Claudia Jongstra Hanging Tapestry Red Ecologically Friendly

The “Red Tapestry Scroll” is a lush red felted wool with threads running through the piece and nuances of color. This 11 ft x 5.8 ft. design will add life to a room and change it in the process. Claudy Jongstra is known worldwide for her monumental artworks and architectural installations, whose organic surfaces and nuanced tones reflect her masterful innovations in the ancient technique of making wool felt. Jongstra’s oeuvre, often installed in large public spaces, is included in many international museums as well as private and corporate collections.

She is Dutch, born in 1963, and studied fashion design at the Utrecht School of Arts between 1982 and 1989. Her oeuvre is characterized by her use of wool and other natural fibers in the form of handcrafted felt. Much of the wool she uses is from Drenthe Heath Sheep, an ancient indigenous sheep breed that survives thanks to Jongstra. She dyes the wool and other natural fibers with natural pigments from pigment plants cultivated on her own farm. Her works is included in many private and corporate collections as well as museum collections like the Stedeliik Museum Amsterdam, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In 2001, Jongstra established her studio in the rural North of The Netherlands, where she began a sweeping ecological experiment in the local landscape. Maintaining a flock of rare, indigenous Drenthe Heath sheep (the oldest breed in Northern Europe) and cultivating a specialized dyers’ botanical collection garden, Jongstra creates a completely sustainable chain culminating in her artworks.

As Jongstra’s artistic practice expands, so too does the impact on her region. Collaborating with local farms, schools, and social programs, and drawing on a deep respect for the interwoven narratives of people, land, and tacit knowledge, Jongstra actively reimagines and revitalizes the local landscape from monocultural production toward a more diverse, inclusive, and ecologically-just model.