Researchers Overview

After researching into swedish weaving, i found that it isn't a particularly popular technique. It started in the early 1900's as a home craft and hobby. A minority of people have taken the technqiue in their stride and carried it on through the years, modernising it with colour and a development in pattern

Swedish weaving is a delicate hand craft, and i love the personal and intimacy that the work produces and narrates. Although artists haven't directly pushed the technqiue forward; what they have taken is parts of the process. Nina Campbell could have taken the idea of the diamond and pushed the popular pattern further by weaving it into her own work but in a different way.

Although my interest within swedish weaving and the progression of it lies with the colour used. I have took inspiration from my research of the idea of using white on white within both my weaving and knitting.

Here within my knitting i have just used white but focused on experimenting with different techniques to change the appearance and texture of it.

 Here i used a natural wool onto white to change the idea of purely using white on white. The natural coloured wool adds slight depth to the piece. Within my weaving i have also threaded up the loom to allow a twill pattern to create a diamond pattern; something of which i have found is widely used and popular within swedish weaving.

This is the reverse side of my knitting where it has created diamonds within circular shapes. I find this side of the knitting visually more interesting due to the amount of different lines and shapes created. Which i believe i have learnt from the research that texture is a key factor within the weaving. The textured surface against plain knitting outlines the amount of change the material has gone through.

White on white weaving is not the only thing i will take from this, but the simple terminology of huck 'embroidery' will inspire me to use more embroidery within my work. I hope to embroider into the surface of my weaving to combine both aspects i am interested in.

All 3 images are of my own work.