Alice Sowa

Alice, it was so great to have you here all the way from Iceland! It was fun to see your experiments in stuffing double weave and the use of different sized yarns. 

Weaving on: Collin
Joining us from: South East of Iceland

Tell us about yourself and what led you to the residency?

I am a transdisciplinary process driven designer from the San Francisco Bay Area now based in the South East of Iceland. My passion for textiles started at a young age, continued throughout my bachelor studies in Industrial Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and led me to Iceland where I participated in the textile & technology program Fabricademy at the Icelandic Textile Center. I am self taught in the world of tapestry and floor loom weaving and look forward to exploring more in depth the possibilities with digital weaving.

Have you had any previous experience with Digital Weaving or Jacquard?

Prior to moving to Iceland I had participated in John Paul Morabito’s online digital weaving workshops. At the Icelandic Textile Center I finally had the opportunity to use their sample TC2 loom to weave the file I had made in the workshops with John Paul and explore other complex woven structures.

Any goals for the residency you'd like to share?

I look forward to not only learning how to properly dress a TC2 loom, but build a swatch library of complex weave structures and continue to develop my Fluid Volumes collection in woven forms.

Connect with Alice via instagram @alice_sowa / email: [email protected]
https://readymag.website/u2301476402/AliceSowa/