Manchet van kloskant met hangende tros in symmetrische omlijsting c. 1907

This bobbin lace cuff with a hanging bunch in a symmetrical frame was made by Leon Sacré. I think about what it might have been like to make this – the focus, the labor, the counting. A tiny error and it all comes undone. This piece is a bit like drawing, and I think that’s where my mind is going. The line meanders and pools, creating little blossoms – the solid parts contrasting with the open spaces, the ground peeking through. It's like a collaboration with the void. Like Agnes Martin said: "The work is abstract, it hangs in space, but it isn't about space." I imagine the maker thinking about other makers, and their hands. Each pass of the thread informed by a history of gestures. There is a conversation happening across time. It’s about the ongoing exchange of ideas, inspiring one another’s creativity. Embracing ambiguity, and allowing for multiple interpretations, rather than fixed readings.