passionate about weaving, spinning
and everyday textile culture
curiosity navigates me
constantly learning
textile design
micro weave
micro spin
draped narratives
artistic research
tulipa/INDEX
syona tapis
textile dramaturgy
we, the flaneuse
graduate projects
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tulipa / INDEX
2020 _ ongoing
The introduction of the tulip to Europe is linked to a legend in which a Turkish trader hid tulip bulbs in fabric. Mistaken for onions, they were discarded—only to bloom the following year, marking the beginning of tulip mania. Historically, however, ambassador Ogier Gisleen van Busbecq brought tulip bulbs from Sultan Suleiman, later spread by botanist Carolus Clusius. Once an Ottoman exotic, the tulip became a national symbol of the Netherlands but also represents the risks of capitalism, as speculative tulip trading led to history’s first financial bubble.
In Tulipa, the woven structure of tulip veins illustrates how the exotic becomes familiar without critical reflection. INDEX addresses capitalism’s fragility by weaving a fragmented DAX curve from the first COVID-19 lockdown. Beyond its beauty, the tulip symbolizes the vulnerability of prosperity and the instability of globalization. The similarity between tulip veins and stock market charts is coincidental, yet their historical connection is thought-provoking—prompting us to question a global economic system that appears more fragile with each passing day.