Old clothes – New design
14 – 18th of August 2017 Are you interested in textile art, sewing and/or design? Do you have old clothes that you want to redo, or do you want to try to make new creations of different clothes? Under the direction of textile artist Johanna Törnqvist, you will be able to create new garments of […]
Meet the maker
1st of August 2017 Meet the maker, article by Craft Lab. “Tell us about yourself, who are you and what do you do? I work with textile upcycling in a world between art, fashion and craft. For the past years, I´ve been working with Project Precious Trash, where I´ve collected garbage from different people and […]
Voices against waste
10th of July 2017 Article by Thomas Millroth in HD, Helsingborgs Dagblad, about Project Precious Trash. Röster mot slöseriet / Voices against waste. http://www.johannatornqvist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/17-e1545126043650.jpeg
Articel in SN – Trash dominates and inspires
3rd of July 2017 Artikel SN, Sörmlands Nyheter: Skräp styr och inspirerar (Trash dominates and inspires). “För två år sedan bestämde sig Johanna Törnqvist för att lyfta upp skräpet på piedestalen: – Jag gillar utmaningen. Jag är tvungen att använda material och göra någonting vackert, oavsett hur svårt eller fult materialet är, säger Gnestabon.” READ […]
Project Precious Trash at Höganäs Museum
1st of July 2017 Project Precious Trash at Höganäs Museum/Konsthall, 1st – 30th of July. A project about clothes and consumption by Johanna Törnqvist. Supported by The National Swedish Handicraft council. In collaboration with Fredrik Sederholm, photo and Tomas Björkdal, film