Family owned textile heritage – sometimes the trigger point – let us looking back to the roots and at the same time expressing the strength of „The Northern natural knowledge in crafts technology and textile possibilities“ (Marina-Elena Wachs, 2018). Now it is time to look deeper again in the „North Northern Countries“ with research in August 2024…
„Linen made“ and hand stiched by Meta Wilkening (*Niemeyer) as textile heritage by Marina-Elena Wachs (granddaughter by Meta Wilkening), this was shown in the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg exhibition in 2018, Foto: Valentin Gordon Wachs, 2018.
Linen made means, all the processes from the plant to end of the product in ONE hand – of one strong woman; These textile products are used until today, 90 years old and worth like before – resilient textile design and „textile knowledge archive“.
Picture ahead, Textile Heritage in the Hand of Marina‘, by Linda Deutsch, 2022.
