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‘She moulds all different elements, including empty spaces and unseen potential into one final authentic expression’.

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Her often large-scale, site-specific installations seamlessly merge with their surroundings while asserting their presence through sheer size, actively intervening in and enhancing the space.

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‘Being an artist is about embracing intuitive guidance to begin the process of creative expression’.

– Heike Taschner Jeske

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Multidisciplinary & Installation Artist. Rosarian. ©2020 Upcoming exh: SAFFCA Seed IV

FLORAL LANGUAGE | 2026 A language without words. FLORAL LANGUAGE | 2026 

A language without words. 

This is the investigation that continued to evolve into Rose Matter (2026), where botanical material was transformed into concentric sculptural forms.

“ROSE MATTER” is now part of @saffca2015 SEED IV.

Public viewing: 24 October 2026 | 11:00–16:00
Villa Arcadia, Parktown, Johannesburg

Online auction: 23–26 October 2026 | @strauss_and_co

Explore Rose Matter and the SEED IV catalogue through the link in my bio.

During my SAFFCA residency @witklipfontein Eco Lodge in the Vredefort Dome, I began exploring how the surrounding flora could speak through scent, texture and touch.

Gathered, dried and bound with a binder, floral matter became individual beads, joined into strands and arranged across an earth-toned wall.

What emerged was a flowing, almost handwritten language, shaped by the landscape, the materials and the process of making.

“Floral Language” is a site-made sculptural installation @witklipfontein. Not for sale.

#HeikeTaschnerJeske #FloralLanguage #RoseMatter #SAFFCA SEEDIV VredefortDome
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“ROSE MATTER” | HEIKE TASCHNER JESKE | 2026 SEED “ROSE MATTER” | HEIKE TASCHNER JESKE | 2026

SEED IV, curated by the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art (@saffca2015 ), brings together 60 artworks by 60 Southern African artists in a celebration of the region’s diverse artistic voices.

EXPERIENCE THE WORK
Public viewings | Johannesburg
📍 Villa Arcadia, 22 Oxford Road, Parktown
Saturday, 24 October 2026 11 - 16:00
Online auction: 23–26 October 2026 @strauss_and_co 

Discover the work, explore the online catalogue and consider collecting a unique piece of contemporary Southern African art. (Scan QR code for catalogue) 

Rose Matter is a one-of-a-kind artwork — an invitation to bring a piece of this story, and this moment in my practice, into your own collection.

Artist Statement: 
“Rose Matter” was created following my 10-week SAFFCA residency in the Vredefort Dome. It draws on my ongoing exploration of the rose — its anatomy, symbolism and relationship with the natural world.
During the residency, I gathered and transformed local plant material through drying, weaving, crushing and preserving. In this work, rose petals, sepals, seeds and leaves are reimagined as spherical, bead-like forms, arranged in expanding concentric rings that echo the geological formations of the Vredefort Dome.

Each sphere holds a trace of the original plant: compressed petals, seeds and fragmented leaves become a tactile record of nature, transformation and time.
The work sits between sculpture, preservation and archive — a conversation between the rose and the landscape, between fragility and endurance.

An artwork shaped by place, process and the extraordinary material language of the natural world.

Link in bio: https://saffca.com/artworks/rose-matter
Catalogue: https://seed.saffca.com/seed-4/SEEDIV_Online.pdf

#HeikeTaschnerJeske #RoseMatter #SEEDIV #SouthernAfricanArt @witklipfontein #cocochanelofnature
Installing. When you love what you do, nothing see Installing. When you love what you do, nothing seems impossible. The day and creativity belongs to you, cease it as best as you know how to.
“Rose Labyrinth” a sculptural artwork available du “Rose Labyrinth” a sculptural artwork available during the group exhibition curated by Genre Pretorius at Link Gallery @universityofpretoria 

The rose has followed me throughout my life. Growing up surrounded by roses, I came to know the flower not only as an image, but through its anatomy, repetition, unfolding and constant transformation. It has become a form to which I repeatedly return.

