This Hazy Rainbow Is Made Entirely of Thread

I stumbled across Gabriel Dawe‘s work on Instagram, and I was instantly smitten. He creates hazy geometric cloudsthat have depth while still appearing insubstantial, like rainbows over the mist of a waterfall.

Dawemakes his installationsfrom thousands of colored threads stretched and woven to create a color gradient that warps to fit each space. Almost every installation is suspended between the floor and the ceiling, so that the vertically-running threads create an illusion like light streaming through a window. Dawe’s installations are especially beautiful when they are laced through theempty hollowsof stairwells like in “Plexus No. 11” and “Plexus No. 19” (above).

You can see some of Dawe’s work below, and even moreon his website.

“Plexus no. 5,” 2011Site-specific installation at Pump Projects for the 2011 Texas Biennial, Austin, TX

(Mike Metcalf/Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)

“Plexus No. 8,” 2011, Site-specific installation at the Luminary Arts Center, St, Louis, MO

(Brea McAnally/Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)

“Plexus No. 11,” 2011, Site specific installation at the Courtauld Institute for East Wing X

(Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)

“Plexus no. 12”, 2012, Site specific installation at MWSU, Wichita Falls, TX

(Carlos Aleman/Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)

“Plexus No. 24,” 2013, Site-specific installation at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX

(Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)

“Plexus No. 19,” 2012, Site-specific installation at Villa Olmo, Como, Italy for Miniartextil

(Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)

“Plexus No. 19,” 2012, Site-specific installation at Villa Olmo, Como, Italy for Miniartextil

(Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)

“Plexus No. 19,” 2012, Site-specific installation at Villa Olmo, Como, Italy for Miniartextil

(Courtesy of Gabriel Dawe)