Grief
January 2024
Module Surface Textile Design studies HSLU
The feeling of grief is the starting point for this project. In my exploration of this, I came across Verena Kast's 4 phase model, which I have renamed for myself:
1 shock
2 emotions
3 Search
4 new path
For each phase I painted a picture which serves as the starting point for both the colour and the appearance of the textile samples.
The hand-dyed textile samples were cut into round shapes and arranged as a kind of stone path on a reused curtain. The "stones" were applied with a freehand embroidery machine and accentuated by expanding the shape, the gaps were refined with effect yarn and the blanket was quilted using a volume fleece and vermicelli stitch. Finally, I embroidered small mirrors by hand. These are intended to reflect the person looking at them on the "path of grief".
