Wereldverhalen over de kebaya
Voor het Wereldmuseum schreef ik samen met voormalige conservator Insulair Zuidoost-Azië Francine Brinkgreve twee Wereldverhalen waarin we de kebaya belichten met behulp van de collectie van het Wereldmuseum. In het …
Publications
writer – storytelling – blogger
Article ‘Sprookjes in batik’ in Bibliotheek blad
In April the article ‘Sprookjes in batik, Motieven ut een Nederlands kinderboek op Javaanse sarongs’, fairy tales in Batik, motifs from a Dutch children’s book on Javanese sarongs, for the …
Article in the book Kokki Bitja
A book about the oldest Indo-European [Indische] cookbook from 1843, by Marjolein Kokosky Deforchaux-Kelderman, published in 2025. Wanted to share this for a while, because it is one of those …
Interview in magazine Handwerken zonder grenzen
During the Ambacht in Beeld festival, one of my participants was of the magazine Handwerken zonder grenzen (Crafts without borders). A magazine with a long historie. Founded by Henriette and …
Zine ‘Little Red Riding Hood’
For the exhibition ‘Once upon a time: Untold Tales of Batik Cerita’ I also made a new zine. I was walking around with this idea for a while, it even …
The meaning of the white kebaya – researchproject with Dido Michielsen
Since September 2023 I have been working with Dido Michielsen on the history, development and use of the white (European style lace) kebaya. The Kebaya was nominated as Unesco intangible …
Things That Talk zone ‘Fabric(s) of Leiden’
In 2021 I started working with Fresco Sam-Sin of Things That Talk to put the history of De Leidse Katoenmaatschappij (LKM / Leiden Cotton Printing Company) on the digital map. …
Featured in the Volkskrant Magazine
Proud to be two weeks in a row in the Volkskrant magazine. Together with the makers that made my journey to, through and on Batik since 2009!In the article of …
Provenance of the Prankemon sarongs
Publication ‘Provenance #4’ by Wereldmuseum (former NMvW) is out now! “Carolina Josephina von Franquemont (1817-1867) is a prominent name within the batik textile community. She is seen as the first …
The Great Indonesia Exhibition contribution
For the The Great Indonesia Exhibition that opened on 21 October at De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam (NL) I didn’t have any influence on the selection of Batiks. There will …
Research report on Prankemon Green
So excited to finally share this. In the making since I started my position as a Research Associate at Research Center for Material Culture (RCE) in 2019. To research and …
World Stories on Batik
My two world stories for the National Museum of World Cultures on Batik got published. One focusses on the making: Worldwide loved and worn but how is Batik made with …
17 December 2021 until 12 June 2022 – Exhibition ‘Misleiden’ at De Lakenhal
Real or fake? That’s the question in Misleiden – Fakes from art and science. Stroll offline and online past more than twenty objects from nine Leiden collections that put you on …
Magazine BATIK! out now
Months in the making and finally here, the magazine BATIK! After we, me, Romée Mulder & Myrthe Groot, hosted the Batik Stand in 2019, the Tong Tong Fair invited us …
Article in Textile Asia Journal
My first international English publication of an article is out now! The Textiles Asia Journal was happy to add a shorter version of the three articles I wrote in Dutch …
Article in publication Studies in Textiel 11: Revival van textiel
De noodzaak van duurzaam produceren en hergebruik van grondstoffen wordt steeds duidelijker, ook in de wereld van textiel. Kopen en dragen van vintage en tweedehands kleding is geen teken van …
Article on me & Batik on Belindomag.
In Dutch & Bahasa Indonesia, you can change the language in the menu, enjoy!
Third article in magazine ‘Tribale Kunst’
The third and final part of my article in three parts in the magazine ‘Tribale Kunst’. It was great to write in more depth on the development of Batik in …
Zine ‘The Penguin & The Batik’
Made my first Zine! It is on one of those Batik story that I wanted to tell for a long time already & a little Zine in Riso turned out …
Duo Interview with Lara of the brand Dewi
I have been following Lara on Instagram for a while now. When she asked me for an interview on her site, read it here ‘#DewiMeets: Sabine Bolk, I thought it …