TLmag 35 Extended: Tactile/Textile/Texture

TLmag sat down with curator Henriette Noermark to discuss the exhibition In a Slow Manner, presented earlier this year at Maison du Danemark’s.

Artist and designer Charles-Antoine Chappuis creates ‘Soft Amphorae’ – vessels that bridge the divide between sculptural and functional. The result is a dynamic, Memphis-like design object, equally at ease in a gallery space as in a home. 

TLmag spoke to the British sculptor MccGwire’s about her practice which evolves a fascination with dualities, beauty, and natural materials.

TLmag sat down with Amsterdam-based designer Mae Engelgeer to discuss her practice which is distinguished by elegant softness and strategic harshness.

TLmag sat down with Errol van de Werdt, the director of the TextielMuseum, to talk about the current field of textiles and the future.

Spazio Nobile presents ‘Threads of Nature’, a group exhibition exploring and reflecting upon interactions between humans and the natural environment. Arranged together, the works provide a means of reconnection to the natural world; a visual and tactile reforming of the elements.

Swedish artist Andreas Eriksson creates woven tapestries based upon an interest in the fundamental material of painting: the canvas. TLmag speaks with the artist about the translation of painting to textile, the structured process of weaving, and mapping histories. 

Ayala Serfaty works on the intersection of craft and design, often blurring the line between abstraction and reality – leaving viewers mesmerized.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi presents ‘Abstraction and Calligraphy  – Towards a Universal Language’ which unpacks the history of mark-making and calligraphy.

TLmag speaks with Danish architect-artist-designer Cecilie Bendixen about her textile-based practice, her atmospheric approach to space and movement, and gathering inspiration from natural phenomena.