SILK SCARF

Silk Scarves Collection - Design & Production

I started working on silk scarves at the very beginning of my practice. Not as accessories, but as a format. A surface where I can develop images with a high level of intensity and precision, almost like flags.
Each scarf begins with research. Images are collected by taking photographs, going through books, and searching online. Fragments from different contexts are brought together. Cultural clashes, different moments, different references. I don’t look for a single source. It’s a whole vocabulary built over time.
Then the work becomes very manual. We print, cut, and assemble the images using transparent layers, often on cellophane, combined with computer work. The composition is constructed step by step. It’s a slow process that requires attention. Every detail is placed deliberately.
Over time, this way of working has become a technique in itself. It allows us to create very complex images with a high level of refinement. From a distance, the scarf reads as a strong composition. When you come closer, more layers appear, more details reveal themselves.
The scarves are developed in three formats. Each one creates a different relationship to the image, different ways of wearing it, different ways for the composition to unfold.
All scarves are made in Italian silk crepe, produced in the Como region. The finishing is done in Belgium, in a workshop in the Binche area.
Since the beginning, I have developed these scarves in close collaboration with Patrick Croes. His background in mural painting brings another dimension to the work. Used to large-scale surfaces, he approaches the image in a very direct way. Translating this into silk requires precision, without losing the strength of the gesture.
The scarf becomes a moving image. Something that shifts with the body, that transforms depending on how it is worn.