NICOLE KIERSZ


passionate about weaving, spinning 
and everyday textile culture

curiosity navigates me
constantly learning

textile design
micro weave
micro spin
draped narratives
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craftistic  practice
let´s spin!workshops & artistic interventions
artistic research
tulipa/INDEX
syona tapis
textile dramaturgy
we, the flaneuse

graduate projects
alles andere als rosa
reduce material waste

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micro spin2021 _ ongoing
       

Without fibres that become yarn, my job as a textile designer and artist is unthinkable and understanding the process and ideally mastering it myself has become part of my work and has kept me intensively occupied for the last three years. When I think back to my student years, the yarn in the weaving workshop was simply there as a matter of course, available and easy to order when in doubt. The spinning wheel was there, but I didn‘t really dare to use it: I was full of predjucies, I tried once and failed miserably - that was it for many years. 

The Schirm & Strauch project with Linda Schirmel gave me a new lease of life and I taught myself to spin by hand bit by bit with a hand spindle - now I travel with it everywhere and thanks to public spinning I get regularly engaged in fun or even deep conversations. I also learnt that not all wool fibers are the same and how complicated it is at the moment for local virgin wool in an industrial context and that it still has a long way to go and is even dependent on politics.  Hand spindles can be crafted from everyday objects, or produced with precision on demand using a 3D printer—opening new doors to limitless yarn creations.

   


Additionally teaching hand spinning became a mission believing that this basic and archaic method of textile production is empowering and helps to understand the urgent transformation from mass production and mass consumption towards concious desicion making.

So far, I have had the pleasure of sharing the joy of hand spinning with nearly 200 people.
Are you ready to pick up the spindle and begin your own journey?

Explore my workshops & upcoming dates


micro spinning in public spaces





 
  

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