Sensitizing, 2011-13, Archival Pigmented Ink on Paper

Worn fabrics and everyday textiles evoke a feeling of presence and absence and of permanence and impermanence. This series was inspired by Anni Albers and her practice of weaving in which she “pioneered a tactile approach to abstraction.” “As Anni Albers put it, weaving offered ‘ways to regain sensitivity towards surfaces. ‘Sensitising’ suggests a means to regain a connectedness to a bodily and corporeal existence.” [i]

[i] Briony Fer, Anni Albers, Weaving Magic, Tate Etc, October 10, 2018