Written in Thread is a series of collectable textile art. The exhibition showcased at RMB Latitudes Art Fair in May 2024. The collection features unique or highly limited edition artworks primarily produced by and in collaboration with Something Good Studio by artists Maja Maljević, Ditiro Mashigo, Renée Rossouw and Lulama Wolf. All of these artists have collaborated with the Studio in the past.

In some cases monumental, in others experimental or unusual, Written in Thread enters a new terrain for the Studio, pushing the boundaries of how to define textile pieces. Each work is an expression of the artist’s output in a novel way – for some completely different to anything else they’ve produced in the past – composed of a profound yet quiet story, written in thread.

In our search to define what these artworks are, Botes settled on the term “soft sculpture” – which perfectly expresses the way in which these are flexible and gentle objects, created with sculptural textile engineering.