"In the beginning, there was only a single goldsmith, Kirsten Pontoppidan, who had the highest sales, just as more and more textile people joined. There was always a little drama about the spaces when one wanted to expand, because textiles preferably had to be in the sun. Many of the new ideas came with […]
Textile designer Dorte Østergaard Jakobsen reflects on the political system built around public art in Denmark and urges crafts people and designers to take action.
[…] has to be carefully planned, like a recipe,’ says Anne Kirketerp. I am speaking to Anne Kirketerp on the phone. Originally, she trained as a maker and textile craft teacher at Skals Håndarbejdsseminarium (Skals Textile Craft College) specializing in weaving and knitting. Later, she studied psychology and earned a PhD, which makes her Denmark’s […]
[…] very emotional. It did not seem like a very pleasant situation for either side,’ says Iben Ramvad Kjær, a bachelor student in her second year of the Textile Design programme at Design School Kolding. She is also chair of the school’s Study Board. Together with Josefine My Sommer, a bachelor student in her second […]
[…] per cent, as were our budgets, so we had to cancel courses. The current ceramics class will be the last in Copenhagen, and we no longer offer textile design as an independent specialty area. We have been making constant adjustments. Throughout, I think we have managed to preserve our integrity and still offer the […]
[…] Professor, University of Aberdeen (UK) Speakers: Cilla Robach, Head of design collection, National Museum, Stockholm Ingrid Halland, architecture and design historian Anne Fabricius Møller, fabric printer and textile designer Panel debate: Morten Løbner Espersen, ceramicist Vibeke Riisberg, textile designer, PhD, Design School Kolding Rebecca Uth, industriel designer Morten Riis, Deputy Mayor and Chairman of Maker’s […]
[…] variety of materials and formats, including Mette Colberg’s windows, Frederik Gustav’s Balancing Game with wood and pebbles, Marlene Klok Mikkelsen’s digital meditation parody and Liv Marie Rømer’s textile. Small, hybrid forms dominate this year’s Biennale, probably as a reflection of the simultaneously physical and mental compression during a strange year, and one misses the […]
[…] initiatives, including EU directives and Danish Parliament’s decision to reduce greenhouse gases by 70 per cent by 2030. Other important initiatives are driven by the fashion and textile industry itself and by critical NGOs such as Fashion Revolution and the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. And generally, most industries are working on transitioning; however, […]
All of Klara’s jewellery is designed and handmade in KLARA BLOCH’s workshop at Gl. Kongevej 39L in Copenhagen. She has been working with jewellery since 2015 and has, among other things, attended the Textile School, completed the foundation course in goldsmithing, and studied Accessory Design at Design School Kolding. Read more about Klara Bloch
[…] former factory on Amager, which once housed the city's production. The view through the window behind him is anything but natural, but inside he has decorated with textiles dyed with ochre, tiles glazed with ochre pigments and cardboard in grey-brown, yellowish and reddish shades. His interest in surfaces, materials and old traditions arose when […]