CAROLIN KROPFF

From June 15 to 18, 2026, at the invitation of the Heussenstamm Stiftung, I worked with a group of 12 ninth-grade students at the Anne Frank Schule for four days. As a hands-on introduction to the world of textile arts—using patchwork and quilts as concrete examples—the students created various fabric pieces by hand, which they designed on their own. We used a lightweight wool fleece from a shepherds’ cooperative as batting. In the process, they familiarized themselves with t

"Painting and textiles Painting is the freest of all the arts. Forms and colors play across the surface, forming a fabric whose diversity is infinite; its essence is not boundaries, but a thousandfold network of interconnections." Theodor Hetzer: Bild als Bau "I give you the end of a golden thread, Just wind it into a ball: It will lead you to the gates of heaven, Built into the walls of Jerusalem." William Blake, Jerusalem What draws me to painting is the same thing that

Have you ever seen a quilt by Rosie Lee Tompkins, from the women of Gee´s Bend or those sewn by Yvonne Wells?