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.
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'.
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.
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.
