Helle Mellemstrand
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Helle Mellemstrand graduated from Bergen School of Arts & Crafts and she lives and works in Stavanger. Working in wool, glue and self-made felt Mellemstrand creates large scale installations and intricate work. The work could make ones thoughts wander towards wounds, crust, fat, brain, entrails or a delicious dessert.
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“I am looking for textiles and forms that convey shared memories and experiences, be it current political events or universal themes such as anxiety, loss, joy, death, the sea and love. I reuse textiles to preserve and promote female and feminine values. I work with wool fibers, self-made felt and reused textiles in 2- and 3-dimensional works, and often use glue so that the textiles become hard, even if the surfaces look and feel soft. I sew patches of homemade felt and old household textiles together into new shapes and patterns. Some of the wool fiber works are large flakes, while others consist of parts/modules.”
![Helle Mellemstrand in fromt of the work SNERK. Galleri Opdahls Showroom, Stavanger. Photo by Markus Johansson, at the courtesy of Galleri Opdahl.](/dynamic_images/8f4d682d542bacd9c122485d412465dac1a9b057/2000x1500/1675-20240711115115284679.jpeg)
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