“I learned how to build a house when I was young. I studied construction technology since I thought I was going to become an architect. I learned to wall a house, install a floor, how to lay a roof and its rafters. I liked it a lot. But I was drawn to a more creative universe, and I ended up at the Textile Line at the Design School. It was a leap from hard to soft materials, but still with a lot of similarities. There is a spatiality in my art, it is very architectural.

When you construct a weaving, there is repetition, grid, systems. If you observe a house façade it also contains lots of layers. Much of my weaving is inspired by architecture.

And then, during Covid, I discovered plant dyeing. In the years before the pandemic, I travelled a lot in South Africa. I taught at a tech university.

Here in Denmark, I have collected plants and flowers for years, during my walks, I have always wanted to draw them. But my expression was very graphic, very pixelated, it manifested differently.

I had an urge, a longing within me. I couldn’t quite decipher it.