• Beatriz creates textile structures that expand into space
• Her practice reinterprets traditional techniques through unconventional contemporary forms
• She is committed to recovering textiles historically created by women

Beatriz Constán grew up surrounded by textile crafts thanks to her grandmother, who crocheted, and her mother, who made clothes from patterns. “I was fascinated by watching pieces slowly take shape, as if they had a life of their own,” she recalls. Beatriz’s work draws on the tradition of weaving, particularly high-warp tapestry, as both a technical and conceptual foundation. Her practice moves towards a contemporary exploration of textiles, where weaving ceases to be a surface and becomes structure and space. “I do not work with conventional looms, but with my own structures, using circular forms and other non-traditional supports,” she says. “Recently, I have been drawn to introducing materials such as cement and clay, for the contrast they create with woven threads,” she says.