Publicaties

Felt matters -2024-

Artikel over het werk van Atelier Vuurwater, samenwerking van Els Bottema (keramiste) en Miriam Verbeek (viltkunstenaar)

Tijdschrift Later -2021-

Beschrijving van de cocon voor overleden baby's / kinderen

Gelderlander -2020-

Aankondiging expositie Kunstoer Winterswijk

Magazine Klei -2019-

Artikel over schalen en kommen.

Met werk van atelier Vuurwater (Els Bottema en Miriam Verbeek)

Felt matters

“Felting is magical and very addictive," says Miriam Verbeek.
"Every time I discover new possibilities".

Miriam Verbeek is a textile artist based in the east of the Netherlands. She has a back ground at the jewellery department of the Rietveld artschool in Amsterdam. She graduated with a collection of mourning jewellery (1993). Miriam exhibits in galleries, fairs and musea. Her work is acquired in private and musea collections. She has received multiple grants for her work. In her own studio but also other locations in the Netherlands and abroud she teaches both children and adults.

Ever since her early childhood, she has always been happy working with her hands. She had a preference for textile materials and techniques that she applied in improper ways. Miriam finds a great amount of power in working with techniques and materials that have historically been the domain of women. Miriam still likes to experiment with materials and techniques.

Studio
Her studio is always a mess, unless she teaches. There are things everywhere; sketchbooks, papers, kilos of wool, bags with fabrics, trays with experiments and all kinds of materials such as sticks, plastic forms ect. you might need it!