Developed for Kvadrat’s Curtain Collection 2012, Casa and Castillo extend my investigation into colour, scale and the square through woven textile.

Casa works through subtle shifts of colour. From a distance the surface appears almost monochrome; at close range, brighter notes emerge within quieter neutral tones. The shiny melange yarns allow colour to change with light, distance and movement.

Castillo approaches the grid through scale and proportion. Different-sized squares and rectangles overlap within a large repeat, crossed by fine coloured lines. The pattern was constructed using the Golden Ratio, allowing the geometry to expand progressively across the surface.

Together, the textiles explore how colour and structure can remain stable and continually changing at the same time: becoming denser, lighter or more fragmented according to proximity, folds and surrounding light.

2012
Woven curtain textiles
100% Trevira CS
Designed for Kvadrat

Casa
Plain weave
13 colourways
Width 300 cm

Castillo
Plain weave
4 colourways
Width 300 cm