A Personal Reflection
I love threads, spirals, autumn light and paths less travelled.
My language is poetry, light, moments of inspiration and spontaneity. In my work, I want to remain true to myself, to create things that have not yet been seen and to share my enthusiasm with others. Without inspiration, I would miss the very feeling of delight that brings me joy. I love creating something that speaks personally to the person it is meant for. That is when the magic of making shines most brightly.
Spirals flow from my hands again and again, often taking shape as threads stitched onto fabric. I see myself as a unique spiral, too: I search, find, lose and begin searching once more… Sometimes I return to the same places, but never as quite the same person. Curiosity, vulnerability and the need for transformation accompany me in my creative life. I believe that nothing is ever truly final, and that the traces of time are what give things their depth. Perhaps that is why I keep choosing a path where ecology, art, movement, textiles and everyday life can intertwine.
DILIGHT
light brings things to life and inspires
excitement in the play and entanglement of materials
pleasure in the alchemy of bringing the impossible together
joy in wearing and telling stories
happiness in sharing what I love doing
delight in bringing the old to new life
…creating a cycle of ever-renewed freshness…
What does DILIGHT mean?
What inspired me to give my brand the name DILIGHT?
More than 30 years ago, I began my own creative journey with luminous pictures made between sheets of glass. They fascinated me and opened up an endless sense of happiness in making something fresh and new. They held light, joy, excitement and colours glowing in the light. The name came from the words Design and Light, shortened to DILIGHT. I loved it even more because it sounds like delight — a word that holds everything I wanted my work to express: joy, happiness, pleasure, a sweet treat, something wonderfully special. Even today, the name reminds me that inspiration is elusive and yet everywhere. How can I capture it in a material? How can I share it? How can I keep from losing it?
In these translucent glass pieces, I captured fragments of nature: butterfly wings, rose petals and seaweed. Threads, fabric and wire found their way inside too — anything that could be pressed between the panes. Poetry, drawings and layers of paper often joined them. Before long, the size of the glass pieces became too limiting, so I began working with fabric instead. The effect was similar, but the material was much easier to handle. Textiles were lighter and could be made on a much larger scale. Within them I continued to capture little treasures from nature: stones, shells, seeds and other precious finds. Collected fabric remnants gradually became textile pictures, first used as scenography for the dance performance Because I Missed the Colours. This opened up a whole new dimension of working with fabric and creating translucent textile pictures for windows. Captured light traced the outlines of new stories. That was how my one-of-a-kind curtains and textile screens were born, and they now grace windows in many different places.
Ecology in Motion.
Why a new logo?
Ecology is a way of living, creating and transforming. Just as old materials take on new meanings and tell new stories, their message keeps travelling onwards. The circulation of materials and their endless return in the form of a spiral lie at the heart of DILIGHT’s philosophy. For a long time, the brand’s logo featured the Ouroboros, a rainbow-coloured serpent winding around the sun, without end, continually transforming — like a snake searching for beginnings and endings that never quite arrive. The Ouroboros has now been replaced in the logo by the Ensō, a symbol of infinity, cycles, wholeness, freedom, creativity and acceptance of imperfection. The green dot in DILIGHT stands for ecology and the essence of nature, without which we cannot live. The circle represents an unbroken creative process that inevitably leads us towards transformation and the free flow of the infinite. Towards ecology in motion.
Collaborations, Projects & References
A collection of my projects, exhibitions, collaborations, performances and design collections to date.
May creativity open new paths.