hence, the quality of their wool. Creating textiles which straddle high technology and ancient handcraft, industrialized processes and alchemical, labor-intensive techniques, Jongstra designed her own manually-operated felting “machine” which mimics the different hand movements traditionally used to make felt over the past six millennium. The dyes she uses vary from natural vegetable dyes to the most sophisticated French dyes, working from a repertoire of over 500 formulas. She has collaborated with many fashion designers, including John Galliano, Christian Lacroix, and Donna Karan, a well as with noted architects and designers such as Rem Koolhaas, Stephen Holl, Jasper Morrison, Hella Jongerius, and Maarten Baas. Her work is in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. |
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