Landscape as Thread

The Brabant Landscape as Thread is composed of eight jacquard panels, woven from wool, each capturing the textures and forms of landscapes observed and experienced by Liselot Cobelens. Four panels are inspired by the Netherlands—heathlands, wetlands, river valleys, and marshes, including one focusing on peat mosses. The other four draw on photographs taken in the United States: Death Valley’s desert, Yosemite’s hills, grasslands, and snow-capped mountains with glaciers.

The panels are monumental in scale: each is 80 cm wide, with four measuring 2 meters in length and the other four extending to 3 meters, giving the works a powerful, immersive presence.

The works do not present the landscape as a whole, but focus on fragments and details. Hills, vegetation, and surface textures are interpreted through thread, layers, and binding. By zooming in on these elements, the panels invite close attention, revealing both the beauty and the fragility of the land.

Developed in close collaboration with the textile experts of the Weverijmuseum Geldrop, the jacquard technique allows for subtle shifts in structure and density, translating the material qualities of the landscape into woven form. Each panel carries a rhythm and tactility that mirrors the land itself, holding traces of time, climate, and human influence.

Through this series, the landscape is experienced not as a static image, but as a living, layered presence. The woolen jacquards ask the viewer to slow down, to look closely, and to consider the delicate interplay of natural processes and human intervention.

The work is on view at the Weverijmuseum Geldrop from 29 January 2026 to 29 March 2026