“UNDER THREAT” 2026- work in progress

The project consists of a textile sculpture created using Accidental Cutting, the experimental pattern-cutting method developed and intellectually owned by Eva Iszoro, and documented in her doctoral thesis, Métodos directos de patronaje creativo. Didáctica y experimentación (Direct Methods of Creative Pattern Cutting: Teaching and Experimentation). The thesis received the Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award from the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) in 2017. The method aims to discover previously unexplored volumes through random, accidental and abstract flat patterns.

In this piece, sculptural volumes with a threatening and unsettling appearance evoke the uncertainty that characterises the times we live in. 100% wool felt is used to create a coarse, raw aesthetic. Felt also allows the textile edges to be cut without fraying, ensuring clean-cut components that will be sewn together with the seams left visible on the exterior. The textile sculpture incorporates lighting fixtures within its structure, allowing it to be understood as a design object as well as an artwork. 

As with Eva Iszoro’s wider practice, which moves between the physical, digital and virtual realms, this principal physical work will be complemented by extended virtual artworks. Together, these will create a mixed-reality experience, alongside additional digital artworks displayed through projections or on digital screens accompanying the physical sculpture.