Embellish

Hanneke Benade likes the use of patterns on textiles in her work. Hand-stitched and decorated clothing is a very old tradition in many cultures around the world.  She is  fascinated by the need to lengthen the life of clothing and how the process used to tailor, patch, mend and reinforce cloth fostered through decoration creates new techniques.  Decorative possibilities of sewing led to the art of embroidery and the different kinds of surface pattern techniques that are used for embellishing fabric.

Together with Atelier le Grand Village Hanneke has successfully translated her skill and interest into multi-layered lithographs that evoke her emotion and colour.