I sew clothes from grey paper.

The condition of the material and where the thread comes from are important, as it is the thread that builds my sculptures. When I was a child, my mother made clothes for my dolls and for me. She looked after the toys’ wardrobe. She made outfits from coloured patches for them. I don’t remember those moments, but now I have chosen these clothes, and they are very important for me.

 

Four years before I started the "I'm taking the black thread out of me" project, I found myself in an empty white space. Only the camera was with me. It recorded my unstitching, and then sewing a black thread onto my own silhouette, outfit. The form I ripped was duplicate clothes - doll skirts from my childhood. The author of the ripped form and skirt made over several years ago is my mum.

 

The above steps describe the beginning of building, getting to know my own fabric. In time, I will replace the home sewing machine with my own industrial one, which will have a strong influence on my further perception of working with thread.

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The project "I'm taking out the black thread" has been included in the permanent collection of the Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach

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