Not a Tablecloth. Not a Carpet. No Function. Cream, white, and red - like someone spilled their meal, now forever woven into the fabric. Large holes, scraps of old paper, long hanging threads - impractical & not washable. Weaving is an extremely slow & time consuming forms of work. Usually it’s worth it, because it keeps you warm, protects your floor, lasts a lifetime. It’s about purpose. About function. Especially in the countryside, in Viișoara. In Viișoara, where loom weaving has deep roots and every household carries its own story, people said: „What’s with this, did a mice eat it?“ „I can't touch it, it’ll get dirty!“ In a city, like Berlin: gallery, white wine, meaning… What is a work worth if it does nothing? Doesn’t warm, doesn’t cover, doesn’t protect? A fabric that serves no purpose except to ask questions: About value. About where it comes from. MATERIAL: 12 balls of wool + a stash of old, found paper — transformed into three woven pieces, each 60×120 cm. WORK: 1.5 weeks of repairing the loom & learning the craft + 2.5 weeks of weaving, weaving, weaving.
Not a Tablecloth. Not a Carpet. No Function. Cream, white, and red - like someone spilled their meal, now forever woven into the fabric. Large holes, scraps of old paper, long hanging threads - impractical & not washable. Weaving is an extremely slow & time consuming forms of work. Usually it’s worth it, because it keeps you warm, protects your floor, lasts a lifetime. It’s about purpose. About function. Especially in the countryside, in Viișoara. In Viișoara, where loom weaving has deep roots and every household carries its own story, people said: „What’s with this, did a mice eat it?“ „I can't touch it, it’ll get dirty!“ In a city, like Berlin: gallery, white wine, meaning… What is a work worth if it does nothing? Doesn’t warm, doesn’t cover, doesn’t protect? A fabric that serves no purpose except to ask questions: About value. About where it comes from. MATERIAL: 12 balls of wool + a stash of old, found paper — transformed into three woven pieces, each 60×120 cm. WORK: 1.5 weeks of repairing the loom & learning the craft + 2.5 weeks of weaving, weaving, weaving.