Nesting Series | 2016

In 2016 Severijns started working on a “Nesting Series”, the logical continuation of rebuilding ones “nest” (home) after being uprooted or displaced. An abandoned bird nest inspired the artist to give life to paper nests woven into paper tapestry murals which resulted in two artworks Nesting 1 and Nesting 2. 

The artwork “Uprooted” Severijns created in her beloved paper medium, using hand-torn pieces, multi layering techniques and weaving. Her hand-tearing technique functions as a metaphor of being torn away from all ties and belongings. The color is monochromatic white for as white is free of any symbol, association or values – much the same as the uprooted feeling of no longer belonging to one’s native cultural and emotional soil. The layered texture and monochromatic color scheme aim to capture global, regional, local, familial and personal dimensions of uprooting on the one hand while on the other hand forming a unified holistic and humanistic theme.

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Image courtesy: Sigal Kolton