Exhibition at St!chpunkt-Gallery

Locker vom Hocker

In the summer exhibition, the St!chpunkt Gallery of Textile Studies is showing objects by students from the Locker vom Hocker seminar. The exhibits were created in the summer semester 2024 under the direction of master interior designer Klaus Schmidt with the collaboration of master carpenter at Osnabrück University, Jürgen Menkhaus. After an introduction to the theory of design, nine students were faced with the creative, technical and craft challenge of designing their own individual stools. The task included constructing models and executing the design in its original size. In addition, the stool was to be aesthetically enhanced using the craft technique of upholstery. The upholstery fabrics were kindly provided to the Department of Textile Studies by the textile publisher JAB ANSTOETZ in Bielefeld, with whom the department maintains good contacts. The students' exhibits will be exchanged at the end of August.

Students: Marie Buchholz, Marie-Christine Fink, Lara Masurek, Lina Mattern, Kübra Özdemir, Julia Schilling, Emma-Marie Steenken, Gina Tepe, Theresa Veerkamp.

Teaching staff: Klaus Schmidt.

Technical support: Jürgen Menkhaus.

Location: Schaufenstergalerie St!chpunkt, Seminarstr. 33-34, Osnabrück.

Exhibition duration: 01.08.-30.09.2024 (change of exhibits on 01.09.2024)

Further information: Prof. Dr. Bärbel Schmidt, 0541 969-4217, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photos: Jürgen Menkhaus, Alexandra Wilker.

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Exhibition at Stichpunkt-Gallery

Occhi

The showcase gallery Stichpunkt shows the results of a cooperation between Textile Studies and the Draiflessen Collection with Occhi works by students. Occhi is an almost forgotten textile technique in which lace is formed using a thread wound on a shuttle. How was Occhi originally made? What historical sources can we draw on if we want to relearn tatting? And how can tatted lace be interpreted in a contemporary way? The students asked themselves these and other questions while researching this topic and, last but not least, when preparing their work. The delicate results of these theoretical and practical discussions are shown in the Stichpunkt gallery at Seminarstrasse 33-34 in Osnabrück. A brochure has been published on the project, see below.

Students: Daria Ivanov, Anja Leshoff, Jessica Kirschmann, Celine Krumland, Kathrin Meese, Tamara Olmer, Elisa Prigge.

Teaching: Christine Löbbers.

Occhi-Broschüre

Further informations: Christine Loebbers, 0541 969-4006, christine.loebbers@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photo: Anja Leshoff.

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Planet Earth

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Students of Geography and Textile Studies took part in a joint project seminar under the direction of Prof. Dr. Joachim Härtling and Prof. Dr. Bärbel Schmidt intensively dealt with the challenges of our polluted planet. The students began their journey by exploring fundamental concepts of sustainability, carrying capacity and pressure on the earth. The focus was on central topics such as climate change, species extinction and the problem of microplastics. The impetus for the students' artistic expression came from visiting the inspiring exhibition “The Fragile Paradise” in the Gasometer in Oberhausen. Supported by the experienced master carpenter Jürgen Menkhaus, the students then developed their own projects on the topic of “Planet Earth”. They used the creative method of scrapbooks to design and document their ideas. The exhibition presents the diverse results of this interdisciplinary collaboration. Not only does it provide insight into students' deeper understanding of fundamental planetary problems, but it also demonstrates their active and creative engagement with these challenges. The different perspectives of geography and textile design merge into an impressive mosaic that encourages you to think about pressing environmental issues and contribute to a more sustainable future. The photos show works by students Hiske Post (sketches) and Mathilda Bruns (title: "Are you wearing a white or black vest right now?").

Galerie St!chpunkt: Seminarstr. 33-34, Osnabrück, February - March 2024.

Photos: Bärbel Schmidt.

