The Orbis printing technique originates from the 1920s and is based on a water-soluble modelling material that simultaneously acts as the colour carrier and the printing block. The core of this process-based examination is the question how to adopt a forgotten textile technique. The critical confrontation with textile classics – the foulard, the flower pattern and the pattern repeat – results in an associative printing series that centres not only on the finished product but also the exploration of a design method. They end products represent traces of learning and show what has been attempted, refined and rejected.
