Sara Badr Schmidt’s textile works take shape through the patient interweaving of threads, in pieces that lie somewhere between tapestries and woven structures, where the gesture itself becomes a language.
She explores weaving as a space of lived tension: the physical tension of the thread as it resists and yields beneath her fingers, but also the tension that connects the body to time, the individual to their environment, and the personal to the collective.
In the creative process, the artisan becomes an integral part of the work; her body moves in time with the rhythm of the loom, embodying a sensitive understanding of the space occupied by the work and the time required for it to emerge.
Her pieces reveal weaving as a practice of attention and presence, where each thread contributes to the construction of a fragile balance. Rooted in a gentle materiality, they evoke domestic resonances, inherited gestures and silent memories. The volumes of thread form light, airy structures, suspended between form and vulnerability, whilst certain works extend the drawing onto the fabric, allowing the line to flow from the paper onto the material.
Through these woven forms, she invites us to reflect on the bonds that define us, the forces that course through us and the tensions that make any form of inhabiting the world possible.
