● Textile
Sofie Karlsson · Gothenburg, Sweden
Sofie Karlsson is a textile artist working with weaving, ropemaking, and macramé knotting. Her practice is rooted in women’s historiography and unfolds in close dialogue with domestic and DIY handicraft traditions. Through a sensitive engagement with textile materials, Sofie explores how fibres carry history and act as forms of nonverbal communication. By shifting scale and perspective, her works move between two and three dimensions, relating both to the body and to the surrounding space. Read our interview with her.
Handwoven textile piece by Sofie Karlsson, created through weaving in wool and cotton. Red explores colour and structure as a tactile language, drawing from domestic craft traditions and embodied knowledge. Through a slow, hands-on process, the work allows fibre, rhythm, and surface to move between two and three dimensions, giving material presence and quiet intensity.
Handwoven textile piece by Sofie Karlsson, created through weaving and ropemaking in cotton, jute, hemp, sisal, and wool. Unit explores colour and structure as a tactile language, drawing from domestic craft traditions and embodied knowledge. Through a slow, hands-on process, the work allows fibre, rhythm, and surface to move between two and three dimensions, giving material presence and quiet intensity.
Handwoven textile piece by Sofie Karlsson, created through ropemaking and weaving in cotton and linen. Drawing from domestic craft traditions, the work explores colour, structure, and fibre as carriers of memory and nonverbal language. Through a careful, hands on process, the piece moves between surface and form, allowing material and rhythm to shape meaning.
Handwoven textile piece by Sofie Karlsson, created through ropemaking and weaving in cotton. Orange Square explores colour and structure as a tactile language, drawing from domestic craft traditions and embodied knowledge. Through a slow, hands on process, the work allows fibre, rhythm, and surface to move between two and three dimensions, giving material presence and quiet intensity.
Handwoven textile piece by Sofie Karlsson, created through weaving in wool and cotton. Rya window explores colour and structure as a tactile language, drawing from domestic craft traditions and embodied knowledge. Through a slow, hands-on process, the work allows fibre, rhythm, and surface to move between two and three dimensions, giving material presence and quiet intensity.
Hand-sewn textile piece by Sofie Karlsson, created through hand and machine sewing in silk, wadding, metal, and cotton. Picnic ll explores colour and structure as a tactile language, drawing from domestic craft traditions and embodied knowledge. Through a slow, hands-on process, the work allows fibre, rhythm, and surface to move between two and three dimensions, giving material presence and quiet intensity.
Hand-sewn textile piece by Sofie Karlsson, created through hand and machine sewing in silk, wadding, metal, and cotton. Picnic I explores colour and structure as a tactile language, drawing from domestic craft traditions and embodied knowledge. Through a slow, hands-on process, the work allows fibre, rhythm, and surface to move between two and three dimensions, giving material presence and quiet intensity.