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Fiberspace is a gallery showcasing unique pieces and limited editions of fabulous fiber art and design.
With his pictures, Thomas Magnusson wants to try to reflect the inner and outer world, their expanse and how they can relate to each other. A perambulation between different, strong colours and layers of appendages. The intense yellow, dark blue, red, pink ... Threads. One can see it present but not clearly explained. The passage of time and transformation, the changes of the weather and light, the body of the air.
Read moreInspired by urban landscapes seen from the air, these framed compositions show the irregular repetition of our man-made patterns in nature. Each composition is individually crafted using sheets of layered paper and intricate cutwork and stitching. The paper is handmade by Deepa Panchamia at the Paper House in Fiskars Village, Finland, using cotton mixed with bits of nature.
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Photographic book/catalogue by weaver and textile designer Åsa Pärson. The sample weave is Åsa’s sketch method for creating qualities with different characteristics where she distinguish between the tactility and the sensation of the textile. That is how the material behaves in the hand, against the skin and also how it looks. It is easy to replace a component and get a whole new result, a new surface, a new feeling that sometimes also becomes an association to something completely different from the weaving.
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An inspiring afternoon was spent on the 4th of April in the service of textile art. Hosted by Svenska Vävakademin in collaboration with Konstfack Textile, a pop-up exhibition was created at Konstfack featuring Ulla Parkdal, Josefin Gäfvert, Petter Hellsing, Miriam Parkman, Linnea Blomgren and many, many more. Talks were given by Helena Hernmarck, Ingeborg Skaar, Lennart Nilsson to name just a few, covering many interesting topics like how to succeed for over 50 years as an international textile artist focused on monumental works, to how to ...
Read moreTwo looms are guesting the gallery at the moment, a Swedish Glimåkra and a newly build West African style loom. They are engaged in a kind of dialogue, sharing the same warp, discussing the universality of plain weave. Dialogue/Dialog is an installation by Fiberspace's curator, Marcia Harvey Isaksson. It will hopefully be making it's way to other spaces. More news to follow!
Read moreFiberspace is proud to be collaborating with a neighbourhood pre-school, The Cottage this January, inviting them to take part in a natural dyeing workshop held by Petra Holmberg/Slow Creations. The results of the workshop will be saved for the Easy Piece Collaboratory, an exhibition and festival at Fiberspace later on in the year. Welcome to view the results of the workshop on Friday 18th January between 15-18!
Read moreWeavers in the West is a cultural heritage project by Marcia Harvey Isaksson, developed and presented within Slöjd Stockholm’s residency programme “Plats för det handgjorda” (Space for the hand-made) and within the scope of the on-going dialogue exhibition “Ongoing Africa” at the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm. Slöjd Stockholms residency programme is made possible by funding from the Swedish Arts Council, the Commission for Handicrafts and Stockholm County Council. The project took place between August and November 2018.
Photographer: Hung Jungjiea
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