INTERSECT

“Intersect” is a series of studies in three-dimensional, sculptural weaving. Its sculptures emerged intuitively by applying and combining different weaving techniques. Interacting with a multitude of colours and patterns, abstracted forms are created onto which spectators are invited to project meaning.

Each sculpture started out as a sheet of 1-meter-long heavy paper, both sides of which are painted in different ways and rhythms with gouache, acrylic paint, acrylic marker, arcier or ballpen. The sheets were then cut into strips of one meter of varying width and used as ‘yarns’ for the woven sculptures.

This project is based on “Union of striped yarns”, a project in which Dienke created a variety of flat-woven pieces using striped yarns. Fascinated by the intriguing patterns which ap- pear by using only striped yarn, she decided to investigate the patterns of ‘yarns’ in hexagonal and 3-dimensional weaves. As a result, the new study – “Intersect” – has a stronger focus on the interaction of colour, patterns and weaving techniques.

Materials: Paper, gouache, acrylic, acrylic marker, ball pen