Time is flying!
Our time in Amsterdam is flying..we met up with two fabulous designers/actors/ex sailors of the 'Azart Ship of Fools'. They now live in Amsterdam and design and make amazing clothes from recycled clothes and fabrics, and working with knitting, embroidery, bead work, printed and painted textiles, and design theatre costumes..amazing! (myspace-olifanttakeover/www.olifanttakeover.com). We had a spontaneous dinner party at theirs and shared stories of how boring we found fetish clubs, the delights of tatziki, and why there was a lack of places for independent designers to sell their collections in Amsterdam.
Found an amazing market, with great fabric shops and haberdashery.. and tried not to dribble with delight over feathers, chains, elastics, ruffles, gold puffs, glitter shiny things and orange braces...and enjoyed the cranes hanging around the fish stalls.
Queens day is fast approaching (30th April) and we have been warned by many a local and squatter a like that its 'fooking chaos and totally packed, it can take hours to cross Dam square..don't even think about taking a bike..get ready for Orange!'.
We are aiming to set up our portrait studio in/outside of a bar in the Pink Triangle area..dressing up Queens as Queens..splendid!!! And we have arranged a couple more gigs running the Portrait Studio at some Gay club nights - fab!
We also have our favourite 'WHATEVER STATE WE'RE IN' Road trip Grrrls arriving that weekend..assuming that they can actually get to us/find us we will have a REALLY fun few days!
Also found Fab Lab (fablab.nl) in the oldest secular building in Amsterdam, it has been used as a city gate, a fire station and now is a bar/resource centre. Fab Lab provides free training and use of their laser cutting equipment, a really amazing resource for Cat and her jewellery, a brill find!
Cycling home at night was great as we got to see bridges lit up along all the canals.
We have also re-arranged Honey Bunch AGAIN.. this time Cats bed has now moved to the 'East Wing' (middle of the van) which is now the bedroom department, and giving us MASSES of seating/communal area in the West Wing (back of the van). The storage works better like this too, and we feel the Fung Shui is definitely vibing with the set up this way!
Love Jana & Cat
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