Reinterpreting a Nordic tradition

• • Karin enjoys creating functional textiles
• • Her works carry the Masters of Linen® certification
• • She develops her textile designs on old wooden handlooms

Karin Carlander is a Danish contemporary weaver and textile artist, who reinterprets traditional Nordic crafts and the use of textiles for practical everyday purposes. Karin learned the craft of tapestry weaving at the age of 19, at French weaver Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach’s studio in Provence. In 1987 she graduated as a textile designer with a major in weaving from what is now known as the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design. During this time she developed a lifelong interest and respect for Japanese design and craftsmanship, and she spent three months studying in Japan. In 1988, Karin established her own studio. She has spent the following decades creating and exhibiting one-off handwoven textiles and creating textile designs for several established companies, before starting her own brand, Textile No. in 2013.