
Ropemasks (And Gloves) 2010 – 2022
- Publisher
- Art Paper Editions
- Year
- 2022
- ISBN
- 978-94-6466-062-3
- Specifications
- paperback
17 x 23.5 cm
176 pages
1000 copies
Text by Bertjan Pot & Lien Van Leemput
Design by Marjolein Fase en Lien Van Leemput for 6'56"
A collection of Bertjan Pot's Ropemasks and Gloves, made from 2010 to 2022. Bertjan Pot's most well known product is probably the Random Light (1999), but the masks he makes out of colourful rope have also drawn attention. Dutch designer Bertjan Pot and fellow designer Vladi Rapaport discovered a technique for stitching together lengths of coloured rope to create attention-grabbing face masks. Although they look like tribal masks, seemingly full of meaning and individual narratives, Pot reveals that the faces result from a less-than-successful attempt at making rugs. Both the Random Light and the masks started as material research - the starting point of each work - with the outcome usually being an interior product showing a fascination for techniques, structures, patterns and colours.