Objectified
What makes a body, what makes an object?This project was made and exhibited at the Textiel Museum in Tilburg.2025
Fashion and its crafts are a key inspiration in my practice. I like to explore them through the lens of both aesthetics and technique. For this piece, that exploration led me to focus on accentuating curves and introducing tension through the structure of the knit.
Like bone and flesh, the armchair is built from a solid welded frame, covered in soft latex foam. The forms are round and generous, reminiscent of body curves, offering comfort and familiarity.
And just like us, the chair is dressed, in this case, in a textile designed and produced in collaboration with the TextielMuseum in Tilburg. It is a knitted fabric that wraps around the form, using pleats to create close zones of tension and open zones of release. This structure allows the fabric to expand into volume. Once placed on the chair, the eight individual parts of the textile pattern align and adapt to the shape beneath, hugging and defining it. The pleats stretch over the contours, revealing a second colour accentuation the shape.
By drawing on anthropomorphism and feminine inspiration, I aim to develop my own language and craft within object-making.
Photo Design Academy Eindhoven by Femke Reijerman and Lilas Patard