This is the story of two artists, from either side of the Atlantic, who worked together (virtually) to create vivid and dimensional woven works that culminated into an extremely stimulating art exhibition in Copenhagen last month (June 2021). Here’s presenting the collaborative project of visual artist, designer and Assistant Professor of Design Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Marianne Fairbanks and textile artist Sofia Hagström Møller. Marianne tells us all about the project… Background: In 2018, I first visited Sweden and Denmark on a research trip to learn more about how textiles are currently taught and more widely perceived as an art form in the Scandinavian culture. As part of this research, I arranged a studio visit with the Danish weaver, Sofia Hagström Møller. Beyond sharing her studio and work with me, Sofia guided me around the art venues in Copenhagen, including Officinet and the Danish Artist Workshop. After this initial meeting, I invited her to contribute to my social weaving project, Weaving Lab, and she helped me connect to 40 other Danish weavers and exhibit small pieces of their work at Copenhagen Contemporary.  The following year, Sofia was able to come to the digital weaving lab at UW Madison for a one-week residency on the TC2 Loom. In 2020, we applied for a residency at the Danish artist workshop followed by an exhibition at Officinet. We were thrilled to receive both opportunities and worked over the year to develop our work while navigating the pandemic and possibility of actually traveling. Covid ultimately prevented me from traveling to Denmark for the residency, so I wove my work back in Madison while Sofia wove her work at the Danish Artist Workshop. Our collaboration wasn’t able to happen in physical space so we worked together remotely via What’sApp and Google drive sending … Continue reading Overshot weavings by Marianne and Sofia…