Gazing Nature

Posted on 12 July 202612 July 2026 by Marianne Kemp

Gazing Nature

Gazing Nature is under construction…

afb green knotted horsehair on littel wooden frame

afb Textured green triangle on grey surface

afb Handwoven mountain with horsehair and linen

afb detail knotted horsehair onto weaving

Forest Floor | 60 x 40 x 2 cm | horsehair, linen, framed (available at Maya Frodeman Gallery)

Roaming Bush II | 15 x 17 x 3 cm | horsehair, wood, pins.

Roaming Bush | 30 x 25 x 3 cm | horsehair, cotton, pins.

Overgrown | 40 x 60 x 3 cm | horsehair, cotton, wood.

Mountain | 90 x 90 x 2 cm | horsehair, cotton, wood (available at Maya Frodeman Gallery)

River | 90 x 90 x 3 cm | 90 x 90 2 cm | horsehair, cotton, linen, wood (available at Maya Frodeman Gallery)

Elevation | 90 x 90 x 2 cm | horsehair, linen, cotton, wood (Private collection)

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Entangled Visions >

Entangled Visions

Posted on 12 July 202613 July 2026 by Marianne Kemp

Entangled Visions

Encounter Between Fragility and Strength

The encounter between fragility and strength is a recurring theme in my practice. With this new series I use weaving and paper making, I’m exploring how seemingly opposing qualities can exist together and support one another. A single linen thread appears delicate, yet when woven it becomes part of a strong, enduring structure. Likewise, wet paper pulp transforms from a fluid material into a textured, resilient surface as it dries.

By combining these two craft processes, I investigate intimacy as a spatial and material condition. Wet paper is draped over woven textiles, allowing the materials to merge under pressure. As they dry, new testures emerge that reveal relationships between closeness and distance, dependence and autonomy, strength and vulnerability.

This ongoing research has resulted in the 1st series of new works, each with its own rhythm, texture, and spatial presence. Together they reflect my continuing exploration of connection, transformation, resilience, and the balance between fragility and strength.

afb light brown threads on dark background

afb knotted scribbles of horsehair on grey surface

afb light brown threads vertical on paper

afb brown threads with green on white background

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Materializing Meetings >

Materializing Meetings

Posted on 18 June 202612 July 2026 by Marianne Kemp

Materializing Meetings

Wandering through the landscape of everyday life, exploring the textured paths where encounters with the outside world are inevitable. By mapping and materializing these meetings and thoughts, I strive to capture their essence with a delicate paper thread, knotted tightly to emphasize the significance of their imprint. The visual and tactile experience reveals new relationships between the matter and the space that exists in between.

Mapping Encounters – Paper thread, waxed cotton, wire, pins | 90 x 95 x 20 cm.

Signaux – 50 x 73 cm, horsehair, waxed cotton framed. (Available at Maya Frodeman Gallery)

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Essentially Unbound >

Essentially Unbound

Posted on 16 June 202613 July 2026 by admin

Essentially Unbound

Solo exhibition ‘Essentially Unbound’ 20 december – 1 December 2024 at Maya Frodeman Gallery.

“The visual weightlessness of this body of work, especially in the face of the time and planning that goes into each piece, also lends to the exhibitions’ title. Kemp uses the warp quite minimally in many of these works. Because of this, these works are literally less bound, and more sculptural. The result is most often otherworldly forms, as with Electric Move (2022) and Breaking the Silence (2023). Kemp’s technique anchors her materials, and with increasing experimentation, the works feel less and less bound by the textile art tradition and read more as innovative and cross-disciplinary sculpture.” Maya Frodeman Gallery.