ABOUT
Lauren (left) and Kass (right) Hernandez in their Summer Hill studio.
Sisters Kass and Lauren Hernandez reviewing a commissioned artwork.
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T
We are Australian-born artists and sisters of Filipino heritage living and working on Wangal and Gadigal Land in Sydney. We create handwoven textile artworks, including tapestries, wall hangings, soft sculptures, and framed textile pieces. Our practice is shaped by our hybrid Australian–Filipino identity and grounded in ideas of memory, belonging, and the relationships between people, place, and culture.
Working collaboratively under the name Crossing Threads®, we approach weaving as both a material practice and a way of understanding the world. Our process is slow and intuitive, guided by rhythm and repetition. We often describe it as “breathing through our hands.” Each work develops through making, as we respond to materials, to each other, and to the layered cultural influences that inform our practice.
We work on custom-built frame looms and Japanese SAORI floor looms, producing large-scale, highly textural works. Our materials include Australian Merino wool, plant-based fibres, upcycled textiles, and foraged elements. By giving new life to what might otherwise be discarded, we celebrate transformation and sustainability in both material and meaning. These material choices reflect the duality of our lived experience - grounded in the Australian landscape, while also informed by Filipino cultural inheritance.
A central part of our practice is our signature ‘interknot’ technique - an evolving system of hand-knotted chains that creates structure, depth, and movement within each piece. This method allows the works to feel organic and shifting, often echoing natural forms, creating depth and movement.
We draw inspiration from the landscapes around us and from our family histories and lived experiences as Filipino-Australian artists. The work reflects ideas of resilience, impermanence, renewal, and interconnectedness, and considers how labour and touch can carry memory and meaning through material. For us, a thread becomes a way to hold and transform these ideas.
Alongside our exhibition practice, we undertake commissioned works for private collectors, residential and commercial settings. Working in close collaboration with clients, we create bespoke woven pieces that respond to place, architecture, and context, becoming integrated within the environments they inhabit.
Since its inception, Crossing Threads® has had the privilege to share its art with many collectors worldwide.