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Farben aus der Natur

Entry into the world of plant dyeing

Gallery St!chpunkt is showing work by students of Textile Studies from the summer semester of 2023. The course, led by textile designer Anne Hederer, offered an introduction to the world of plant dyeing Students explored the basic topics of dyeing, such as identifying textile fiberes and preparing them for dyeing, dye plants and creating dye baths, dyeing itself, and nuancing tones.

The students gained the necessary confidence in dyeing and mordanting to venture their own experiments in the future. Dyeing was done with plant dyes from the dyeing garden of the Department of Textile Studies in the Botanical Garden. We would like to thank all employees of the Botanical Garden for their great advice and support in the care of our garden. A special thanks goes to Anne Hederer for her inspiring, knowledgeable and hands-on manner in leading the course.
Gallery St!chpunkt: Seminarstr. 33-34, Osnabrück, September - December 2023.

Photos: Bärbel Schmidt.

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Exhibition

Clothing as an expression of one's own personality in relation to the living environment

The gallery St!chpunkt shows works of students of Textile Studies from the seminar Clothing as an expression of one's own personality in relation to the living environment. In the seminar, conceptual works were created from processed found objects as well as drawings and photographs from the design process. The basis was the students' self-reflection and perception of their own living space. The resulting objects are an expression of the confrontation between the personal needs of life and clothing and the concrete environment with its problems and possibilities. The students learned design and drawing techniques, the further development of existing objects, artistic installation, photography and staging. The photos document inner processes to the viewer.

From the students' seminar reflections: "In the summer semester of 2023, we went through a challenging seminar. Under the expert guidance of Annette E. Schneider, we dealt intensively with the topic 'Clothing as an expression of one's own personality in relation to the living environment'. Our goal was to design and implement a unique piece of clothing that reflects our individual personality. The focus was on our personal needs in relation to our living environment. A key moment in our personal history that we found formative in relation to the role of clothing served as a starting point for brainstorming. From brainstorming through drawings and patterns to the craft process of sewing and designing, we created individual art objects supported by Annette E. Schneider and through exchange among ourselves, and staged them photographically. Thanks to an external support we got the opportunity to present our results in the gallery St!chpunkt. We are grateful and proud to present our gained experience and knowledge from the creative process. We hope that our collection of garments will inspire viewers and create a deeper connection between art, fashion and the individual personality."

Students: Lisa Ammermann, Ria Blank, Muriel Florack, Emma Gebauer, Henrike Neumann, Lea-Marie Ritzer, Elizabeth Weber.

Teaching: Annette E. Schneider/Fashion Design.

Photo: Annette E. Schneider.

Gallery St!chpunkt: Seminarstr. 33-34, Osnabrück, September-Oktober 2023.

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Sustainable Furniture Design

SEATWORK – Exhibition at Gallery St!chpunkt

The seminar SEATWORK - Sustainable Furniture Design focused on the one hand on the craft traditions of upholstery and joinery and on the other hand on the aspect of sustainability, which has become an important factor in the design industry.

The aim of the practically oriented seminar at Textile Studies in the summer semester 2023 was to produce functional seating furniture, taking into account the careful use of resources. This includes, for example, recycling leftovers and obsolete items, using renewable raw materials, using all materials sensibly and sparingly, and creating furniture that is durable.

The seminar was led by master of interior decoration Klaus Schmidt, who was supported by master carpenter Jürgen Menkhaus. Together with the students, the team succeeded in designing and producing a wide variety of seating furniture.Many thanks for the commitment goes to the guidance by Klaus Schmidt and Jürgen Menkhaus, to the generous fabric donations of the textile publisher JAB ANSTOETZ and to the students Anja Breckweg, Marie-Christine Fink, Melanie König, Maja Kreimer, Anja Leshoff, Lina Mattern and Theresa Veerkamp, whose created furniture will be presented in the Gallery St!chpunkt in a weekly rotation.

Exhibition SEATWORK at Gallery St!chpunkt: Seminarstr. 33-34, Osnabrück, July-August 2023.

