Exhibitions

Currently in the LAB

Dyers Garden

June 04 till September 14 2025

In the carefully crafted collection of MILK OF LIME and the botanical dye research of Karin Waag and René van Eersel, the garden whispers its secrets. Both fashion designers and dye makers collaborated during NOOF LAB Botanical Dying Residency in 2023. Under the Manus x Machina Programme they explored botanical dying as a method for developing new work. In the LAB we revisit the continuing of their individual research and collections.

During the exhibition NOOF LAB will explore the idea of gardens as places for fashion to interact and observe the cycles of the seasons through color. Through growing dye plants from seed, the soil becomes a starting point to investigate flower beds. How can we enrich soil while we create a palate of botanical colours? 

We invite all beginners, makers, craftpeople and fashion designers to gather on Friday from 16:00-19:00 to engage in a tactile and embodied learning of crafts at the LAB. These workshops vary foraging for dyes from the immediate surroundings of Strip-S to learning how to repair garments from local wool. Find the full program on our events page.

MILK OF LIME is a brand that is consciously far from trending streams. Julia Ballardt and Nico Verhaege seek to give renaissance to hidden treasures and long forgotten references of its closest surroundings, which are in rural Germany and Belgium. Their collections are created in collaboration with near by artisans and manufactured on a small scale. Each work is considered, produced with resources available, creating one of a kind piece from neglected materials.

Karin Waag and René van Eersel live in Sterksel. Passionately absorbed by the study of botanical pigments and dyes, they practice it on deep level, growing various plants in their garden and exchanging knowledge and observations. They want to inspire creative people to discover their own natural dye journey.