Textile Art - Tactile Memory x Maja Maljević

This one-of-a-kind soft sculpture was dreamt up in collaboration with fine artist, Maja Maljević.

Maja worked with Something Good Studio in ways that challenged her rigorous dedication to paint and printmaking. Our studio translated Maja's playful work in textile for the first time in the form of blankets and rugs. In addition, we’ve also had fun with a small collection of handmade ceramic works.

Maja’s small collection of unique, non-functional ceramic sculpture is what piqued the interest of this textile piece. Our vision was to transform her ceramic sculpture into a textile sculpture. The process was intriguing and required some serious textile engineering. We’ve flattened Maja’s ceramic work by means of a photograph turning it into a two dimensional surface. From there, we collaged elements of the photograph to create a new composition - like building Tetris. Thereafter, we brought three dimensional elements back, staying true to the original ceramic work, using different heights and textures that tufted wool allow to create a sculptural work with a totally different outcome. 

The two black dots are separate from the main work, the artist envisioned the dots to come apart and live freely from the dots on the main work. 

The result of this collaboration, titled "Tactile Memory", is something quite whimsical and playfully challenges the notion of truth to materials. 

The soft sculpture lives beautifully installed on a wall - framed or unframed. It is tufted in a robust manner with mesh backing which could also be used as a functional artwork in the form of a rug on the floor.

PRODUCT INFO

EDITION: Limited. Each piece is handmade with its own unique quirks. 

LEAD TIME: Each piece is handmade to order per request with a 6-8 week delivery lead time. Custom sizes can be considered on 'made to order' items. 

FABRICATION: 100% wool with silka accents, hand dyed to specification. Hand tufted with mesh backing. The piece is approximately 5cm thick, with raised and carved dimensions

COLOURS: Assorted; Cream, Yellow, Pink, Cobalt Blue, Blue, Duck-egg Blue, Bright Blue, Green, Black, Red, Purple

SIZE/S: 100 x 180cm (unframed). This artwork includes the two separate, black circles which are 13 x 10cm each. It excludes the mini which is sold separately

CARE INSTRUCTIONS: Professional clean, or vacuum & spot clean with hair shampoo & water, flat dried away from direct sunlight

PACKAGING: Supplied with signed artist-proof 

HOW TO ORDER: Kindly reach out to us for more information. We are happy to assist :)