Trine Mauritz Eriksen

Shibori Itajime - which literally means ‘clamp resist’ - is the technique, which I have given most of my attention to. The fabric is folded and pressed together into wooden blocs. It is then dipped in a colour bath and geometric patterns, with minute variations, appear. My aim is to obtain a slow, yet powerful vibration of altering light and dark. My starting point is to fold, clamp and dye. The symbiosis of colour, subject matter and material, allude to the manifold possibilities in plane. I am working in wool and integrate principles for dying with artistic expression.
 

 

Over the years I have executed a number of public commissions. My intention is to create monumentality and strictness in order to obtain a fusion with architectures basic principles. What characterizes my artistic production is first and foremost the search for ways of creating different light effects and volume in the plane, to create optical illusions. I do what I have to do to minimise disturbing elements, only concentrating on plane, space and light. The play of colour values, ranging from dark to the original white wool material, values in light and shadows, can be obtained by dyeing or simply by twisting the material.