Further informations: Universität Osnabrück/Fachgebiet Textiles Gestalten, Prof.in Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photos: Bärbel Schmidt

Credit: Maja Kreimer, Melanie König, Jürgen Menkhaus (vlnr), Bank from Lina Mattern.

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Student examination works

PMP presentations in the gallery St!chpunkt

As part of their PMP (practical methodical project) exams, students Julia Thiessen and Carlotta Gödeker included the St!chpunkt storefront gallery in their work. The installation Deep Blue Jeans by Carlotta Gödeker drwas attention to the impact of dyeing jeans on the environment. Through excessive consumption, we are explioting our earth. The hoerglass in the shop window is intended to attract attention and provoke thought. Under the title Worlds Ende, Julia Thiessen dealt with Vivienne Westwood. The exhitibted object commemorates the British fashion designer who died last yearr. The clock, which runs backwards, makes reference to Westwood's first store in London, which bears teh name 'Worlds End". At 430 King's Road, a left-turning clock with 13 digits hangs above the entrance. Arranged on the clock on desplay are 13 textile paneles showcasing Westwood's work. Westwood championed environmental protecion, climate change and social justice in her collections.

Further informations: Christine Löbbers, christine.loebbers@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photos: Lucia Schwalenberg.

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Hiltrud Schäfer

Memorial exhibition at Stichpunkt Gallery

On January 16, 2023, our longtime colleague, textile artist Hiltrud Schäfer, passed away at the age of 85 after a lifetime of creativity. We are grateful for the memory of her contribution to contemporary textile art with countless, exciting and inspiring teaching events for our students, such as the exhibition bücher sätze zeichen or a Bauhaus exhibition with students and teachers of the Department of Textile Design in the Tuchmacher Museum Bramsche.

The paper dresses on display by Hiltrud Schäfer provide an insight into her textile artistic work. Parts of the paper dress collection were created for the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus for the Tuchmacher Museum Bramsche in collaboration with students. The exhibits show Hiltrud Schäfer's free approach to materials and her sculptural approach and her desire to experiment. We thank the relatives and students for the loans from Hiltrud Schäfer's textile artistic estate.

Memorial exhibition Hiltrud Schäfer at Stichpunkt Gallery: Seminarstr. 33-34 Osnabrück, Juni - Juli 2023.

Further informations: Universität Osnabrück/Fachgebiet Textiles Gestalten, Prof.in Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photos/Text: Anja Leshoff, Lucia Schwalenberg

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Under the sea

New exhibition in the Gallery St!chpunkt of Textile Studies

Students learned the basics of the textile technique of tufting in the seminar "Under the sea" with Anja Leshoff and Lucia Schwalenberg. Tufting comes from the English word tuft. As a pile-forming textile technique, it is an alternative to knotting. In this process, the yarn is inserted as a loop or tuft into a carrier material that is clamped in a frame. This can be done either by hand or by means of a machine.Tufting is a process for making carpets. As a manual technique, it has been known in various cultures around the world since ancient times. As a machine process, it was developed in the 1940s in the USA and has been in use for the carpet industry in Germany since the 1950s. Due to the freedom of design, tufting is a technique that is also used in textile art. The Department of Textile Design at the University of Osnabrück has a facility for tufting carpets up to 1.20 x 2.20 m in size. The introduction to tufting carpets serves to introduce textile students to exemplary handicraft and industrial textile processes.

The seminar "Under the sea - introduction to carpet tufting" was based on the work of the Portuguese textile artist Vanessa Barragao. She makes wall hangings, sculptures and carpets from yarn remnants and overproduction of the textile industry, which in form and color are reminiscent of coral reefs and underwater landscapes. In doing so, she combines different traditional techniques such as crochet, knitting, knotting and tufting. Her works refer to the dramatic effects of the (textile) industry on the marine habitat in terms of pollution and irreparable destruction of coral reefs.

With the reference to sustainability, own ideas were developed in the seminar and recorded in mood boards and sketches. The different textile techniques, which were taught in the seminar, could be individually implemented in the designs and practical work. Here the background of Barragao's works was included. In addition to individual, small-format works, a large-format collaborative work in hues of sea and algae was created.

