denim wall art panels, 3d illusions with jeans, denim

My panels suggest volume by using my designs in 3 point perspective. Beware my pictures as they might let you think you are looking at a real space. All panels are 1 to 3 cm thick.

This textile collection found its routs in my current living area near the Cevennes and close to Nîmes. The bleu jeans originally come from this part of France and they are part of the local cultural history.

After moving close to the city of Nimes in the south of France I found the historical background of bleu jeans, called denim. Denim means it comes from Nimes and this tissue is made with the famous "toile de nimes" or "serge de nimes". first made with silk and wool, than after the USA developpement the tissue was made with cotton. This common material lends itself for the same type of work and since it is so incrusted in my current environment is was logical to integrate it in my work. Check out my denim wall panels in perspective suggesting volumes whereas they are flat.

As with wood, denim can show its age in a way. Being worn for years, being used to work with, being washed many times... there are multiple ways to change the looks of this tissue. Originally colored with indigo, the bleu is a very recognizable part of denim.

Technically spoken I found that in the cut of denim trousers, there is already some sort of perspective. From my waist going towards my feet, the cut becomes less wide, as if there was already some perspective used with a vanishing point going away from me. I use the existing sewing to underline the geometric lines I use in my designs.