Wind Knitting Factory Amerika250 USA tour
In September 2026, the Wind Knitting Factory, will travel through the United States exploring connections between Dutch and American windmill heritage. The journey will bring the Wind Knitting Factory to a range of locations, from historic windmill sites to public spaces, creating opportunities for temporary installations, encounters and exchange along the way. See tour programme below:
Bubbled Matter
'Bubbled Matter' makes the invisible element air visible. It aims to confine air to visualize a breath. To achieve this, exhaled air is captured in glass bubbles and stacked into a collection of coffee tables.
Bubbled Matter
'Bubbled Matter' makes the invisible element air visible. It aims to confine air to visualize a breath. To achieve this, exhaled air is captured in glass bubbles and stacked into a collection of coffee tables.
Bubbled Matter
'Bubbled Matter' makes the invisible element air visible. It aims to confine air to visualize a breath. To achieve this, exhaled air is captured in glass bubbles and stacked into a collection of coffee tables.
Bubbled Matter
'Bubbled Matter' makes the invisible element air visible. It aims to confine air to visualize a breath. To achieve this, exhaled air is captured in glass bubbles and stacked into a collection of coffee tables.

Photo collage: Mid-America Windmill Museum, Kendallville, Indiana

photo collage: Holland Museum, Holland, Michigan

De Zwaan Dutch Windmill, Holland, Michigan
Two techniques are combined: glassblowing and slumping, where flat glass is usually heated to collapse over a mold. The innovative aspect of this approach is that the air bubbles are sealed airtight, defying the 'laws of nature' in glassblowing. As a result, the bubbles do not collapse or break during the slumping process and are fused together. An interplay of hot air and expansion
Two techniques are combined: glassblowing and slumping, where flat glass is usually heated to collapse over a mold. The innovative aspect of this approach is that the air bubbles are sealed airtight, defying the 'laws of nature' in glassblowing. As a result, the bubbles do not collapse or break during the slumping process and are fused together. An interplay of hot air and expansion
Two techniques are combined: glassblowing and slumping, where flat glass is usually heated to collapse over a mold. The innovative aspect of this approach is that the air bubbles are sealed airtight, defying the 'laws of nature' in glassblowing. As a result, the bubbles do not collapse or break during the slumping process and are fused together. An interplay of hot air and expansion
Two techniques are combined: glassblowing and slumping, where flat glass is usually heated to collapse over a mold. The innovative aspect of this approach is that the air bubbles are sealed airtight, defying the 'laws of nature' in glassblowing. As a result, the bubbles do not collapse or break during the slumping process and are fused together. An interplay of hot air and expansion

Wind Knitting Factory at American windmill Herkules, Zaandam Photo: Eva Rutsen


Photo collage: Design Museum of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois


Photo: Eva Rutsen