Students: Vanessa Birke, Jamie Bock, Yannick Duda, Sophia Gill, Carlotta Gödeker, Marco Hurrelbrink, Daria Ivanov, Laura Kassens, Jessica Lange, Ariana Memmen, Henrike Neumann, Marieke Oevermann, Fiona Smollich, Elisabeth Weber.

Exhibition "Under the sea" in the Gallery St!chpunkt: Seminarstr. 33-34 Osnabrück, February - March 2023.

Futher informations: Universität Osnabrück/Fachgebiet Textiles Gestalten, Prof.in Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photos/Text: Anja Leshoff, Lucia Schwalenberg

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TEXTILE CHAIN study results

New exhibition in the gallery "Stichpunkt" of textile studies

In the seminars on the textile chain, students of textile studies in the summer semester of 2022 dealt with the second part of the textile chain, which deals with the finishing of textile surfaces up to the product or up to disposal or recycling.

In the courses, the second semester students studied the theoretical and practical basics of dyeing, marbling, printing, embroidery, sewing, patchwork and recycling.

In the practical part, students designed a floral element to a matching summer dress using a previously learned technique. In addition, a top was designed and realized using the acquired skills.

The results will be shown in an exhibition at the Stichpunkt Gallery of the Department of Textile Studies from August to September 2022 at Seminarstraße 33 in Osnabrück.

Further Information: Universität Osnabrück/Fachgebiet Textiles Gestalten, Dipl. Ing. f. Bekleidungstechnik, Christine Löbbers, 0541-969-4006, christine.loebbers@uos.de

Exhibition realization: Anja Leshoff, Christine Löbbers

Photos/Text: Christine Löbbers

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Hohe Schneiderkunst

HOHE SCHNEIDERKUNST

New exhibition in the Stitch Gallery of Textile Studies

The exhibition "HOHE SCHNEIDERKUNST" in the Stichpunkt Gallery shows the cooperation between the Department of Textile Studies at the University of Osnabrück and the Draiflessen Collection Mettingen.

In two seminars in the summer semester 2021, students with different starting points worked on the topic: the high art of tailoring.

In the seminar "Vom schrägen Fadenlauf zum klassischen Tailleur", supervised by Christine Löbbers, textile students were inspired by great couturières such as Madame Grès, Madeleine Vionnet, Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga. They produced their own impressive designs after detailed research. They experimented, imitated techniques and tested craftsmanship on their garments. These were shown in an exhibition in the forum of the Draiflessen Collection Mettingen alongside the designers' originals. The concept of the exhibition was developed in the second seminar "Hohe Schneiderkunst - 4 Modeschöpfer*innen - 4 Kleider - 4 x 4 Studierende" under museum pedagogical aspects by Dr. Maria Spitz.

Four of the garments created in the seminar are currently on display in the large gallery, further models will be shown in the course of the exhibition. The small gallery provides an insight into the working methods of the high art of tailoring.

More impressions of the exhibition in the Draiflessen Collection on the homepage of the Department of Textile Studies: https://www.textil.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/about/news.html

Text and Photo: Anja Leshoff

Exhibition venue: Schaufenstergalerie Stichpunkt, Seminarstr. 33-34, 49074 Osnabrück

Exhibition period: 21.01. - 31.03.2022

Further Information: Prof. Dr. Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

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Heritage of patterns

Textiles students develop woven patterns for the historic Beiderwand Weaving Workshop Meldorf

The students acquired an approach to the technique of Beiderwand weaving. They shed light on the origin, use, development, materials and significance of this historic weaving technique. Building on this knowledge, the students implemented their designs in an individual and collective design process. This process started with hand-drawn sketches, which were processed using the image processing program and registered, and culminated in a woven sample produced using the department’s TC2 digital hand Jacquard loom. 

