About the Work

FELT GRID 1–20 consists of hand-dyed felt units stitched into a variable grid. The structure establishes repetition and alignment, while hand-sewing introduces deviation, pressure, and uneven registration. The surface holds small shifts in density, colour, and seam, accumulating through duration rather than design.

The works require proximity. Their scale resists overview, and the grid does not resolve into a stable image. Instead, seams function as traces - marking joins, pauses, and returns - without producing narrative or hierarchy. The felt retains residue from handling and dyeing, registering time as material condition.

Colour ranges are limited and maintained across the series, producing continuity without progression. Variation occurs through restraint rather than proliferation. The grid operates as a ground that withholds total coherence, allowing surface, repetition, and material resistance to remain active.

©️ Camilla Howalt