Katrien Van Der Schueren builds her sculptures from wood, stone, clay, plaster, resin, metal and hemp, carving and layering their surfaces by hand. In a new collection with Art+Loom, six of those works have become hand-knotted rugs in wool and silk that keep their relief, movement and small irregularities.
Born in Belgium and self-taught, Van Der Schueren is based in Los Angeles. Her practice moves between sculpture, architectural intervention, lighting and functional objects, and between autonomous pieces and installations made for a particular place. Art+Loom, which works with contemporary artists to turn their work into rugs, chose six of her pieces for the collaboration.
Six works, six rugs
The collection is made up of Bloom, Curio, Sundays, Rise, Circle and Life. Each rug is hand-knotted using traditional techniques, with layered pile heights, carving and slight shifts in texture, so that the surface keeps its depth instead of flattening the original work into an image.
“Art+Loom understood that this wasn’t simply about reproducing an image,” Van Der Schueren says, “but about preserving the texture, movement, and quiet imperfections that give each work its soul.”
For Samantha Gallacher of Art+Loom, the connection came from a shared way of working. She sees in Van Der Schueren’s sculpture the same curiosity and respect for materials that guide the studio’s rug making, and describes the project as a study in how sculptural form can be carried into weaving.
Material first
Material sits at the centre of Van Der Schueren’s process. She treats it as a collaborator rather than a tool, often combining several crafts in one work through layering, transformation and subtraction. The rugs add wool and silk to that list, a softer medium that still holds the marks of the hand. The approach recalls other material-led practices featured on Sketchure, such as Manon Benoit’s ceramics.
Artist: Katrien Van Der Schueren / @katrienvanderschueren
Rugs: Art+Loom / @artandloom
Photography: Andy Gallacher, Art+Loom
Source: v2com