The following students were involved in the project: Canan Barcin, Jessica Kirschmann, Annika Klinkig, Anja Leshoff, Rieke Ohlsen, Sophia Schlimm, Heidrun Schneider, Zeynep Yaman and Beyza Yilmaz. The seminar was led by Lucia Schwalenberg, textile designer and research assistant at the Department of Textile Studies.

Further information: Osnabrück University / Department of Textile Studies, Dipl. Journ./Dipl. Des. Lucia Schwalenberg: +49 541 969 4219 or +49 5103 706424, lucia.schwalenberg@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photos/text: Lucia Schwalenberg

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Erzählstoff

New exhibition with audio guide at the Stichpunkt display gallery

Erzählstoff (Narrative material) is the title of an exhibition at the Stichpunkt display gallery for Textile Studies, located on the Seminarstraße in Osnabrück. Textile students present their findings from a seminar on object research, which was held in winter semester 2020/21, inspired by a cooperative venture with the Textile Research Centre Leiden in the Netherlands. The seminar was led by Professor Dr. Bärbel Schmidt. 

During the seminar, students examined the textiles using Jules David Prown’s Mind in Matter method. The method offers a toolbox for the scientific study of things such as textiles. The aim of the study is to discover the stories that these silent items of clothing can tell. 

As part of the seminar, each of the ten students analyzed a garment of their choice from the department’s textile archive. The students showcase the garments they examined and the results of their analysis in the exhibition. 

An audio tour of the exhibition can be accessed via a QR code in the gallery window. The audio tour guides viewers through the exhibition and provides further information on the Prown method. The individual stages of analysis are explained with reference to the exhibited garments.

Photos: Anja Leshoff

Exhibition venue: Stichpunkt display gallery, Seminarstr. 33-34, 49074 Osnabrück

Exhibition dates: August 12 – October 15, 2021

Further information: Professor Dr. phil. Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

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Street art becomes clothes art

New exhibition at the Department of Textile Studies Stichpunkt gallery

Does street art painting need a cold wall or can the effect also be achieved on a base that is in many ways the opposite of stone and concrete? What might it look like? What techniques can be used artistically to achieve a similar image language? What is the intention behind the picture? Does this intention remain unchanged following the transformation? These were the questions addressed by textiles student Anja Leshoff in her project in theory and practice in winter semester 2020/21. 

In her examination performance, she investigated whether visual aspects of street art painting can be transferred to a textile garment using an adapted technique without losing the desired effect and message. The artist’s underlying intention was to be retained to see whether a textile medium, which is strongly juxtaposed to the usual image carrier of street art painting, can also be a “carrier” of street art. 

After exploring various facets of street art painting and the Greek artist Alexandros Vasmoulakis, Anja Leshoff initially created her own mural (house wall), which was then translated onto an item of clothing (a coat) using textile techniques. The visual means were to be used and adapted to the new material without losing their emphasis. The aim was to determine whether both “image carriers” (wall and coat) have the same effect, or whether street art painting only works on walls.

Exhibition venue: Osnabrück University / Textile Studies, Stichpunkt gallery, Seminarstr. 33-34, 49074 Osnabrück

Further Information: Textile Studies, Professor Dr. phil. Bärbel Schmidt, +49 541 969 4217,  baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

Photos: Anja Leshoff

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Mind in Matter

New exhibition at the Department of Textile Studies Stichpunkt gallery

The new exhibition entitled “Mind in Matter”, created at the Department of Textile Studies, offers insights into digital teaching and the department’s own textile archive at its Stichpunkt gallery located at Seminarstraße 33 in Osnabrück. The exhibition and the brochure entitled “Ein Textilarchiv als Datenpool der Kulturgeschichte. Description – Deduction – Speculation” (A textile archive as a data pool of cultural history. Description – deduction – speculation), which was created in parallel, are the outcomes of a seminar on “Historic Textiles as Sources of Memory”, led by Professor Dr. Bärbel Schmidt.

