The geometry of joy
After completing the 100-day project in 2024, I found myself in a creative slump. I had difficulty getting started with new work and was drifting from one idea to the next. I tried all sorts of things, but whatever I started, it felt sort of aimless.
After a few months of artistic wandering, I decided to return to making doodles or scrap constructions in a new, limited colour palette. I was drawn to a cheerful yellow combined with soft pink, and making scrap constructions helped me avoid overthinking what I wanted to create. The intuitive, hand-sewing of small pieces of fabric together gave me just enough direction and freedom to make what I wanted.
A familiair feel
It turned out, at that moment, to be exactly what I needed to get out of my creative slump.
- It was something new (the colours)
- It had a familiar feel to it (the process)
- and it felt good
The fact that this helped me to get back on my feet gave me an enormous sense of relief and joy, which lasted throughout the entire creative process. The, not particularly strict, geometric compositions, tell me above all, how I experienced the process: as a feeling of joy.
"Can you imagine what colour can do to your life?"
Sheila Hicks
In an interview with @louisianachannel
The 3 pieces from the series “Geometry of joy” are currently on display at House of Arts in Woerden, the Netherlands.
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