A sentimental series of woven works exploring memory, belonging and the experience of carrying pieces of home across distance. Natural materials become emotional archives, holding fragments of landscape, family, ancestry and the places that continue to live within us.
These small seeds belong to a landscape I knew long before I knew I would one day leave it. Held within soft, protective fibres, they become fragments of memory, carrying traces of my childhood, culture and a home that continues to live within me.
Imfibinga seeds, Silk, Mohair, Cashmere, Cotton
25,5 x 25 cm
Gathered by a beloved aunt during childhood and carried from South Africa to the Netherlands by my mother, these carob seeds hold more than the memory of a place. They hold my people, landscapes and moments that made it my home. Woven together, they become an intimate archive of love and longing, of what remains with us even after we have left.
Mohair, Cotton, Cashmere, Carob seeds from South Africa
39 x 113,5 cm
Separate threads become something whole through the simple act of crossing and gathering, echoing the relationships that hold us together. Rooted in the idea of Ubuntu “I am because we are ” the work is an open, changing form that speaks of connection, belonging and our place within a larger whole.
Copper wire, Cotton and Linen.
∅28cm