Nordic Textile Meeting in Sikeborg, Denmark - Exploring Fiber Heritage, April 10 - 13, 2025
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Time: 10 - 13 April 2025
Place: Silkeborg, Denmark.
Where to stay: Danhostel - Silkeborg
Silkeborg is located in central Jutland's Søhøjland, with the Gudenå river close to the inner city. We have booked accommodation for everyone at the centrally and beautifully located Danhostel.
More about Silkeborg:
Presumably the only silk that can be linked to Silkeborg is the one found in the name, on the other hand, other textile fibers are very present in the city's history. Cotton fiber is what the city as an industrial city used in large quantities from 1844 – 2000 to make paper at Silkeborg Papirfabrik Trevira Neckelmann, with production from 1957-2009, was a so-called fiber texturing factory as In the 1950s marketed their yarns as "super soft spinlon", was for many years an important workplace in the city. Hair, wool yarns and leather are some of the fibers that can be found at Museum Silkeborg where the Tollundman, who is described as the world's best-preserved ancient face, is also located. The museum's collection also includes fine reconstructions of Iron Age costumes and elegantly reconstructed hairstyles.
I museets samling findes også fine rekonstruktioner af jernalderdragter og fornemt rekonstruerede frisurer. Vi vil være på museet på konferencedagen og her vil vi også afholde workshops.
Conference Highlights: (preliminary program)
Thursday 10 April, on tour.
- Kjellerup Væveri
- College of Design and Handwork
- Ceramicist helle Bovbjerg, visit and tour
Friday 11 April, on tour.
- Willow weavers Eva Seidenfaden
- Museum Jorn, story by weaver Inge Bjørn about the weaving of "The Long Journey" Asger Jorn and Pierre Vemaer's large picture weaving
- Artapestry 7
Saturday 12 April, Conference day.
- Johanne Høgh and textile artist Marianne T. Pedersen
- Workshops:
- Plisse: Marianne T. Pedersen,
- Arrow: Eva Seidenfaden,
- sprang/vævning: Johanne Høgh
- Origami: the Papirmuseet
- Tour of Museum silkeborg and the Paper Museum
- Artist talk: Weaver Sanne Ransby
- Celebration Dinner at the Danhostel
Bring a textile that can act as a conversation piece”. It can be some of your own work, or a beautiful textile you own and which you think is worth a conversation.
Sunday 13 April, Annual meeting
- Annual meeting and general assembly at 10
- At 11.30 goodbye and see you soon again
More about the tour days.
On our tour days we will, among other things, visit Kjellerup weaving mill, an entrepreneurial adventure created by 2 active men who knew nothing about weaving mills before, but to that extent have got off to a good start.
We will drive north, along the Jutland ridge and the heathland to the recognized and beautiful College of Design and Handiwork, Højskolen for Design og Håndarbejde, which is very successful in developing and teaching young and old all about handiwork. On the way back to Silkeborg, we visit ceramist Helle Bovbjerg, who gets her inspiration for the ceramic works via textiles. Among many other things we will visit willow braider Eva Seidenfaden, who is also responsible for one of the workshops that will be held. We will see Arttapestry 7 at Silkeborg and we will visit Museum Jorn, where Inge Bjørn, who will soon turn 100 years old, will tell us about the creation of the large tapestry, "The Long Journey". You will also meet textile artist specializing in Sprang, Johanne Høgh, textile artist Marianne T. Pedersen who works with, among others, pleated pleats and weavers Sanne Ransby.
More information coming. Please don´t hesitate to contact us if you have have questions. Mail to info@nordictextileart.net. Du kan skriva till oss på danska, "skandinaviska" eller engelska.
