A year ago Karin van Dam started experimenting with an advanced knitting machine in the Textile Lab of the Textile Museum Tilburg, producing spatial objects with a mix of wool and monofilament (nylon) that are reminiscent of insects, mosses and plant shapes. The structure of the knitted fabric has a mechanical, almost technological feel to it, creating a interesting friction between the organic shapes of the objects and the high-tech appearance of the material.
This work reminds of the segmented body of a caterpillar or a lobster's tale, but keeps its own identity that cannot quite be grasped.
Karin van Dam received a grant of the Mondrian Fund to experiment at the Textilelab of the Textile Museum Tilburg NL.