Ontwerp voor een glas-in-loodvenster met honingraatpatroon c. 1901

This is Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof’s ‘Design for a stained-glass window with honeycomb pattern,’ over at the Rijksmuseum. I wonder what Dijsselhof was thinking when he made this? I bet he loved the geometric patterns found in nature, which have also influenced his interior designs. The linear quality and grid structure reminds me of Agnes Martin. The honeycomb pattern is beautifully rendered in thin lines, giving the design a delicate, airy feel, like it might float right off the page. The contrasting yellow accents create depth and warmth, making the design glow. You can see his marks shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. It's amazing how artists, across time, are in an ongoing conversation, inspiring each other’s creativity. Painting, or even design, is a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations.