Werkstuk van naaldkant dat nog losgemaakt moet worden van de tijdelijke onderlagen van papier en textiel c. 1925 - 1935

This needle lace artwork, still attached to its paper and textile supports, looks like it came into being slowly, stitch by stitch, a testament to patience and skill. Imagine the artist, hunched over their work, carefully placing each stitch, building up the delicate pattern. What were they thinking as they worked? Were they lost in concentration, or were their thoughts far away? I think of it as a conversation with the material itself, a dialogue between hand and thread, between intention and accident. The texture is so fine, so intricate, like a spiderweb spun from moonlight. And those tiny floral motifs! Each one a miniature world, a universe of detail contained within a few millimeters. It's wild to think of all the lacemakers who came before this artist, each one building on the knowledge and techniques of the last, engaged in a conversation across time. It’s a reminder that art is never created in a vacuum but emerges from a complex web of influences and inspirations.