The monumental structure of a centuries-old church has the same value for Katrien Vogel as the nest of the swallow that has taken refuge there under the roof tiles.
Such natural structures are light and strong, vulnerable and yet tried and tested. Paper harbours the same properties, it can be manipulated, while retaining these intrinsic qualities. Growth processes are created.
When making her sculptures, the past, traditions, and continuous lines play a role. The work has little to do with the speed of the digital world, it rather hangs in a form of slowness.
This is how the Festoons and the Table Pieces come into being, why not sit around the table again with a true 'conversation piece' of our time?