Five squares series: Throb 3 – final
Five square series: Throb 3
Five squares series: Throb 3 – detail
Five squares series: Throb 3 – detail
Title: Throb 3
Title: Throb 3
Five squares series
Format: 172 cm x 172 cm – 5ft 8in x 5ft 8in
Weight: 1650 g – 3lb 10 oz
Date: 2020- 2025
No. 324.2025.18
Technique: Hand-stitched, then hand-quilted as three layers, including one that’s back-to-front, and one silk core.
1,063 fabric squares of five different sizes.
Description: Throb 1, Throb 2 and Throb 3 are made up of some 60 shades of red, painstakingly collected over the past 20 years. Inspired by the colourful pace set by Aurélie Nemours as well as Joannes Itten’s research into the optical effects of coloured squares. The inclusion of a handful of green squares sets a beat to the work as a whole.
With the tiniest squares at the centre, spreading out to the largest on the outer edges, the squares appear to burst bigger: the circular quilting further emphasises this expansion effect. Assembled “inside out” to reveal the raw edges of each square, the surface gains thickness that catches the light, which further boosts the throb effect.
The title, Throb, was chosen for its multiple visual evocations as the work gives the impression of palpitating, pulsating and even vibrating.
