Create your own modular accessory from laser-cut textile puzzle pieces

Sit down with Iris at her atelier on Prinseneiland and piece together a wearable accessory from laser-cut fabric puzzle pieces. The technique is hers: she developed it during her graduation at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute in 2011, experimenting with laser cutting until she found a way to connect small interlocking fabric pieces entirely by hand, no sewing machine, no stitches, no glue. The resulting shapes hold together and move, and look like nothing made any other way. You start by choosing your favourite accessory and custom colours. Iris has a range available in the atelier; if you have a specific combination in mind, get in touch beforehand and she will have the pieces puzzle-ready when you arrive. Then Iris will guide you through the technique, and you begin connecting the textile puzzle pieces with a handy plier. The repetitive manual work is a very meditative process, 'busy hands quiet mind' as they say! The shape builds gradually and entirely in your hands.

After 2.5 hours you leave with a finished piece: a classic necklace (Uni-colour or Multi-colour), a pair of earrings with a bracelet, or one of several other combinations depending on the option you choose.