{"id":450035,"date":"2025-02-10T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=450035"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:15:37","slug":"signe-emdal-weaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/02\/signe-emdal-weaving\/","title":{"rendered":"Signe Emdal&#8217;s Chromatic Weavings Manifest Wonder and Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1720\" height=\"1526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/signre-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"detail of a an abstract, bright weaving radiating fiber in other colors into a puffy form, with long fibers gathered and draping long at the bottom\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/signre-hero.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/signre-hero-640x568.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/signre-hero-960x852.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/signre-hero-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/signre-hero-1536x1363.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1720px) 100vw, 1720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of &#8220;Fantasia&#8221; (2023). All artwork photos by Kristine Funch, courtesy of the artist, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Signe Emdal&#8217;s Chromatic Weavings Manifest Wonder and Joy<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-10T10:10:00-06:00\">February 10, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-craft\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/craft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Craft<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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By 2021, though, she was feeling hemmed in and longed for a way to express herself through a more intuitive, less functional creative direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was time to free myself from a frame I no longer fit and make a new one,&#8221; she tells Colossal. &#8220;I had no idea what the new frame would look like, but I trusted that life would bring me something better if I said goodbye to a setup that didn&#8217;t bring me joy anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-7-960x1764.jpg\" alt=\"an abstract, bright weaving radiating fiber in red, white, and blue into a puffy form, with long fibers gathered and draping long at the bottom\" class=\"wp-image-450042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-7-960x1764.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-7-640x1176.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-7-768x1411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-7-836x1536.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-7-1115x2048.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-7-scaled.jpg 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Maison&#8221; (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A self-described &#8220;textile composer,&#8221; Emdal views the loom as a window where warp and weft interact to create storage vessels for memories. She is also deeply influenced by exploring new locations. &#8220;Art allows me to travel in a completely new way because I get to be in a creation process while spending time with or (being) in other cultures,&#8221; she says. Many works she makes on-site, influenced by her surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Process is central to Emdal\u2019s artistic education and continues to be the primary influence in her practice. &#8220;Everything is process, and everything is changing all the time,&#8221; she says. &#8220;Nothing is ever going to be finished!&#8221; She shares that through textiles, she learned to hone her concentration on both physical and metaphysical levels, finding that the meditative methodology of weaving echoes how she views art-making and life more broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emdal&#8217;s related series <em>Touch<\/em> and <em>Loop<\/em> comprise sculptural, loom-woven wool in vibrant colors. From radiating puffs of vibrating color to elegant, draping details, her pieces are inspired by science fiction, feminism, art history, and music. &#8220;The sculptures are layers of delicate memories,&#8221; she says, embodying fragility, resilience, sophistication, and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emdal&#8217;s work will be included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bienkranj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Textile Art Biennial Slovenia<\/a>, which runs from May 31 to August 14 across five cities. Find more on Emdal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/signeemdal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/signeemdal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-5-960x1271.jpg\" alt=\"an abstract, bright weaving with long fibers draping from the sides and the bottom\" class=\"wp-image-450040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-5-960x1271.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-5-640x848.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-5-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-5-1160x1536.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-5-1546x2048.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-5-scaled.jpg 1933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Dreams of Gaia&#8221; (2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-6-960x1439.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of an abstract, bright weaving\" class=\"wp-image-450041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-6-960x1439.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-6-640x959.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-6-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-6-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-6-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-6-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of &#8220;Dreams of Gaia&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-3.jpg\" alt=\"an abstract, bright weaving radiating fiber in red, yellow, lilac, and green into a puffy form, with long teal fibers draping long at the bottom\" class=\"wp-image-450038\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Heart of Nebula&#8221; (2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-8-960x1719.jpg\" alt=\"an abstract, bright weaving radiating fiber in other colors into a puffy form, with long fibers gathered and draping long at the bottom\" class=\"wp-image-450043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-8-960x1719.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-8-640x1146.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-8-768x1375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-8-858x1536.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-8-1144x2048.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-8-scaled.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Fantasia&#8221; (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-2.jpg\" alt=\"an abstract weaving installed on the wall, primarily pink and green, with radiation tufts of fiber to make it appear very soft\" class=\"wp-image-450037\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Acqua 4 ever\/Evigheden&#8221; (2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-11-scaled-e1739044110508-960x1310.jpg\" alt=\"an abstract, vibrantly colored weaving with green in the center and radiating fiber in other colors into a puffy form, with green fiber draping long at the bottom\" class=\"wp-image-450046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-11-scaled-e1739044110508-960x1310.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-11-scaled-e1739044110508-640x874.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-11-scaled-e1739044110508-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-11-scaled-e1739044110508-1125x1536.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-11-scaled-e1739044110508-1500x2048.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emdal-11-scaled-e1739044110508.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Spirit of Green&#8221; 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