ETN Residencies at the Textile Centre Haslach
Selected Artists 2026
05. - 14.08.2026, Haslach AT

Artist in Residence 2026 at the Textile Centre Haslach

From 5–14 August 2026, three artists – Emilie Palle Holm (DK), Maévane Dilé (FR) and Stefanie Prießnitz (DE) – took part in the Artist-in-Residence programme at the Textile Centre Haslach, organised in cooperation with the European Textile Network (ETN).

The programme offers artists with a solid technical background the opportunity to use the Textile Centre’s infrastructure to independently develop their own projects. The relative seclusion of Haslach, its surrounding nature and the Centre’s wide range of technical facilities provide ideal conditions for two weeks of focused experimentation and creative work.

Emilie Palle Holm continued her research into jacquard weaving on an industrial loom, developing structures that can be transformed from flat textiles into three-dimensional, organic objects. Inspired by principles similar to shibori, loosely woven threads are integrated at specific intervals and later pulled together, allowing different sculptural forms to emerge depending on their placement within the weave.

Maévane Dilé worked on the TC1 and TC2 jacquard looms, incorporating local materials she had collected in her surroundings in France and brought to Haslach. Her woven structures included deliberately created cavities, some of which were filled with these materials, adding volume and a three-dimensional quality to the textiles.

Stefanie Prießnitz explored tufting through the theme of clouds, experimenting with the technique beyond its conventional applications. Her works ranged in scale from small brooches to a large seeating cushion, transforming tufted surfaces into playful, dimensional objects.

At the end of the residency, a small public presentation offered visitors the chance to see the results, learn more about the processes and talk directly with the artists.

We are now looking forward to the artists’ individual reports, which will also be shared here on the ETN website. Once again, we are delighted to see how much can emerge from just two weeks of concentrated creative work!

A big thank you to Emilie Palle Holm, Maévane Dilé and Stefanie Prießnitz, as well as to Elisabeth Stötzler and Ingrid Hackl for their support throughout the residency.