In-De-Knoop

2022/2023 - Thijs Mosterman

Tying knots, listening to music.

Century-old knots in a picture frame, neatly organized, ready to teach you how they are supposed to be tied. I always thought these nautical shadow boxes were amazing. A multitude of knots each labelled with a name. Some knots even have their own story. So you can remember them. The bowline, for instance, has a story about a fish. A fish that jumps out of a lake manoeuvres around a tree and dives back into the water. When this happens - and the fish, lake and tree are all made of rope - you get a bowline.

When I was 11 years old, I worked at the sailing school of my uncle, where I tied rope, headphones on, listening to Eminem on my 256MB USB-stick-shaped mp3-player, learning different knots from these display frames, noticing there was always one knot missing. A contemporary, intrigued, autonomous, self-tying knot, never before taught in the nautical world.

So this shadow box displaying the ‘In-De-Knoop’ (tangled up-knot) is to help fill that gap.

€80 excluding postage costs. Made on request. Contact if you’re interested.