Elastica Symbiotica
In Search for The Garden of Fiber Delights
Machine knitting, tufting, pattern printing, sculptural embroidery and dyeing · 2022/2023
Linen, lurex, UV-reactive thread, elastane, recycled materials, metal and beads · Konstväxlingar, Odenplan, Stockholm
The intention of the Search For the Garden of Fiber Delights is to explore how craft can offer support in a healing process and how it can act as an alternative method for stress reduction. I want to explore the possibilities to stretch a stressed-out mind by activating our senses through materiality and meditative states within craft.
Amandah L’Narte, master’s thesis, 2022
We need to plant the seeds and take care of them to see them grow. If we can plant and garden ourselves from within, feed our inner selves with the fruits from a prosperous garden, what will we bring out to the external world?
Amandah L’Narte, master’s thesis, 2022
A colourful world emerges through different textile techniques and materials. A garden of fibre delights in which to rest and find nourishment. Here, Amandah L’Narte creates a place inhabited by contemporary spirits, fairy tales and unexpected adventures. Visitors of all ages are invited to pause amid the noise and encounter the imagination in this textile world.
The project came to life during the artist’s master’s studies in textile art on the CRAFT! programme at Konstfack and was first shown at the 2022 Konstfack Degree Exhibition. It was later presented as a solo exhibition at Konstväxlingar, Odenplan, Stockholm, in 2023 and 2024.