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Layers of Nature

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Janske Hombergen

2019 object
Materials polyester FR acrylic Recycled PET polyestermix metallic polyester cotton

Janske Hombergen started a research project about how you can experience nature inside architecture. She created a research inspiration book supported by Kunstwerkt in Arnhem and Wiegerinck Architects. From this she created a 3D woven object, that visualises her research and vision on how to experience nature inside buildings. The material research was funded by CultuurOost and Stichting Stokroos.

Specifications

  • Layers of Nature
  • Janske Hombergen
  • object
  • art
  • Marjan van Oeffelt
  • 2019
  • homb090419O27d/g
  • SA001915a
  • light, translucent, voluminous

Yarns

  • polyester FR | PES FR | flame retardant
  • acrylic | PC | fluor
  • multifilament | rPES
  • polyestermix metallic | VI / PES
  • polyester | PES
  • cotton | CO | biological

Project

Janske Hombergen wanted to investigate whether it would be possible to capture the essence of natural phenomena in a textile installation. She was inspired by changing skies of clouds and Komobori", the Japanese word for the interplay between light and leaves when sunlight shines through trees. She created a 3D woven object that visualises a more abstract form of nature, to be shown inside buildings. This is her answer to the question of healthcare institutions to integrate nature in their buildings, to create a ‘healing environment'.

Process

Hombergen worked on a transparent monofilament warp, to be able to create a textile with multiple layers and gradients of bright colours and transparent surfaces. She created a textile that splits into several layers, so when off the loom it can be opened into a 3D structure.

Creator

Janske Hombergen

Janske Hombergen (1973) lives and works in Arnhem. She studied 3D Design at ArtEZ in Arnhem and later followed the pre-master in Structural Engineering at ArtEZ. Her way of working is very intuitively, she follows her fascination for a specific subject arising from her daily life. She searches for ways of materialising her way of thinking or a certain emotion.