Laura Grimm (she/her) is a Rotterdam based sculptor who graduated from the Textiles Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Since then, she has been making large, abstract sculptures using a variety of tactile materials. A few years ago she started working with sheep’s wool from local shepherds - this has been her material of choice ever since.

The raw materials and processing methods of objects in our daily lives are often invisible. Due to her education in textiles, where raw fibres were key, Grimm has a special connection with these types of invisible processes. That is why her sculptures are made using wool directly from sheep in Rotterdam. Grimm attends the shearing after which she washes, cards and dyes the wool using flowers and plants, before felting the fibres into large, colourful sculptures. These sculptures retain bits of grass, dirt and other natural traces, which leaves the origin of her materials - animals and plants - visible within her work.

Though the materials remain traceable and recognizable, the emergence of the forms for her sculptures is deliberately mysterious. Grimm's process includes drawing on large sheets of paper, collaging with various materials and associative writing. While developing a sculpture, she fills her studio with these visual media, creating a world of forms, thoughts and new relations. From this world the shapes of her sculptures arise naturally. Because of this process, the visual origin of her sculptures is not clearly defined, and people can give their own unique meaning to them. With these free forms made of traceable materials, Grimm wants to encourage others to develop new perspectives and attitudes towards the natural world and apply them for a better future.

Laura Grimm (she/her) is a Rotterdam based sculptor who graduated from the Textiles Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Since then, she has been making large, abstract sculptures using a variety of tactile materials. A few years ago she started working with sheep’s wool from local shepherds - this has been her material of choice ever since.

The raw materials and processing methods of objects in our daily lives are often invisible. Due to her education in textiles, where raw fibres were key, Grimm has a special connection with these types of invisible processes. That is why her sculptures are made using wool directly from sheep in Rotterdam. Grimm attends the shearing after which she washes, cards and dyes the wool using flowers and plants, before felting the fibres into large, colourful sculptures. These sculptures retain bits of grass, dirt and other natural traces, which leaves the origin of her materials - animals and plants - visible within her work.

Though the materials remain traceable and recognizable, the emergence of the forms for her sculptures is deliberately mysterious. Grimm's process includes drawing on large sheets of paper, collaging with various materials and associative writing. While developing a sculpture, she fills her studio with these visual media, creating a world of forms, thoughts and new relations. From this world the shapes of her sculptures arise naturally. Because of this process, the visual origin of her sculptures is not clearly defined, and people can give their own unique meaning to them. With these free forms made of traceable materials, Grimm wants to encourage others to develop new perspectives and attitudes towards the natural world and apply them for a better future.