Helena bajaj larsen | textiles

Coming from diverse cultural backgrounds, including France, India and Norway, Helena Bajaj Larsen's practice is rooted in the textural exploration of the beauty found in the layers of an object's materiality. A visual vocabulary that guides her began to form during the development of her thesis collection at Parsons School of Design in New York, where a set of hand-painted silks reinterpreted her family's age-old relationship with Khadi cloth.

Black and white photo of a woman with dark wavy hair standing against a textured wall with a window in the background.
Close-up of a rusty, textured metal surface with scratch marks and brownish-red streaks.
Person in black shirt with patterned sleeve resting hand on abstract painting with dark red, black, gray, and gold tones.
A close-up of a hand holding a small spoon filled with pigments, with a rustic surface in the background.
Close-up of a blackened and charred surface with cracks and burnt residue.
Close-up of layered, textured fabric with colorful patterns, including shades of black, yellow, green, and red.
Mixed oil paints on a painter's palette with a palette knife and paint smudges.
Shadow of a person with one hand raised, cast on a weathered concrete surface with streaks of red and black paint.