Ontwerpen voor glas-in-loodvensters c. 1901

This is a page of studies for stained glass windows, by Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Looking at these lines, you can see how the design emerges from the page through trial, error, and intuition. I'm so curious about his process. Did he start with a particular shape or did he draw and draw until something appeared? I love the geometry here. It seems like the artist is using geometric forms, which can feel so precise, to find forms that are organic. It reminds me a little of Hilma af Klint's work – the way she also used simple shapes to explore cosmic ideas. I can imagine him thinking about how light would play through the glass, transforming the space. These lines are a conversation with light, an attempt to capture and direct it. And I feel like artists are always in conversation, inspiring each other across time. Thinking about how Dijsselhof was influenced, and how his work, in turn, influences others. It's like a big, ongoing, creative exchange.