#bauhausstyle

weaving, sublimation print
2019

What does the term Bauhaus siginify today? On Google and Instagram, search terms such as “Bauhaus style”, "Bauhaus table cloth” result in a mix of depictions of original Bauhaus designs and colourful products with geometric shapes – from tote bags to phone covers and entire interiors, selfies taken at exhibitions, and Bauhaus-inspired works by artists, fashion designers, and amateurs. 100 years after the beginning of the Bauhaus, a notion arises that the term “Bauhaus” no longer (only) carries the intended reference to its initial founders, but has taken on an additional, more eclectic meaning.

I have woven these results into a set of kitchen towels, using handweaving techniques in the tradition of the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop. For a long time, women were only allowed to enter this course, and they responded by developing innovative weaving techniques and putting the medium in the spotlight. The work was on view at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in November 2019 as part of the exhibition Rethinking Bauhaus.

Photos of the kitchen towels on display, courtesy of Peter Pflügler. Exhibition image ‘Rethinking Bauhaus’ by Dora Lionstone. Bauhaus Weaving Theory: an influential read during my research for this project (source: University of Minnesota Press).

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I am a textile artist, researcher, and writer based in Amsterdam. Through my work runs a tangible thread that is spun from questions about materials, hierarchies, traditions, patterns, shapes, and their relations. By means of artistic research, I aim to unravel them and investigate their potential to be interlaced in new ways.

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