Driven by a vision of complete freedom in weaving, Vibeke Vestby challenged traditions and ended up changing both her own life and an entire profession. Stine Linnemann tells the story of the revolutionary Thread Controller (TC) loom and the artisan behind it.
[…] tapestries, and silk and wool for other projects. Over the years, my approach to production has changed. Throughout the first 25 years, I explored various fields within weaving and always pushed the boundaries in my exploration of artistic possibilities – in complex weaving techniques, in woven three-dimensional forms, in the utilisation of materials’ inherent […]
[…] bigger story, and it is impossible to include all the many individuals who have contributed to the digital development of the field. I have chosen examples from weaving and ceramics, two areas that, with support from the educational programmes, have embraced the digital tools, made them available, included them in development efforts, challenged them […]
[…] their research and formed pairs of contrasting words: high/low, cold/warm, inside/outside. One group came back to the workshop and reported: ‘There is not a single book on weaving here’ - in contrast to Sofia Hagström Møller's presentation on the ubiquity of textiles. But although textiles and weaving are all around us, and a weaver […]
[…] language barriers that you have to visualise your way out of and cultural references that you can't use,’ says Sia Hurtigkarl. Currently, she is interested in basket weaving, which has a strong tradition in Japan. She is interested in the craft because objects are designed using textile techniques. She would like to experience this: […]
Digital craftsmanship In recent years, I have witnessed a significant return to digital weaving and knitting in art and design, a rediscovery of digital craftsmanship. This movement can be seen as a reaction to the "black boxes" that today's computers represent: closed, commercial systems where the processes are invisible and inaccessible to the user. […]
[…] based in Copenhagen, found this wastefulness provoking. In response, she founded STEM: a micro-factory that makes clothes to order using recycled materials and a special way of weaving, cutting and sewing that eliminates material waste. Among other accolades, Brunnhuber received an Innobooster from Innovation Fund Denmark in 2021 and was accepted into a talent […]
[…] chaos of the process, the imprecision, and the random are allowed to become part of the artwork. Precisely because of many years of experience with dyeing and weaving, she can accommodate the coincidences that arise in a deliberately uncontrolled color mix. The works are woven on the same chain, dyed in batches, so the […]
And while we are in the literary corner, we cannot ignore the little gem of a hybrid novel Thread Ripper (2020) – a multi-track story about weaving, text and computer technology. Here, artist and writer Astrid Smith draws together associations on the relationship between text and weaving, loom and computer, the fabric of text, […]
In the drying loft, I find several woven works, including the ikat-woven (Indonesian weaving, ed.) ‘One more thread, one more knot’ by Anna Bruun Kristiansen, which is woven from leftover materials from the clothing industry, thus focusing on the (probably only) materials we have in abundance in our time, namely waste materials. The beauty […]