Marta Pokojowczyk

Short film made by my friend Magdalena Pulik with a handwoven textile as a main character.

Handwoven watercolours... Adding layers of half-transparent textiles.   

Recently I have explored some new issues connected with exposing handwoven canvases. Creating a space between the wall and the artwork generates a 3-dimensional character of the composition and brings out main features of the canvas, for example its lightness.

Handwoven linen canvas, work in progress...

Painting warp threads. Process of creating linen canvas. Interlacing tonalities #weavingispaintingwiththreads

Przegląd prac z wystawy "The First Layer". Ingerencje techniką mieszaną na ręcznie tkanych płótnach - rekonstrukcjach tkanin z XVI i XVII wieku, na których swoje dzieła tworzyli mistrzowie El Greco i Diego Velázquez. Szczegółowe informacje dotyczące projektu można odnaleźć na stronie internetowej: www.martapokojowczyk.pl.
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A review of the works from the recent exhibition "The First Layer". Mixed technique interferences on handwoven canvases - reconstructions of textiles from the XVI th and XVII th century on which Great Masters - El Greco and Diego Velázquez created their paintings. More detailed informations about the project you may find in the website: www.martapokojowczyk.pl and on the blog dedicated to the reconstructions: Lab O.