Ine van Son

Installation in commission of Textielfestival Twente 2021.

'Women's Hands' emerges for the memory of my mother and grandmother. I see their hands busy with an extremely thin crochet needle and yarn. They were proud of the rugs that they created and they put them on different well visible spots in the house. Their 'legacy' was made by a number of these rugs which they made with te patience of angles. 

In later years I understood that my memories were not unique. Many people have similar memories of their mother, grandmother, neighour, ant.  

I collected a large number of these rugs. In different techniques. Made by many mothers, grandmothers, neighbours and ants. They come from all kinds of personal legacies and that way cary a piece of personal history of the givers. 

In the installation 'Women's Hands' I lift these rugs one by one and put them on a small socle. This way, they start their own life. Liberated from the furniture they were once  made for. 

One can walk around and through the installation. Surrounded by the history of our crafting 'for-mothers' and the objects they created.

The time and the patience of angels they invested in these works come back to the place where they belong: untied from oblivion, placed on small socles, erected in the natural environment of Twente (NL). A piece of heritage they visualise.