What does a directrice actually do? "Most people think I'm a director," says Anke Burre and laughs. Her job description, which ultimately led her to Bethel, certainly has nothing to do with the film business. "I design patterns," is her short form for a profession that is located between design and production in textile production. She did this for 35 years until she moved to Tagwerk in Bielefeld-Bethel in December 2022.
Here, in a day-care programme for people with mental illness run by Bethel.regional, she now supervises a sewing group. Anke Burre has thus remained true to creative textile work. Nevertheless, her current activities have little in common with her previous professional life. "I wouldn't want to work in the fashion industry now," she says looking back.