Theodora Rijks

<3 Theodora Rijks was born in Holland. Even as a child she dabbled with textiles of all kinds. Her Finnish grandmother had a loom for rag rugs. This fascinated Theodora.
When she completed her training as a nurse, she went to Finland. She was able to live with her grandmother while she did a 2-year weaving education at ÅHI in Åbo/Turku, Finland. After graduating, she moved back to the Netherlands, where she worked for a few years in a weaving mill in Amsterdam, as well as having weaving apprentices at home.
She moved to Denmark - holiday boyfriend and then Danish wife - and got a job as a nurse, but wove in her spare time. In the 90s, she began to combine paper and photography with cotton sewing thread in her weavings. By using different weaving techniques, a three-dimensional illusion is created.
Looking at her work from different angles changes the impression.
The last couple of years she uses winding in her artwork. She winds yarn around cardboard or photos.
The inspiration comes from people and the relationships between them, colors, contrasts and nature.

<3 Theodora Rijks blev født i Holland. Allerede som barn syslede hun med tekstiler af alle art. Hendes finske mormor havde en væv stående til kludetæpper. Dette fascinerede Theodora.
Da hun var færdiguddannet sygeplejerske, tog hun til Finland. Hun kunne bo hos sin mormor, mens hun fik en 2-årig væve uddannelse på ÅHI i Åbo/Turku, Finland. Efter endt uddannelse flyttede hun tilbage til Holland, hvor hun nogle år arbejdede i et væveri i Amsterdam, samt havde væve-elever derhjemme.
Hun flyttede til Danmark - feriekæreste og dansk gift - og fik job som sygeplejerske, men vævede i sin fritid. I 90’erne begyndte hun at kombinere papir og fotografi med bomulds sygarn i sine vævninger. Ved at bruge forskellige væveteknikker skabes en tredimensionel illusion.
At se på hendes arbejde fra forskellige vinkler ændrer indtrykket.
De seneste år bruger hun vikling i sin kunst. Hun vikler garn om pap eller fotos.
Inspirationen kommer fra mennesker og relationerne mellem dem, farver, kontraster og naturen.