For Soft Stones I was searching for textile means to translate these ambiguities back into textile at the Textile Museum in Tilburg on industrial jacquard-weaving and knitting machines. Throughout the process we searched to translate the ambiguities inherent in that ceramic object back into the textile surface. Apart from the visual dimensions, we aimed to translate the material properties of the hard, shiny and resilient ceramic into the textile and aimed for depth, volume and structure that were apparent in the piece we took as inspiration.

The series ‘Material Echoes is part of an ongoing research into ambiguous materials. By translating the tactile, visual and emotional qualities of one medium into another, it explores the poetic tension between contrasting materials, in this case ceramic and textile. Each piece forms a translation and interpretation, focusing on ambiguity, material transformation, and sensory deception. The project investigates the tension of how softness can appear rigid, how solidity can mimic fluidity, and how visual structure can suggest weight, texture, and dimensionality across material boundaries.