textile: T is for Thread


Thread and paper. Made for OXHOUSE, an online alphabet made for and about the digital native.

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food, language: what’s that you say? Just det!

just det
Swedish words, Swedish ingredients!
Materials: rock sugar.
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digital: pixelated northern adventurers

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textile: texture intervention

IMG_1842
An experiment in retexturing.
Materials: secondhand curtain panel, thread, sofa.
Sensing and Sensuality spring summit, UmeƄ Institute of Design, March 2009.
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read more March 27th, 2009

photography: Berlin Bahn stations

Hausvogterplatz station, Berlin
Berlin, Wittenbergplatz station
Berlin’s bahn stations offered nice bursts of color amidst all the concrete structures.
Material: digital camera.
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photography: wishing for blue sky

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photography: playing with shadows

playing with shadows
In the spring, northern Sweden’s light is long and beautiful.
Materials: light, shadow.
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more pigeons, for pins this time

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paper and textile: cross-stitched Valentine

Valentine
Love expressed through pixels and cross-stitch.
Materials: paint color chip, embroidery thread.
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paper: paper-based visualization, daylight comes and goes

petals
A yearning for sunlight in a paper-based visualization.
Materials: Discarded paper strips, white thread.
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paper: collage #3

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paper and textile: collage #2

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paper and textile: collage #1

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textile: embroidery of Swedish words

Swedish words embroidered
Language learning via craft.
Materials: secondhand fabric, embroidery thread, words.
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breze: homemade Oktoberfest decor

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I'm a designer from New York City, currently transplanted to northern Sweden London. I'm an observer and traveler. I love seeing new things and seeing things in new ways.

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