Photos: Wolfgang Sparenberg (photo of coat), Pauline Becking (photo of measuring tape)

Exhibition venue: Textile Studies, Stichpunkt gallery, Seminarstr. 33-34, 49074 Osnabrück

Further information: Textile Studies, Professor Dr. phil. Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

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FEMALE - MALE - DIVERS

Exhibition by textile students in the Gallery St!chpunkt

A new exhibition "FEMALE - MALE - DIVERS: An unisex garment that breaks (gender) boundaries" presents the Department of Textile Studies in the Gallery St!ichpunkt, Seminarstraße 33-34, Osnabrück until the turn of the year 2020.

Under the direction of Annette E. Schneider, students of Textile Studies in the summer semester 2020 dealt with social conventions and their partial dissolution by individual and gender-specific needs in a pluralistic society with ever-widening borders. After exploring the needs and their analogy in clothing, students worked in groups to develop a unisex garment that meets these requirements.

Since the seminar was realized under strict Corona safety regulations, reflections on questions such as the need for protection and the potential for expansion of limited possibilities, not only of a gender-related but also of a general human nature, flowed in and essentially determined the design process.In a further step, a photo series was conceived and realized for the clothing object that was created from the design drawing, through the cut construction and cutting, to the production. This visualizes both the cross-gender possibilities and situations that can be experienced through this clothing object, as well as the complexity and flexibility of this object, which adapts to the needs of the most diverse wearers and life situations and enables free use beyond traditional conventions and associated restrictions.

Students: Jana Gussenberg, Desirée Harmel, Lena Hilker. Jessica Kirschmann, Anja Leshoff, Rieke Ohlsen, Beyza Yilmaz

Lecturer: Annette E. Schneider

Photos: Jessica Kirschmann, Lena Hilker

Drawings: Jana Gussenberg, Anja Leshoff, Beyza Yilmaz

Exhibition: Universität Osnabrück/Textiles Gestalten, Galerie „Stichpunkt“, Seminarstr. 33-34, 49074 Osnabrück

Time: October - December 2020

Informations: Textile Studies, Prof. Dr. phil. Bärbel Schmidt, 0541 969-4217, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

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Sewing textile masks

Exhibition at the Stichpunkt gallery

There is currently a lack of masks not only in Germany, but throughout the world. Since no one can rule out being infected and passing on the virus without experiencing symptoms, more and more doctors are recommending that people wear a simple homemade mask. Although homemade masks, ideally made of cotton, do not protect the wearer from contracting the Coronavirus, they may be useful in containing the virus, according to the President of the German Medical Association. Droplets generated by talking, coughing or sneezing can be trapped by the mask, even if it is made of fabric.

The Department of Textile Studies responds to this need for homemade masks with its new exhibition at the Stichpunkt gallery, Seminarstr. 33-34. A phase model for the production of a mouth and nose covering is exhibited, with additional information rounding off the topic. The department points out that when making masks, it is important to ensure that it contains wire (or a similar material) so that the mask can be placed around the nose. In addition, it is essential to choose a fabric that can be washed at 90°C after daily use. Requirements that are met by fabrics made of cotton.

Text, photos and further information: Prof. Dr. Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de.

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Konsum, Weihnachten und Fairo Moda

Exhibition in the Gallery St!chpunkt

A new exhibition "Consumption, Christmas and Fairo Moda" is presented by the Department of Textile Studies in the Gallery St!chpunkt, Seminarstraße 33-34, Osnabrück until spring 2020.

On average, German customers buy around 60 new items of clothing every year. Many items end up unworn in old-clothes containers. Against this background, student Lesley-Ann Baldwin developed a concept for a sustainable clothing exchange in her bachelor's thesis. In the future, students will be able to borrow and exchange items of clothing instead of throwing them away. Under the name "Fairo Moda", the project is to start soon in the premises of the Textile Studies Department in Osnabrück. The "Fairo Moda" lending center is part of the planned "Sustainability Management" module, which uses teaching and research to raise awareness of the environmentally harmful and socially unsustainable conditions in the fashion industry and to work on individual and social strategies to counteract this.

