Motherhood

This framed tapestry displays a mother with two children holding on to her. Both the symmetrical composition of the work and its colours imply the serenity and preciousness of the moment. The thin line, which cuts the woman in two, refers to the emotional difficulties of motherhood. The artist creates this line by using yarns of the same colour, but by changing both the type of knot and the length of the yarns used. Even within a single colour, the artist makes use of different materials, contrasting hemp with wool, thereby creating shades of the same colour.

Acrylic fabric, Cotton, Hemp, wool, Yarns, Wood, Tapestry

Crafted by

Jules Vissers