In Rose Labyrinth, that return begins with paper.
The work is created from remnants of Fabriano sheets produced when paper is torn down to size for printmaking. Their deckled edges preserve the fibres and irregularities of that process — subtle traces of an earlier act of making. In May this year I was privilege to see the history of making of paper in Italy @fabriano1264 

Paper itself carries a botanical memory. Plant fibre is transformed into a sheet, becoming something seemingly removed from its living origin. By moulding and folding these fragments into petals, I allow the material to find its way back towards the botanical — not by reversing its history, but by carrying that history forward into another form.

The petals gather into a rose that also resembles a labyrinth. A labyrinth is a journey towards a centre: a path of repetition, circling and return. Here, the paper follows a similar journey — from plant to paper, from paper to fragment, from fragment to petal, and from petal to rose.
Perhaps a trace is not simply evidence of where something has been. It is also what quietly guides it towards what it might become.

#Roseart #paperrose #artcollector #interiordesign galleryart
A rose, reimagined. For this piece, I explored a A rose, reimagined.

For this piece, I explored a more abstract way of creating the rose, letting creativity, intuition and my knowledge of its form guide each decision.

No two of my roses are the same. Each is shaped for a particular space and project, with its own character and presence.

For collectors, interior designers, architects and galleries seeking a distinctive sculptural work, I welcome conversations about bespoke commissions.

DM “ROSE” to discuss your space or project.

#HeikeTaschnerJeske #RoseSculpture #ContemporarySculpture #ArtForInteriors #southafricanart
Don’t miss this gorgeous event this weekend of SA’ Don’t miss this gorgeous event this weekend of SA’s makers, our local creatives. @lamottewine @kamersmakers 

Bubbles, Food, Delicatessen, Fashion & Art. 
Check my red shoe haul! @estheleather 
I loved seeing the buzz and beauty and my #megarose adorning the La Motte stand. #Creatives #locallekker
Group exhibition with our local 📍🫶Pretoria artist! Group exhibition with our local 📍🫶Pretoria artist! #universityofpretoria #linkgallery #schoolofthearts #groupexhibition #pretoriaart
I’ve been ‘petal placing’ on this full-bodied rose I’ve been ‘petal placing’ on this full-bodied rose for one of my favourites places (& wine!) How delightful it is to have @lamottewine here soon in #Gauteng,  #Pretoria at the @kamersmakers 2026. Have you got your tickets? See you there

#giantroseartist #roseart #roseinstallation
She is complete and ready for a very special perso She is complete and ready for a very special person in the Cape. 
#Megarose #rosesculpture #roseinstallation #roseart #roseartist
One rose complete. 🤩 #mondaymagic #megarose #rose One rose complete. 🤩 
#mondaymagic #megarose #roseart  #rosesculpture #monumentalroses
Studio day from down below. #roseart #roseartist Studio day from down below. 

#roseart #roseartist #rosesculptor #rosepassion #giantrose
Today’s progress. #roseworld #giantroses #rosear Today’s progress. #roseworld #giantroses 

#roseartist #rosesculptor #rosepassion
‘Rose Whisper’ returned home from @st.lorient to ‘Rose Whisper’ 
returned home from @st.lorient to be packed for its forever home in the Cape. 
2000 x 1900mm 
Aluminum Mesh 

#roseart #roseartist #softroseartists #rosesculptor #rosepassion
A new baby is landing …. I’m running out of space A new baby is landing …. 
I’m running out of space 😂

#roseart #roseartist #paperartist #rosesculptor #rosepassion
Back to reality and roses. This installation has b Back to reality and roses. This installation has been given particular design details. I have 2 days to install the rose in the home, which means it needs to be pre-built in my studio and delivered to site. The size however cannot be accomodate on an enclosed truck. My solution eventually is to build it on a two part frame which allows me to take the rose apart and install it in sections. This complicates the current hanging of petals, as the strings cannot be suspended accross the various frames. I’m trying to avoid a tangled, knotted mess that will not allow the sections to come apart.🤞
#roseart #roseartist #megarose #rosesculptor #rosepassion
Day 4 of building the rose. I needed to adjust the Day 4 of building the rose. I needed to adjust the corners of the framework to allow the petals to float upwards more freely. This meant sawing and riveting the frame from the ladder. But it was so worth it. 💛

#roseart #roseartist #rosesculptor #rosepassion #megarose
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– HEIKE TASCHNER JESKE

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