Belkıs Balpınar’s Orbits, the space between the threads.

Published 3 November 2026 · WHV

The circles in Belkıs Balpınar’s Orbits seem to move across and through one another. Their force comes partly from what surrounds them. The pale threads remain visible, creating a field in which the more densely worked forms can appear to float.

Making space within the weave

Anna Laudel’s record identifies Orbits as a 2016 un-weaving work, measuring 124 by 135 centimetres. Balpınar came to this practice through textile study, museum work and a sustained collaboration with master weavers. The gallery also documents commissions, giving readers a route into her practice beyond a single exhibition image.

The work is compelling because it changes what a familiar medium can do. A weaving need not be a decorative plane or a quotation of an inherited pattern. Here the relationship between thread, colour and absence becomes the composition. That artistic decision is more meaningful than attaching the word handmade to an otherwise anonymous textile.

Read the work, then its documentation

Ask the gallery about currently available works, exact materials, authorship documentation and installation. The photographed Orbits is a documented example, not a statement of present availability. Inspect the surface and mounting, and discuss light exposure and conservation with an appropriate specialist. Textile art rewards careful looking, and its practical needs deserve the same attention as its visual impact.