Marled Mader Germany
This was my third time at the Icelandic Textile Center in Blรถnduรณs. As in the years before I worked on ancient textiles, this time a (possible) shawl based on the textile remnants in the grave of the Blue Lady, a Viking Age grave in East Iceland. I started with the basics: sorting, cleaning and preparing wool from Icelandic sheep, handspinning, dyeing and weaving, and working on a tablet woven border for the shawl. I also wove a fabric for the reproduction of Viking age mittens in a special techniques. The time at the Icelandic Textile Center was again very inspiring and we had a great group working and living together. Besides the art work we also explored the landscape in the North of Iceland!
Fabric for mittens from Viking Age Iceland 45 x 120 cm Icelandic wool handwoven with pile weave photo by Marled Mader
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