Graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Katrien Van Hecke has worked for has worked for Bernhard Wilhelm, Christian WIjnants and Hussein Chalayan. Based in Antwerp Katrien has begun her own label, focusing on handcrafted textiles, hand-dyed artisan garments, woven jacquard designs and knits. Of her textile processes Katrien explains: “Since color is so important to me, I bought cheap white silk and started experimenting with pigments at home. Research took me to the 16th century, when the Dutch East India Company introduced new spices to Europe. In that time fabrics were colored with herbs and pigments. I said to myself: I can do that too! So I started experimenting with everything I could find and each season I look for new ways to treat textile.”
Read more from her interview with Coffee Klatch: coffeeklatch.be/en/interview/2012-11/30/katrien-van-hecke
