Henrieta
Tholt

head ornamentation – bonnet
material: tulle, plastic / technique: sewing, perforation
waistcoat
material: silk, cotton, satin ribbons / technique: sewing, folding
structured trousers
material: silk, cotton, satin ribbons / technique: sewing, folding

She graduated from the Studio of Textile Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. In her work, she often finds inspiration in traditional art culture, namely embroidery, decorative motifs and refers to elements of rural architecture or the mountain environment. However, she works experimentally with textile, overstepping the traditional borders of craft and its utilitarian function and heading towards artistic expression.

Her collection “Rural monochrome” pays homage to period folk architecture. Before beginning her work, she researched old rural architecture, the materials used and their properties, shapes, colours and above all structure. From the artist’s subjective point of view, this structure can be most strikingly seen on traditional houses with a gable roof. The wooden shingles changed under the influence of the weather, which often led to individual shingles sliding down. This created a unique structural element, which the artist records and transfers to contemporary textile materials. The collection consists of three items of clothing, and can be combined with the artist’s previous series of bonnets “Status” or jewellery “Iná/tradičná”. The monochromatic colour scale helps the properties of the chosen material stand out. Henrieta Tholt works with hand-pleated textiles, which she layers rhythmically and combines with the background material.

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