[…] and not just crafts,' Rebecca explains. She elaborates that there is a barrier that several people need to overcome when she tells them she creates images with textiles, something she doesn't experience with more conventional art forms. 'If you ask people to think of a tool and a color, everyone thinks 'red hammer'. There […]
More Knowledge in the Archive Formkraft boasts a vast digitalized archive of journals on Danish crafts and design. You can find individual journals at Journal Shelf or search for relevant keywords in the archive. For instance: Textile Weaver Design Production
Can a sensory approach to the world be a way to create care for what surrounds us? Textile design student Signe Rødkjær Griffin explores how sensory experiences and bodily knowledge of materiality can create a foundation for a more sustainable future.
[…] of architecture lies in clothing or cladding, originally intended to provide "protection and warmth" (66). He describes the act of covering the body with animal skins and textiles as "the oldest architectural detail" (66) highlighting the architect’s role in creating warm, livable spaces. In this sense, clothing can be seen as an ancient form […]
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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 […]
[…] On display are works in which the potential of the materials and the imprint of the hand are clearly evident – from heavy ceramic forms to light textile weaves. The exhibition is curated by the design duo ArkForma and insists on slowness, presence and openness in the experience. The result is a whole in […]