Lines placed, not drawn
When working with weaving as a technique for building material, all lines are placed rather than drawn.
The line, an existing material, has its physical form manipulated as it is woven into a suface. Held at high tension, the line is straight; at low tension, it curves or zig-zags as it is pulled by other lines in the network.
The amount of its surface area made visible in any given space results in the final colour rendered. Colour Tension and Volatile Impressions are two series of woven works exploring this push-pull relationship between tension in material and colours rendered.
When working with weaving as a technique for building material, all lines are placed rather than drawn.
The line, an existing material, has its physical form manipulated as it is woven into a suface. Held at high tension, the line is straight; at low tension, it curves or zig-zags as it is pulled by other lines in the network.
The amount of its surface area made visible in any given space results in the final colour rendered. Colour Tension and Volatile Impressions are two series of woven works exploring this push-pull relationship between tension in material and colours rendered.
Colour Tension 01, 2024
Hand-dyed and woven acaba.
Installation views
Photographs courtesy of Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.
Crossing Thresholds, 2025
Group show at Esplanade Jendala, Singapore.
Group show at Esplanade Jendala, Singapore.
Volatile Impressions 01, 2024
Photographs courtesy of Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.
Volatile Impressions 02, 03, 04, 2024
Photographs courtesy of Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.
Copyright © Tiffany Loy. All rights reserved.