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Fiber
The project continues its research into delicate material structures through work with organza, fishing line, and electrospinning. The original interest in spider webs, condensed droplets, and fragile material bonds shifts toward organic objects and drawings that operate with the tension between visibility and the disappearance of the image.
The electrospinning process, carried out at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava in collaboration with Ing. Alena Opálková Šišková, PhD., produces delicate fibrous structures deposited onto subtle forms reminiscent of shells, cocoons,or clusters. An important part of the process is the shrinkage and closure of the material. Originally open structures gradually contract into fragile organic shapes that react through subtle interaction, acquiring the impression of a gradual liberation.
A parallel line of the project consists of outputs that I began creating within the Drawing course under the guidance of doc. Mgr. art. Martin Derner, ArtD., and later further developed in the studio. They are created by engraving into a transparent foil featuring a photographic image, which is subsequently transferred onto paper. The engraving deformates the material—the foil curls and shrinks, thereby repeating the principle of transformation also present in the objects.These outputs stem from observing lighting situations in which the image, under the influence of reflections, disappears or becomes unreadable, much like a spider web caught by light or a water drop.
Organza threaded into linear structures also enters the drawings, thereby expanding the surface into space. Here, the fiber functions not merely as a material, but as a bearer of tension, connection, and subtle orientation in space. The result is a series of objects and drawings exploring the boundary between materiality, light, and the disappearance of visual perception.
Expert collaboration: Ing. Alena Opálková Šišková, PhD.