This project was the final project of the semester in Textil Skolen. The brief was to design a textile piece inspired in one of the rooms of the Thorvaldsen Museum, in Copenhagen. The only materials we were able to use was a bag of recycled fabric. So we couldn’t choose the colors, either the type of fabric. Also, one of the conditions was not to sew.

The project was assigned to do it in pairs, so my partner and I we started sketching and experimenting with textiles. 


After studying the room, we noticed that our room was very masculine, with a very strong energy. All the sculptures were soldiers, gods, writers and the only painting that a woman appeared, was a weak princess laying on the floor, crying. So we decided to design a piece that empowers women, we focused on the sensuality and the curves of the feminine body.

The inspiration also came from the pattern on the floor, a square/diamond shape. We decided to start braiding stripes that we cut from our bag of fabric, and start “weaving” with the stripes.

We decided to weave two different pieces, the first one is the “dress” and the other one is a shawl. The idea is to create movement with the shawl, as the pattern is so geometrical and plain.


The show took place in Thorvaldsen Museum. You can check it out here.