Signe Emdal, founder of a unique textile business, sought creative renewal after feeling constrained by her initial artistic identity. Embracing a new, intuitive approach, she describes herself as a "textile composer," emphasizing the importance of process in her work. Emdal’s creations, influenced by her travels and diverse cultural experiences, include vibrant sculptures that merge concepts of art history, feminism, and music. Through her artistic practice, she explores the interplay of memories and emotions, revealing that life and art are ever-evolving and interconnected.
"It was time to free myself from a frame I no longer fit and make a new one," she tells Colossal. "I had no idea what the new frame would look like, but I trusted that life would bring me something better if I said goodbye to a setup that didn't bring me joy anymore."
"Art allows me to travel in a completely new way because I get to be in a creation process while spending time with or (being) in other cultures," she says. Many works she makes on-site, influenced by her surroundings.
"Everything is process, and everything is changing all the time," she says. "Nothing is ever going to be finished!" She shares that through textiles, she learned to hone her concentration on both physical and metaphysical levels, finding that the meditative methodology of weaving echoes how she views art-making and life more broadly.
"The sculptures are layers of delicate memories," she says, embodying fragility, resilience, sophistication, and joy.
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