Commissioned work, the linen pictures are created on the damask loom (damask weaving from Damascus since around 600 AD), unique piece, original size 60 x 60 cm. The artist (with a master craftsman's examination at the master weaving school in Sindelfingen) has had her own workshop in Munich since 1996. Her specialty is her innovative works, but also, for example, reweaving historical fabrics for churches, castles and museums. She has already been represented several times in the Galerie Handwerk (Munich) with her weaving works. The catalog "Weaving Tradition and Innovation" there shows, among other things, a mighty Jacquard loom (developed around 1805, controlled by a punch card) from her studio. The millennia-old history of hand weaving was added to the nationwide list of intangible cultural heritage in 2023. This arts and crafts received a new boost in Germany thanks to artists from the "Bauhaus" (1919 - 1932). [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: folk arts   |   Material: Textil   |   Country of origin: Bavaria, Germany   |   Artist: Sylvia Wiechmann | Similar pieces