Franjou’s search for volume and texture in tapestry, led to her development of the off-loom technique she refers to as ‘sculpted linen’. Through repeated movements, the artist wraps flax linen fiber with layers of linen twine. Her continuous wrapping and pulling generates tension, and in the process, linen takes on an alternate demeanour as structural material. The forms are able to climb and grow into their environs, like rope or vein. Franjou’s previous study of Renaissance painting also finds its way into her practice. For the artist, as in the medium of painting, colour plays a ‘crucial role in creating depth and dimension’, in composing the work itself. Utilising both natural and synthetic dyes, often applying them several times over. The artist’s sculptural language is defined by growth and replication. Evoking plant-life, her sculptures suggest vegetal overflow, meandering into space via the artist’s hands as if by photosynthesis.