Veronica Pock is an artist working in the medium of weave, creating wall-hangings and art pieces that incorporate recycled and repurposed materials. Originally from the UK, she moved to The Netherlands to retrain as a weaver, studying fashion and textiles at the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) in The Hague.
Veronica’s woven pieces range in size from larger wall-hangings to small intricate works, and combine textures, colours and structures with a complexity that demands closer inspection. The overall result is an abstract image with emerging shapes and patterns, often appearing serendipitously, composed by the constraints of working on the loom.
With materiality as a starting point, Veronica gives value and meaning to apparently worthless and waste materials, revealing their beauty, depth and character through handwoven effects. Old and unwanted materials, such as cassette tapes and maps, which are cut into fine strips, are used as weft in a warp composed of various natural and synthetic yarns.
At the heart of Veronica’s work is the intention to reveal what is hidden, exposing memories buried in the unconscious. By reconstructing materials with inherent ‘memories’, such as maps and tapes, those memories are distilled and manifested as tangible objects.