Nature Textures
2024
28” w x 24” h
TC2 Digital Jacquard Weaving
Cotton, cottolin, raphia and wool
Abstract compositions photographed and “borrowed” from Nature become a documentation of a moment in time, a conversation with the environment and my surroundings. Through deep observation I learn to appreciate every layer of pattern, colour and design otherwise overlooked. These compositions are then translated into digital files woven with a TC2 Digital Jacquard Loom. The conversation continues as the image comes to life and transforms into material form as I weave.
These works aim to be an invitation to finding new appreciation for our environment, and to suggest the inquiry of our interconnection and impact on our surroundings and Nature.
Fourth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, 2024
Art Gallery of Mississauga
Photos by Toni Hafkenscheid
Water - Falls
2024
24” w x 24” h x 6" d
TC2 Digital Jacquard Weaving
Cotton, cotolin, wool, tencel and silk
Gravity and its natural force create the volumetric shape of this piece. Evoking the water’s movement and flow. A reflection about how humans want to shape and control nature but natural forces prevail.
Next In Fibre - 20th Anniversary of Fibreworks, 2024
Cambridge Art Galleries
Photos by Toni Hafkenscheid
Water Weavings - triptych
2023
56” w x 42” h
TC2 Digital Jacquard Weaving
Cotolin, mercerized cotton, chenille, polyethylene, monofilament
“Water Weavings” aims to bring awareness to nature’s fragility. Our bodies are 60 per cent water, we are clearly interwoven with nature. Yet, why do we insist on destroying and polluting it, harming our very own life source and essence?
Worth Gallery in Toronto (Jan.2024)
DesignTO 2024
Water - Oil Spill
2023
42” w x 34” h
TC2 Digital Jacquard Weaving
Cotolin, mercerized cotton, silk, tencel yarn
My work focuses on our connection with nature and the idea of impermanence.
I am captivated by the ever-changing natural landscape and its textures, the visual rhythms of the water, the layers of bark, the structure of branches. I am mesmerized by its mystery and what it has to teach us.
With this textile piece I hope to bring awareness to nature’s fragility.
Our body is 60 percent water, we inhale oxygen thanks to the forests, we are clearly interwoven with nature and yet we insist on destroying and polluting it, harming our very own life source and essence.
(Juror's Choice Award)
Third Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, 2023
Art Gallery of Mississauga
On display at Stantec Architects Window Gallery in Toronto (Dec.2022-Mar.2023).
Part of DesignTO 2023 Window Installation Projects.
Pandemic time at World of Threads Festival 2023, Oakville
Pandemic time
2020-2022
16" x 360"
crochet, wool yarn
This piece was created during the covid-19 pandemic (2020-2022), when we had the therapeutic need to calm down, meditate and ponder about this unique moment in time.
Every day, with a different colour of yarn, time was being documented. Each colour represented one day, with no limitations of length. Every day was different. The colour palette somewhat represented the seasons or the day’s mood: a story was told with yarn.
The passage of time is shown in the variations of size and colour in each daily section; every day brings a unique expression; each segment conveys the state of that moment. Every stitch is an instant, a breath.