Nordic Textile Meeting - Exploring Fiber Heritage
Silkeborg, DK
10. - 13.04.2025
Time: 10 - 13 April 2025
Place: Silkeborg, Denmark.
Where to stay: Danhostel - Silkeborg
På dansk - scroll ned.
Registration here. The registration will be open 28.11 2024 - 6.1 2025
Silkeborg is located in central Jutland's Søhøjland, with the Gudenå river close to the inner city.
Nordic Textile Meeting - we call it meeting, just because we think it is important to meet. This time we will live together in a hostel. We have booked accommodation for everyone at the centrally and beautifully located Danhostel April 10 - 13, from Thursday till Sunday.
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 Bjørnabout 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 about the workshops.
We offer four different exciting workshops, but you can choose just one. We will do our best to accommodate your request.
Workshop 1
Paper plissé by Marianne T. Pedersen
Workshop 2
Willow weaving by Eva Seidenfaden
Workshop 3
Origami by Museum Silkeborg/Papirmuseum
Workshop 4
Sprang technique by Johanne Høgh
Conference fee.
The conference fee is SEK 2200 and covers workshop, lectures, entrance fees, transportation and all meals (except dinner on Friday evening). Drinks other than water are at your own expense.
Takket være donationer fra Augustinusfonden og Grosser L.F. Foghts Fond, kan vi sætte prisen på NTA's årsmøde i Silkeborg i april 2025 ned til kun 2200 SKR. Dette dækker værksstedsbesøg, workshop, foredrag, museumsbesøg, bustransport og fuld forplejning (på nær fredag aften). Overnatningen på Danhostel Silkeborg er for egen regning, men vi har fået en god pris. Der er værelser til 2, 3 eller 4 personer, og de bliver fordelt efter først til mølle princippet.
Please note that payment is in SEK: 100 SEK ≈ 8,63 €. You pay when you do your registration.
Accommodation.
We stay together at Danhostel Silkeborg from Thursday the 10th to Sunday the 13th of April. It is not possible to arrive earlier. We have rented most of the hostel – all the room with 2, 3 or 4 beds. (1600-3100 SEK/ 3 days). If you would like to share your room with a specific person, please send an e-mail to Sisse Odgaard sisse@sissefogodgaard.dk
2 persons room (own bathroom) pr. person: 3100 SEK
2 persons room (shared bathroom) pr. person: 2500 SEK
3 persons room (own bathroom) pr. person: 2000 SEK
4 persons room (own bathroom) pr. person 1600 SEK
You choose and pay when you do your registration.
Arriving in Silkeborg before Thursday the 10th, you can stay at Gl. Skovridergaard, Radisson Hotel or Scandic Silkeborg. Or in camping huts at Ly Outdoor camp, or find a private host at Airbnb.
You can also stay in Aarhus at Wakeup, next to the train station, and just 40 min. by train to Silkeborg station.
More information? Please don´t hesitate to contact us if you have have questions. Du kan skriva till oss på danska, "skandinaviska" eller engelska. Mail to info@nordictextileart.net,or sisse@sissefogodgaard.dk