Boord van gesteven linnen, behorend bij het verpleegstersuniform van een Diacones before 1925

This is a starched linen collar, part of a nurse’s uniform, made by E.J. Kennedy. Can you imagine the hours spent, the slow work of its making? The crisp, white, precise geometry of the piece has something so calm and soothing about it. I really feel for the maker of this object. The linen must have been handled so tenderly. Maybe they were thinking about the nurse who would wear it, what her hands would do. What's so interesting is the way this piece balances utility with, dare I say, art. It's about precision, the clean line, the well-defined edge. Is it a painting? Well, not in the traditional sense, but it shares an attention to detail and a certain kind of devotion. So much of art making is just labor, the repetitive act, a form of care. It reminds me that, as artists, we're all in conversation with one another. We are constantly borrowing, reinterpreting, and transforming what we see and what we make, so that new possibilities emerge.