Summer Symposium 2026: Rethinking Textile Waste
Workshops, Exhibitions & other Events
at the Textile Centre Haslach
The TEXTILE KULTUR HASLACH Summer Symposium will take place this year from 20 to 31 July 2026. Between the two course weeks, the international WEAVERS’ MARKET with Faserzone will be held on the weekend of 25–26 July.
The theme of this year’s symposium is RETHINKING TEXTILE WASTE. It addresses current questions surrounding overproduction and recycling, critically reflects on fast fashion and production waste, and explores new perspectives that view waste as a valuable resource. A series of exhibitions and evening events will explore different facets of this wide-ranging topic.
The theme is also reflected in the course programme: our instructors will inspire participants to work creatively with textile waste materials through weaving, braiding, knitting, or sewing. With fresh ideas and experimental approaches, many seemingly useless materials will be transformed and given a new life.
During the first course week, we will offer a full-day excursion on Monday to several textile companies in the Mühlviertel region, which provide production waste for the workshops. For this reason, some courses that use these materials will begin on Tuesday this year. Further information about the accompanying programme and exhibitions can be found here.
We look forward to welcoming you as part of our textile summer and warmly invite you to the Mühlviertel.
COURSE OVERVIEW – Week 1 (20./21.07 - 24.07)
- The windmill knot by Magdalena Orland, DE
- Painting with staining pastes by Lisa Hermann, DE
- Catazoma by Anita Bauer, AT
- Introduction to tablet weaving by Thomas Schabe, DE
- From old embroidery techniques to new thread worlds by Tanja Boukal, AT
- Inspiration boost for recycling yarn in hand knitting by Maartje Boer, NL
- Passementerie weaving, Katerina Nakou by GR
- Making New Blue, Tim van der Loo by NL/DE
- Was not - Weave it! by Tim Parry-Williams GB/NO & Ismini Samanidou GR/GB
- Sprang by Sylva Rauser Cekalova & Hana Hurtikova, CZ
- Form follows material by Nicole Kudla, AT
- Tiny Quilts by Anja Lampert, AT
- Twining by Doro Seror, DE
- Clothes of Curiosity by Anne Marx, DE
COURSE OVERVIEW – Week 1 (27.07 - 31.07)
- Upcycling Rope Making by Urban Fibers, DE
- Low Tech - High End by Ase Eriksen, NO
- Jacquard fabric made from textile waste by Elisabeth Stötzler, AT/DE
- Stencil printing on fabric and paper by Bettina Zwirner, DE
- Textile experiments with cardboard by Delphine Leger, FR/AT
- Komebukuro, Kinchaku & Co by Anne Neuhauser, AT
- Bojagi & Jogakbo by Dörte Bundt, DE
- Open sewing workshop by Theresa Prammer, AT
- Lace making by Stefanie Kölbel, DE
- Primary textile techniques by Monika Künti, CH
- Handtufting by Ingrid Hackl, AT
- Lopapeysa by Maria Nefischer, AT
- Understanding the knitting machine by Veronika Persche, DE
- The flying carpet: Children's Course by Andrea Pernegr, AT
MORE INFORMATION AND COURSE REGISTRATION: www.textilkurse.at
