The silkworm literally invests time and its own body into creating the cocoon: the larval stage lasts around 30 days, while the continuous formation of the cocoon itself takes approximately three days — a tenth of its life; the silk gland accounts for nearly half of its body mass, and the length of a single thread can reach up to a kilometer. In a similar way, the artist invests hours, as well as physical, emotional, and material resources into the working process, where research and transformation take place, while the viewer most often encounters only the final result.
The cocoon becomes a symbol of this nearly invisible labor: its enlarged scale in the central installation titled Becoming Silk allows the viewer to relate the form to their own body and to sense the volume of effort contained within the cocoon. The rhythmic repetition of weaving gestures echoes the movements of the silkworm forming its cocoon.
cotton yarn, wool, hand weavind
85 × 55 × 55 cm (cocoon), suspended threads up to 200 cm
2026
85 × 55 × 55 cm (cocoon), suspended threads up to 200 cm
2026
Photo: “Soft Structures” exhibition, Sisters Room Gallery, Tbilisi
