Seamlines drawing is a cloth, canvas, that is firmly painted with gold leaf paint, but in such a way that the structure of the yarn and the texture of the fabric are still visible. Carina has cut the cloth into pieces, into rectangles and squares and sewn them together in a different order, stitched, in order to then stretch the cloth more tightly over the frame. The gold reminds me of icons – although the image of Christ, Mary, angels and/or saints is missing.
What is emphasized is the beauty of the cloth itself. – it has been freed from its serving and supporting function and is allowed to shine as itself. The rhythmic and yet irregular play of lines of the stitching gives the work relief, deepens and strengthens the gold, there is a play of roughness and shine of canvas fabric and the gold particles on and in it (…) the works moved me immediately, with the green cloth I thought I was looking into my own soul for a moment, but the gold cloth was immediately more objective, more sublime and more connected to what I would like to call ‘truth’. A ‘sacred’ truth about the nature not of the manes, but of each individual.
Désanne van Brederode | writer philosopher