Textile artist Julie Bach is in Greenland working on the exhibition Breathing Membranes. Here she talks about gutskins, the healing properties of sewing, physicality and presence: ‘An important part of the project is to meet and stand together and have our hands in the materials, and hopefully influence and learn from each other.’
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[…] used brass brush bristles and corset ribs in horn and enamel. Other expressive possibilities were played out in materials such as ivory and wood, ceramic, paper and textile, while Hanne Behrens activated virtually all the textile techniques – knitting, weaving, crocheting and so forth – in her metal wire jewellery. The creative goldsmith Mikala […]
The municipality as the initiator Ceramicist Tove Skov Larsen and textile artist Lise Frølund have done several artist-in-residence projects together. In 2022, Tove Skov Larsen was contacted by Middelfart Municipality at the recommendation of Clay Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark. The municipality wanted to do an artist-in-residence project, and Tove Skov Larsen invited weaver […]
The exhibition brings together a wide range of materials and techniques ranging from weaving, textile printing and embroidery to graphic design, bookbinding, handmade paper, clay, photography, video and sound. This versatility helps create a holistic narrative, where every detail - whether it's a process tapestry, a sketch or a finished piece - contributes to […]
[…] during the event: The European Environment Agency hosted workshops and debates about upcycling of textiles, including presentations of serigraphy prints on reused textiles and short talks about textile manufacturing and new EU regulations, including discouraging data about how much water is used to produce a single cotton T-shirt, plastic fibres in our clothes that […]
[…] with materials and more workshop hours. Today, materials are a complex and ever-changing concept. While earlier designers were used to relating strictly to wood, steel, glass, clay and textile, today, the range of materials has undergone explosive growth to include entirely new types that behave very differently and function across the field in unprecedented ways.
Rebellion The protests in Copenhagen began with a meeting in February 1969. The students, spearheaded by Kirsten Dehlholm from the Textile line, had invited representatives of the Directorate of Vocational Training and the design profession. Despite some concessions by the Directorate, the students subsequently staged a week-long boycott of classes. During the boycott, together […]
[…] people’s welfare. Among the examples are the three study projects Venter i Farver, Yuniform and Fra Form til Tekstil (Waiting In Colour, Yuniform and From Form To Textile), which spring from an interdisciplinary course in design methodology as part of the design programme, in which bachelor students develop innovative health projects in collaboration with […]
[…] the most deserving projects receive support? Formkraft spoke with former committee chair, art historian and curator Anne Blond; chair of the three-member committee, ceramicist Peder Rasmussen; committee member, textile designer Kirsten Nissen; project funding committee member, ceramicist Morten Løbner Espersen; and current chair of the project funding committee, art historian and curator Anni Nørskov Mørch.
