Door en Door (Through and Through) explores the creative potential of two traditional weaving techniques: chair caning and scoubidou. Though less commonly practiced today, both methods carry rich histories and distinctive structural qualities that offer new possibilities for contemporary design.
By experimenting with material, scale, and color, the project reimagines these techniques across a collection of wall lights, table lamps, and sculptural pillows. The wall lights use an imitation caning method with paper strips over a papier-mâché base. The flexibility of the paper allows the weave to curve and adapt to molds. The table lamps employ the original caning technique but substitute rattan with polypropylene packaging strips, enabling more flexible, dimensional forms.
Inspired by scoubidou knotting, the pillows scale up the technique using soft, handmade cords—creating playful, textural compositions in color and pattern.
Door en Door (Through and Through) explores the creative potential of two traditional weaving techniques: chair caning and scoubidou. Though less commonly practiced today, both methods carry rich histories and distinctive structural qualities that offer new possibilities for contemporary design.
By experimenting with material, scale, and color, the project reimagines these techniques across a collection of wall lights, table lamps, and sculptural pillows. The wall lights use an imitation caning method with paper strips over a papier-mâché base. The flexibility of the paper allows the weave to curve and adapt to molds. The table lamps employ the original caning technique but substitute rattan with polypropylene packaging strips, enabling more flexible, dimensional forms.
Inspired by scoubidou knotting, the pillows scale up the technique using soft, handmade cords—creating playful, textural compositions in color and pattern.
Door en Door (Through and Through) explores the creative potential of two traditional weaving techniques: chair caning and scoubidou. Though less commonly practiced today, both methods carry rich histories and distinctive structural qualities that offer new possibilities for contemporary design.
By experimenting with material, scale, and color, the project reimagines these techniques across a collection of wall lights, table lamps, and sculptural pillows. The wall lights use an imitation caning method with paper strips over a papier-mâché base. The flexibility of the paper allows the weave to curve and adapt to molds. The table lamps employ the original caning technique but substitute rattan with polypropylene packaging strips, enabling more flexible, dimensional forms.
Inspired by scoubidou knotting, the pillows scale up the technique using soft, handmade cords—creating playful, textural compositions in color and pattern.
✨ Open Atelier bij Het Appartement - 8 april
Kom op 8 april tussen 13:00 en 16:00 binnenwandelen bij Het Appartement. Onze residenten Ditte Teeuwen en Marloes Molenaar openen hun atelier en laten je meekijken in hun onderzoek, experimenten en maakproces.
Ditte werkt met ambachtelijke technieken die nieuwe vormen laten ontstaan, terwijl Marloes speelse installaties bouwt die je uitnodigen om te ontdekken en te bewegen.
📍: Het Appartement, Van Schaeck Mathonsingel 13
📅: Woensdag 8 april, tussen 13:30 - 16:00 uur
Onderdeel van De Plint @stationsdistrictnijmegen Ontdek op 8 april ook de programma’s bij onze buren van @platform_post en School voor Dialoog.
Zien we je daar? 👋
In de leegstaande panden rondom @tributetocoffee is momenteel een expositie te zien met werk van makers uit de omgeving. Tibor zag in de leegstaande panden een kans voor een mooie expositie en heeft verschillende makers uitgenodigd, waaronder wij. Bedankt voor deze ruimte!
Binnen het kader van een poster onderzoeken wij, Ditte Teeuwen en Hannah Leitzke, vorm, kleur en textuur. We werken eerst analoog; knippen, plakken, naaien, weven, vouwen en stempelen. Daarna gaan de ‘nieuwe vormen’ de computer in via een scan of foto. Vervolgens spelen we digitaal verder totdat we een grafisch werk hebben.
Deze posters zijn voor ons een eerste stap in onze samenwerking, met als doel een serie gordijnen te ontwerpen. 📍Trans 30 en Rijnkade 42, Arnhem
Ditte Teeuwen is a designer and recent graduate of ArtEZ University of the Arts (2025). Her practice explores the boundaries between traditional craft and contemporary design, using tactile experimentation to breathe new life into time-honored techniques.
Door en Door (through and through) reimagines the weaving traditions of chair caning and scoubidou, uncovering their creative potential for modern design. Through playful explorations of material, scale, and color, Ditte transforms these techniques into sculptural wall lights and pillows that merge structure with softness. By weaving with paper strips and oversized handmade cords, the project highlights the living intelligence of craft — showing how traditional methods can adapt, evolve, and inspire new forms of making.
Special thanks to our co-curators: @pluralmagazine@studiosamayam And to @sectie_c for giving us the space to exhibit
Candy cubes. (2023)
Revision of paper jewelry. Remade the paper cubes out of different materials, creating different textures. This resulted in a new collection of rings.
Materials: wood, brass and foam.
Model: @hannah_leitzke
