About DiWang

I am DiWang, a textile artist and Fashion designer trained in Fashion & Textiles at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK). My practice revolves around crochet-based three-dimensional forms that are deeply inspired by the organic structures and patterns found in nature. I see textiles not merely as surfaces, but as living materials that can grow, transform, and embody emotions.

Working primarily with natural and eco-conscious fibers—such as wool, wool-silk blends, and other sustainable materials—I am fascinated by how texture, density, and tactility can translate into a language of intimacy. Each thread carries both fragility and resilience, and through the act of handcrafting, I explore how these qualities mirror human emotions and relationships.

My approach is rooted in both cultural memory and personal reflection. Having grown up surrounded by traditional crafts and later trained in contemporary fashion, I seek to merge intuition with structure, spontaneity with discipline. The process of crocheting—loop by loop, knot by knot—becomes a meditative dialogue between control and release, structure and flow.

Rather than producing functional garments, I create sculptural textile pieces that challenge the boundaries between art, design, and craft. Some works evoke landscapes or bodily forms, while others capture ephemeral states of being—growth, vulnerability, tenderness. In this way, my work becomes a site where material, form, and emotion converge.

Ultimately, I see my practice as a search for intimacy in material form: an attempt to transform simple fibers into vessels of memory, emotion, and connection.