Bio: Holly Hildebrandt lives in the Minnesota St. Croix River Valley. She is a commercial interior designer by day and has a fascination with weaving and the fiber arts. She taught herself how to weave on a frame loom in 2018, and was gifted a floor loom in 2019. This led to many classes, lectures, joining the Scandinavian Weavers Study Group, participating in makers’ markets, and an inevitable lifelong passion for weaving. Holly is inspired by natural surroundings, uncovering family heritage, and studying global design history. With her craft, she hopes to excite an appreciation for functional art, connection to the past, and an intentional way of living in the world today.

Description: I learned to weave this technique along with other members of the Scandinavian Weavers Study Group in early 2024 on a group warp. The lovely geometric pattern took on so many different identities with different weavers’ color selections. Mine took a bold and organic turn with its bright poppy red and creamy natural linen colors. I love the way this traditional technique took on such a modern flair by introducing the softness of the linen to the geometry of the little squares and highly contrasted scarlet weft. A technique I plan to explore more in the future, definitely.

hollyrhildebrandt@gmail.com