Please let me know if you have questions. Thanks for listening! Robbie
Elmer Wallace Hickman wrote two monographs on Norwegian Art Weaving in 1948. See: www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/hew_scnd_1.pdf and www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/hew_scnd_2.pdf.
Read online
norwegiantextileletter.com: The Norwegian Textile Letter is an online newsletter aimed at fans of Scandinavian textiles, particularly Norwegian weaving. The focus is on both historical textiles and contemporary Norwegian fiber artists and activities. It frequently includes reprints (and translations of) articles and book chapters that originally appeared in Norwegian.
https://norwegiantextileletter.com/billedvev/: Sources on Historical and Contemporary Norwegian Billedvev (Tapestry) in English. This is an ongoing project of mine.
robbielafleur.com: My blog
scandinavianweaversmn.com: This is the blog for our Scandinavian Weavers Study Group of the Weavers Guild of Minnesota. It highlights our group activities and exhibits.
https://www.norskekunsthandverkere.no/kunstnerregister. Norske Kunsthåndverkere, the association for artists working in fine craft, doesn’t have a great deal of information in English, but this link leads to a search of the members who work in textiles.
absolutetapestry.com: A website covering Norwegian tapestry weavers. Be sure to watch the videos.
softgalleri.no: The Soft Galleri in Oslo is great to visit, both in person in Oslo and their website. Their frequently-changing exhibits focus on textile art.
https://vessel-magazine.no/discover/tag/textile: The organization Norwegian Crafts has an online magazine, The Vessel, with many articles on fiber art.
en.vävmagasinet.se: VÄV Scandinavian Weaving Magazine. Gorgeous Swedish weaving magazine.
I showed a photo of the special dyresjon, or swan, rutevev. Here’s an article about it from the Norwegian Textile Letter. “Geometric Swans? The Dyresjon Square-Weave Pattern.”
“What is Norwegian Weaving?.” By Robbie LaFleur. This booklet from Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum describes several Norwegian weaving techniques.
Visit museums!
Nasjonalmuseet: The Norwegian National Museum
Watch
This woman is weaving a rutevev.
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