Birgitta Hallberg

Birgitta Hallberg
I'm a textile artist living in Denmark, born in Sweden. I often refer to the life and creatures in the beech woods from my childhood’s Sweden.

I weave my pictures and stories on a black warp. My tapestries grow from colours in wool, linen and cotton. I combine tapestry techniques with a very free use of the old rose path technique. It gives structure to colours and shapes.

I weave dreams from my childhood country. It is a journey to the garden of my childhood, inspired by the country of my childhood in Skåne, where my mother often would photograph me in the garden. These are the memories I want to retain in the journey to the brightly colored flowering garden of childhood.

Title: Sunday Morning, 2016, 125 x 116 cm
Photo: Camilla Schrøder