Robijn Sonneveld

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Vibrant and tactile wall-tapestries wich live and breathe, a tactile inspiration for any private or public space.

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About Robijn

Robijn Sonneveld, Dutch felt and textile artist, she makes large vitalizing wall tapestries wich are driven by her spiritual interest for being human and woman, body, mind and soul. Robijn is based in Amsterdam. The love for textiles started with her mother. She took her into the magical world of fabricstores with walls full of amazing colors and structures.

This brought her into fashion. Robijn had her study fashion design at the Couture Institute in Rotterdam followed by the renowned Artez, school of art in Arnhem.

For almost 30 years she worked as a fashion- and print designer for various clothing brands. The most interesting part was working with the diversity of materials, colors and processing methods. This ultimately made her decide to focus entirely on the tactile world of textiles, to create tapestries.

About Robijn’s work

An expressive encouragement on your wall..

You can see Robijn’s felt wall tapestries as an encouragement to live the way you want, according to your innerself.

The tangible wall hangings are wool and silk felted enriched with lost and found materials. Instead of felting the textile artwork in one go, she processes hand-dyed pre-felted pieces into a huge collage.

You could say that all favourite techniques learned from her childhood, art education and fashion experience come together in these tapestries.
By processing as a collage it is possible to obtain a complexity of image, texture and color. It is a road full of adventure with an unpredictable result. The end result is born in the process. …

Embracing the unexpected.

This organic and natural way of working is also reflected in her designs.
It is an expression of her personal growth. The discovery of the wealth that life offers if you allow it. As human beings we tend to live according to firm beliefs and patterns. Thoughts that focus on what is wrong, what is missing or what fails. This affects your life. You sabotage yourself with this and that is a great pity because you do not use your true potential.
To change your way of thinking and experience success and happiness, it is necessary to clarify why you are holding yourself back.
You choose whether you live in a friendly or hostile universe.

To find your original self you need to go inside, under the skin. And it takes courage to make that journey inside. Starting with yoga and going into nature helped Robijn to get in touch with her naturel self and she realized she is nature!
As a human you are an essential part of a living and intelligent universe.
All you do and think is related to the world around you.

In this process she created step by step more clarity, embracing the goddess within her.
With her roots grounded and her heart opening she is now capable to fly and sparkle.

Her tapestries are projections of these insights in the hope to inspire you to not only show the controlled version of yourself but live your full potential.
Every day is a new opportunity to make your world a better place!

People who inspired Robijn and helped to live her naturel self:

Tsuki, Clarity process

The wheel of yoga

Meditation with Mark Teijgeler