Architectural Lace
Handmade architectural lace offers a unique and intricate means of transforming space, whether as decoration, a functional element, or an interactive installation. These works effortlessly blend into existing spaces without the need for frames or pedestals, relying on minimal and well-thought-out structural interventions. Each piece is significantly influenced by its context, creating a site-specific object that appears as if it naturally grew within the space.
Space
Three-dimensional and particularly interactive installations of spatial lace interventions involve extensive architectural planning, complex design, and inventive fabrication methods.
Screen
Two-dimensional screens offer a warm, organic, and sustainable method to physically divide space while preserving visual connection or creating a sense of privacy.
Wall
Large lace works, when installed on a wall, remain true to lace’s traditional role as decoration, preserving its appearance though significantly enlarging its scale. This transformation can turn a seemingly mundane item like a small white doily on a grandmother’s shelf into a ‘cool’ and contemporary design feature (or even an artwork).
Light
Warm white light enclosed in the twisted network of intertwined ropes and twines creates a cozy atmosphere, while it animates the surrounding surfaces with its graphic shadows.
Featured Works
Innovative methods of using nontraditional, even industrial, materials offer endless possibilities for the shapes and scales of three-dimensional lace applications.
Ice Age Migrants
Tesla Enlaced
Žiri Lace Timeline
Grapes and Olives Screen
NEST Lights
Coffee!
3 Etsy Screens
Dilemmas Crisscrossed
EVERYTHING
IS CURIOUSLY
INTERCONNECTED
“Lace is a network of intertwined threads that might seem random at the first glance, but each thread has a purpose and is a part of a larger unifying system. Individually weak and soft, woven together, they create incredibly strong and resilient structures—much like our communities, where collaboration, connection, and support are essential for maintaining a strong and healthy society.”
LET’S MAKE LACE COOL!
(again)
“While lace has always been made and used as a flat piece of fabric, either as interior decoration or in fashion, I want to subvert this conviction. Following the principles of sustainable practice it is my intent to make lace again a relevant player in the field of contemporary design and to discard its stigma of benign little doily on a grandmother’s shelf.”
Manca