Bürgel ceramics are still renowned for their distinctive blue dot patterns. During my working scholarship from the Thuringian Cultural Foundation, I explored in Bürgel how these characteristics could be translated into textiles.

I began with the question: what design principles underlie these patterns and glazes, and how might they take on new form in fabrics, dyeing, and textile techniques? Engaging with objects and archival materials, I developed four focal areas:

 ⤷ Dyeing / Blue Apron – experiments with powdered dyes inspired by the glazing technique of the “Blue Apron.”

 ⤷ Windmill Knot – knot structures that frame or carry ceramic forms.

 ⤷ Smocking – sculptural fabric manipulations reminiscent of dot patterns and reliefs.

 ⤷ Knitting-in – textile surfaces designed to hold and secure ceramic objects.

The works move between tradition and experiment, between two-dimensional patterns and three-dimensional structures.

They generate translations that reframe the familiar while creating autonomous textile forms of expression.

The exhibition is also a homage to personal memory: to the blue-and-white plates in my grandparents’ cupboard and to the sense of familiarity radiating equally from ceramics and textiles.