Emilie Palle Holm
Emilie Palle Holm
WOVEN VOXEL
Danish designer Emilie Palle Holm graduated with a master’s degree in textile design from The Swedish School of Textiles with ORIORI, a jacquard-woven reinterpretation of origami. The project not only won Palle Holm several design awards, but it also secured her a working period in the TextielLab, where she could continue experimenting on the industrial machines. In the lab, she helped with assignments for other designers and artists and started a new project of her own. WOVEN VOXEL explores ways to transform two-dimensional woven surfaces into three-dimensional shapes. The cotton, polyester and wool fabrics initially appear to be completely flat structures. But appearances can be deceptive. The dynamic layers and incredible depth are activated when Palle Holm cuts the fabrics along carefully chosen lines, then unfolds and hangs them up.
Palle Holm’s designs often start out as paper models. These help her to visualise a fabric’s structure and dimensionality after it is removed from the loom. Her innovative approach surprised the lab’s weaving experts and caught the attention of the museum’s curators. The various phases of the project’s design and production process are featured in the ‘Secrets of making #4’ exhibition, which can be seen in the TextielMuseum until 15 June 2025.
Photos by Josefina Eikenaar commissioned by TextielMuseum
