Two dimensional researching adding a dimension by looking closer, by “Taking a Thread for a Walk” [Anni Albers].
The way the threads form a connection is often created by one stubborn material combined with a contrasting one. By weaving my hands follow their behavior and respond on the interaction of the threads.
Hand Weaving
2023, cotton, paper and zinc nails. Paper threads partly dyed with textile dye. Woven on 24 shafts handloom.
2023, cotton and paper threads. Cotton partly dyed with ecoline. Woven on 8 shafts handloom.
2023, Cotton, silk and paper. Paper thread partly dyed with ecoline, silk thread dyed with textile dye.
Woven on 24 shafts handloom.
2021, cotton warp, paper and polypropene (fishthread recuperated from the dutch coast).
Paper thread has been partly dyed with ecoline.
Woven on 24 shafts handloom.
2021, cotton warp, polypropene (fishthread recuperated from the dutch coast). Post-treated with ausburner (acid burn).
Woven on 24 shafts handloom.