"The principle is similar to a library - only with clothes instead of books," says Lesley-Ann Baldwin.  Baldwin also wants to collaborate with local and national young designers who produce sustainably. The project is accompanied in teaching on the subject of sustainable consumption by Prof. Dr. Bärbel Schmidt.For the first time at the University of Osnabrück's ball in January 2020, students will be able to exchange their ball outfits in a resource-saving way. More information will follow shortly.

Venue: Textile Studies, Gallery St!chpunkt, Seminarstr. 33-34, 49074 Osnabrück

Duration: December 2019 - March 2020

Informations: Textile Studies, Prof. Dr. phil. Bärbel Schmidt, baerbel.schmidt@uni-osnabrueck.de

Phpto: Lucia Schwalenberg

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Erfahrungsort Kleidung

Exhibition "Clothes as a place of experience" in the Gallery St!chpunkt

Textile Studies at the University of Osnabrück is presenting a new exhibition entitled "Clothes as a Place of Experience" for six weeks starting Monday, October 2021, in the Gallery St!chpunkt, Seminarstraße 33-34, Osnabrück. As part of the freshman week, the exhibition will be supplemented by guided tours by students for students.

Clothing is the space that immediately surrounds us and in which we live. What we experience in it remains as an experience or as a visible trace. Such "marked" pieces of clothing are a collection point and concentrate of existential or incidental experiences: Clothing becomes a "place of experience." The shirt in its various manifestations - whether undershirt, nightgown, first shirt, baptismal shirt or Sunday shirt - is closest to our body and accompanies us throughout life. It is predestined as a "place of experience".

Based on individual experiences, students selected and produced basic forms of shirts under the guidance of Annette E. Schneider, a lecturer in Textile Studies. Afterwards, the self-made pieces were worn and the experiences made or remembered in them were documented. The resulting traces on the clothing were intensified and made conscious through post-processing. In a final phase, all shirt objects were put together in teamwork to form an installation.

Guided tours with students:
Monday, 21.10.2019, 17.30 - 18.00 Uhr
Tuesday, 22.10.2019, 12.00 - 13.30 Uhr
Thursday, 24.10.2019, 13.30 - 14.00 Uhr

Duration: 21.10. - 30.11.2019

Venue:
Universität Osnabrück/Textiles Gestalten, Galerie „Stichpunkt“, Seminarstr. 33-34, 49074 Osnabrück

Students: Meike Ammermann, Özdem Kaya Arslan, Marie Fink, Carolin Jankowski, Carolin Krüger, Katharina Lehmann, Anja Leshoff, Tamara Olmer, Lisa Verheyden.

Photos: Lisa Verheyden (links oben), Lucia Schwalenberg (links unten), Annette E. Schneider (alle weiteren).

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Traditional textile crafts

World Cultural Heritage – Indigo Blue-Dyeing and Stipwerk: exhibition at the “Stichpunkt!” gallery

It is thanks to the commitment of indigo dyer Georg Stark from Jena that indigo blue-dyeing was included in the Nationwide Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Germany on November 28, 2018. In spring 2018, Georg Stark managed to raise funds for a cooperative touring exhibition on indigo dyeing and the Dutch stipwerk, which is listed on the Dutch World Heritage List. Works on this topic by textiles students from Osnabrück University are now being showcased at the “Stichpunkt!” gallery, located at Seminarstraße 33 in Osnabrück. 

The display will be on show until the end of April. In mid-2018, the indigo dyer approached Osnabrück University’s Textile Studies department and suggested creating exhibits for a young audience. The department immediately took up the idea. Led by Professor Dr. Bärbel Schmidt and research assistant Christine Löbbers, students explored both historical craft techniques in the seminar on “World Cultural Heritage: Indigo Blue-Dyeing and Stipwerk” in winter semester 2018/19. The focus was on how these two techniques can be embedded in the public’s consciousness, and which products can help to bring both techniques back into our everyday life. 

