Marian Bijlenga draws inspiration from her surroundings, finding beauty in nature and patterns found in walls, floors, sandpaper, and fish scales. Through her art, she creates objects and develops intricate structures using textile materials such as cotton, paper, and horsehair. However, her focus is not on the material itself, but rather on the form it can take. She is fascinated by lines, graphological symbols like the alphabet, writing, electrocardiograms, Chinese characters, and fractals. She explores the rhythm in lines and the space between them, utilizing contrasts to form a unique signature. Her technique and choice of materials are interwoven, with the line being the thread that ties everything together. The flexibility of textiles allows her to pursue her goal of discovering new forms, whether it be in clear, transparent structures or dense, intricate patterns.
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