HAiK/Franz KRIVI

After having worked together at Sjølingstad HAiK and I continued the collaboration the following season at Krivi at Tingvoll. For production at Krivi I contributed to the design of one fabric, and I carried out the first steps of the weaving. We experimented with jacquard fabrics, where elements from work HAiKw/ had done with massage techniques were combined with motifs derived from a photograph I took of dust on a wall at Gudbrandsdalens Woollen Mill. The shapes of the areas with particles of dust in the photo were used as pattern areas without binding points between the warp and the weft in the fabric. These areas could be perceived as holes. This fabric was woven in two versions - the dust pattern alone, and in combination with motifs developed from drawings by Falck Øien. These motifs were designed by Falck Øien by drawing the movements she felt on her back from the hands of a masseur. This pattern of arrows was adjusted in size to correspond to the back length of the garment.

The motifs were processed digitally and prepared for weaving by Jon Pettersen, the designer Krivi uses to customise and facilitate weaving on its jacquard looms. The fabrics were woven in a cotton warp. Several types of yarn were used as weft, but most of all polyester. This part of the process was carried out by Harald Lunde Helgesen, who also developed new colour combinations during this period. The collection was shown at Bergen Kunsthall in October 2014. The clothes were sewn at the same factory in Estonia, and sold in stores during spring and summer 2015.