• Jana’s woven pieces are about exploring the craft of weaving itself
• She addresses the balance between a micro and a macro view through her works
• She is originally from South Africa and now lives in The Netherlands

Similarly to painters whose paintings are about painting, textile artist Jana Visser identifies as a weaver whose weavings are about weaving itself. “Weaving is a process but it can also become an image,” she says. Jana chose her craft during her bachelor in fine arts, after researching practices of slow living and slow art. “Effort, intricacy, intention, detail and process have always interested me, and the weaving craft perfectly embodies these notions. It requires my engagement on an intimately microscopic level – to consider each warp and each weft – while the grid also demands me to think more broadly towards a macroscopic universe in which even the smallest gestures contribute to a collective rhythm,” says Jana. She opened her studio in 2021 and specialises in repurposing yarn from local shops.