Presented in gallery Rue Haute 253 - Brussels in July 2025

On this wall I am presenting Ten Silent Attempts. A collection where I bring together my most recent works exploring the fragility of mental resilience.

They reflect on how strength can be built through softness, through the quiet construction of a shield.

For me, the shield is not a wall, but a porous surface. It offers comfort, filters out unwanted input, and creates space for silence to become a form of presence. These works emerge from that shielded place. They are not declarations, but fragments, carefully composed, slowly made.

My work is about the in-between.
It contains fragments of unfinished thoughts, feelings, and forms.
All these fragments revolve around an inner, introverted being: layered, quiet, and unreachable.
Together they form a collective silence. Not one of peace, but of refusal.
A refusal to be whole.

This silence is not absence.
It is a mouth, covered by choice.
It is a position against the loudest.

I used embroidery and lace techniques on reused fur, and created fragmented body parts — hands, eyes, skin-like surfaces.
Their fragility lies not only in the materials, but also in the layered, unspoken stories they carry. They are residues. Traces of something that has passed through a body.

I work with traditional handcraft techniques such as needle lace, embroidery, and knitting to create tactile forms that hold and express fragility.
These are slow techniques: they take time, repetition, and presence. They resist immediacy. That refusal is important.

I do not aim to represent trauma or emotion through a clear narrative.
 Instead, I create spaces of delay. Where softness, silence, and complexity can persist.