Marie Holst — Lost and Found
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Heavily inspired by both the technique and story-telling of traditional Damask weavings, Marie Holst created the wall tapestry Lost and Found. Crafted through the use of a manually operated, digital TC2 loom, a mixture of reflective, gloss and matte yarns are weaved together to create a tapestry full of depth. Much like traditional Damask table cloths, the tapestry changes colour when viewed from different angles and times of the day, accentuated by the use of reflective yarns that allow the piece to glow when viewed in artificial light.
Material and dimensions:
Wool, Nylon, Reflective Yarn.
360 x 105 cm.
Year:
2024
PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
Benjamin Lund
LONG DESCRIPTION:
While creating Lost and Found, Marie Holst imagined the piece as a lost Damask artefact discovered after decades tucked in a draw; the hand-made weaving mixing with wild flowers, weeds and snails that mark the passing of time. Consistent with her existing body of work, Holst has utilised a mixture of digital and manual techniques that allow Lost and Found to focus on a strong narrative element – complete with intricate details normally reserved for historical tapestries. Opposed to her earlier work, Lost and Found does away with colour, instead focusing on a combination of grey reflective yarn, gloss nylon yarns in black and white, and a matte woollen yarn in beige. This more limited colour palette allowed Holst to concentrate on creating three dimensional effects within the final tapestry, from the layering of narrative elements to the strong gradient effect visible within the seven spherical forms at the centre of the composition. These complex techniques create depth within the weaving, highlighted by the way in which each reflective, gloss and matte yarn reacts to light. The result is a contemporary take on the classic tapestry, one that shifts and changes when viewed in natural or modern sources of light.
DESIGNER BIO:
Marie Holst.
Weaver and Textile Designer, born 1992.
Working from her studio within the centre of Copenhagen, weaver and textile designer Marie Holst utilises a mix of traditional techniques and contemporary technology to create figurative and expressive works through the use of digital jacquard weaving. Her experiences as an analogue weaver combine with the TC2-loom – a manually operated yet digitally programmed method of weaving that allows her body of work to express complex narratives normally reserved for centuries old tapestries. This mix of the digital and analog allows her work to revive fading weaving traditions, alongside an intuitive approach to combining form and colour with a mix of yarns. The result is a body of work that is detailed and layered, inviting the user to investigate and examine her growing collection of narrative based works.
EDUCATION:
2023: MA, Furniture and Object, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2019: BA, Textile Design, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
GRANTS & HONOURS:
2024: Working Grant, Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark.
2024: Project grant, Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark.
2024: Project grant, Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond, Denmark.
2024: Residency, Danish Arts Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2021: Residency, Ole Haslunds Arts Foundation, Denmark.
EXHIBITIONS:
2023: Group Exhibition, NEW Design and Architecture, Graduation Show, Royal Danish Academy,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
2023: Group Exhibition, Young Danish Design for Ukraine, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022: Group Exhibition, Amplitude, Four Boxes, Skive, Denmark.
2022: Group Exhibition, Bilingual Design, Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark.
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