Signe Emdal

Overview
Signe Emdal weaving Palladio on the loom
Signe Emdal weaving Palladio on the loom

“Without softness and gentleness, humans are nothing but boring mind-machines. Society has grown into habits of pushing hard to move forward, leaving no spaces, no room for love, no emotional appreciation…This has to change, and the first step is to learn how to even notice the subtle nuances. If humans cannot see them, feel them or value them, they can never learn to appreciate and collaborate with nature.” 

 

The creative approach of Signe Emdal might be characterized as nomadic...searching for symbiotic energies in serene places to create works with an embracing ambience, to quote the artist. Emdal characterizes herself as a textile composer, transforming emotions and ambiences into tangible textile structures, and her works are indeed ethereal and poetic like music. Influenced by nature and textile traditions of the past, yet with a strong futuristic appearance, her works evoke hybrid aesthetics and timeframes, offering widespread associations, such as animal furs, butterflies, ceremonial artifacts and luscious parures. Sensitive and sensual, the wool sculptures vibrate and seem almost alive, like creatures from outer space, or exotic species from the deep-sea, another great inspiration to the artist besides science fiction and music. 

 
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Works
  • Indian Rose
    Indian Rose
  • White Rose
    White Rose
  • Palladio
    Palladio
  • Murex 4ever
    Murex 4ever
  • Heather
    Heather
  • Dreams of Gaia
    Dreams of Gaia
Biography
Signe Emdal

 

Graduating from the Kolding School of Design in 2007 with an MA in Jacquard knitting techniques and conceptual textile structures, Danish artist Signe Emdal has fifteen years of experience with both handwoven and digital textile art, ranging from fashion textiles to complex art tapestries. Emdal characterizes herself as a textile composer, transforming emotions and ambiences into tangible textile structures, inspired by ancient textiles, art history, historical studies and feminism.

 

Emdal trained at the Designskolen in Kolding, Denmark, where she specialized in Jacquard knitting techniques and conceptual structures. Emdal has exhibited internationally with notable exhibitions including the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen; Gallery Direktorenhaus, Berlin; National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík; and most recently at the Homo Faber exhibition “Crafting a More Human Future” (2022) at the Fondazione Cini in Venice. Her works have recently been acquired by Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden and the Statens Kunstfond, Denmark.

 
 
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