Jovana Zhang
Silk Cabinet
Born in Belgrade in 1983. Graduated from Belgrade University of Applied Arts. After working in Studio Urquiola in Milan in 2010, Jovana moved to China to partner with Zhang Lei and Christoph John, to start the Future Tradition project in Pinwu studio.
Material:stone
Size: Φ580*1250mm
Weaving can be a philosophy and way of thinking. Idea of creating stronger, bigger, lighter object by joining threads and forces. Weaving is also a playful thought that can highlight patterns, color combinations, merging materials, miss-matching in general.
My fascination with stones goes far in the past. Ever since first time I saw paper thin marble i was thinking of weaving them. Stones are not something that naturally goes hand in hand with weaving craft. This experimentation is about expanding limits of what is typical "weaving material" and finding solidarity with stones to become one of them. Structure it self is created by repetitive movements that forms one circular structure reming us of its infinity. Like a dancing choreography, each stripe is twisting along same movement. Central light is there to underline the beauty of nature stones, their age, colors, transparency...