🧵 Why Lace Became Part of My Artistic Language

Me with my botanical paintings (oil background, acrylic, lace on paper, 9.8 x 9.8 in, 25 x 25 cm)

I’ve always loved crocheting. For me, it’s a calming, almost meditative process.

Lace feels deeply familiar and comforting, like a connection between generations, or the feeling of visiting a beloved grandmother’s home. There’s something beautiful about bringing that warmth into contemporary art. Modern paintings… and suddenly, handmade cotton lace appears within them.

To me, that contrast feels both unexpected and meaningful.

The process of creating

At the same time, there’s a more philosophical side to it.

I’ve always been fascinated by plants and organic structures. The more closely you observe nature, the more incredible it becomes. You begin to notice mathematical rhythms everywhere: in the arrangement of leaves, petals, branches, and repeating patterns.

And then I started wondering: what if I could show not only the outer form of a plant, but also something deeper, its inner structure, almost at the level of cells or molecules?

Some close-up views

That was the moment I realized lace could become part of my visual language.

Because lace is also structure. It’s built through rhythm, repetition, and mathematical logic. Every pattern follows an internal system.

By combining lace with painting and collage, I found a way to express both the visible and the invisible: the outer beauty of botanical forms and the hidden architecture beneath them.

Interior mockups with the artwork: living room and dining area