Key words: three-dimensional weaving, manual tools, local materials, poetry.
Over the last 9 years, I have developed methods for creating large, three-dimensional weavings using a manual floor loom. Building on the weaving techniques I have already developed, my PhD project, «Mirage of Home», seeks to create new weaving techniques and push the boundaries of what is possible.
My woven sculptures are made with handspun yarn and natural materials collected near my childhood home. These materials, along with the manual floor loom, form the backbone of my practice. Through a multilayered tabby weave, geometrically cut wooden boards, and an intersecting warp layer, I push the weave beyond the set of possible shafts and its fixed shape. Inspired by Frida Hansen’s transparent technique, a spacial and sculptural weaving is created between loose warp threads. Accompanying poetic texts add another layer to my weavings, and sculptures rooted in thoughts of absence, loss, and belonging emerge.
Marthe Minde (b. 1984, Bergen) is an artistic research fellow in Textile at the Art and Craft department at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO). She holds an MFA in Medium- and Material-based Art (KHiO) and a BA in Fashion and Costume Design (KHiO). In recent years, she has exhibited at the Hannah Ryggen Triennale in Trondheim, the National Museum in Oslo, and Rundetaarn in Copenhagen. Minde is represented in the collections of the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Trondheim and the National Museum in Oslo.
Artistic Research Autumn Forum 2025
1st presentation
For my first ARF presentation, I will provide an overview of the project's background and present some of my experiments from this past year. I will discuss my attempts to hack my loom for 3D-weaving, talk about what happens when you use an angle grinder on a weaving reed, and share some of my results so far. I will also dive into local weaving materials and show some of the threads I have been spinning this summer.