A visit to Stark’s workshop in Jever served as an introduction. With great passion and commitment, the craftsman discussed both methods with the students. After this inspiring journey into the worlds of indigo dyeing and stipwerk, the textiles students threw themselves into the planning and implementation work with ever new ideas. Despite the urgency – the objects were to be exhibited at the Textile Research Centre in Leiden in November 2018 – there was no end to the students’ creative urge.

So it is no (blue) wonder that numerous modern garments and works were created from the indigo dyed fabrics produced especially by the indigo dyer to suit the students’ ideas. The Dutchman also provided the students with a bundle of stipwerk fabrics. Well aware of the value of the fabrics, the students developed ideas for objects, even for the tiniest pieces of fabric, making virtually complete use of the valuable textiles and using the zero-waste method to ensure sustainability. 

Following presentations at the Textile Research Centre in Leiden and the indigo dyeing workshop in Jever, the students’ creations will be on display together with works by the fabric dyer at the “Stichpunkt!” gallery until the end of April 2019. In April, Georg Stark will deliver a lecture on insights into the world of indigo blue-dyeing. Julia Falke, Gesche Hillmann, Marie-Theres Kempermann, Ann-Kathrin Leimkuhle, Caroline Polaczyk, Naina Reuter and Julia Schaller contributed to the exhibition.

Photo: Prof. Dr. Bärbel Schmidt

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Bluejeans: Myth or marketing

Exhibition in the Gallery St!chpunkt

Blue jeans were not necessarily part of the outfits of political activists in 1968, even though advertising made them into 'revolutionary pants' years later. The protagonists of the protest movement were dressed rather conventionally. It was not until the 1970s that blue jeans became a coveted item of clothing for many young people, with which they wanted to rebel against narrow, bourgeois conventions of their time.Today, blue jeans are mass-produced worldwide. In downtown Osnabrück, up to 70% of passers-by wear blue jeans on some days. What brings so many people in our apparently individualized world to this voluntary uniformity? Do they fall for jeans advertising, which makes blue jeans a fashion perennial with old clichés and new details?

Based on a case study in London, English anthropologists Sophie Woodward and Daniel Miller come to a very different conclusion. They see blue jeans today primarily as a 'neutral' garment that allows one to blend in inconspicuously and unrecognized in the crowd. An interesting thesis in view of a world that has become uncertain and people full of fears for the future, in which a personal statement is only dared on Instagram at the most and provocations can quickly become dangerous.

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A T-shirt called "Che" - facets of an icon

An exhibition in the St!chpunkt shop window gallery shows the results of the students from the event "Help, my T-shirt can talk" under the direction of Reiner Wolf. The seminar in the summer semester 2018 is part of the series "Protest and Awakening -' 68'" in Osnabrück.

The exhibits illustrate the historical transformation that the likeness of the former Argentine guerrilla fighter "Che" Guevara has undergone since his execution in Bolivia in 1967. The face became a figure of identification for a politicized Western youth that rehearsed the uprising. Over time, the meaning of the Che motif became detached from its political reference and came to stand for a general sense of freedom.

Finissage: Thursday, 18. October 2018, 18.00.

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Thought image - sign language - fashion image

Exhibition in the Gallery St!chpunkt

In the exhibition "Thought image - sign language - fahison image" students of Textile Studies show in the new extension rooms of the Gallery St!chpunkt drawing design concepts and their development. The works were created in the seminar of the same name under the direction of Annette E. Schneider. The pencil drawings reflect the inner design process. Every design process begins with a thought - an inner image or even thought image. This thought image must be translated into the language of signs in order to become visible. By means of this sign language, the inner thought image is clothed, so to speak, and releases design concepts. Thus fashion drawings are created that visualize this process. Apart from the artistic work, the exhibition conception as well as the flyer and poster designs are part of the seminar. The opening with introduction on Thursday, 18.10.18 at 18:30 in the Gallery St!chpunkt, foyer Seminarstr. 33, building 04/room E01.

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