Bio: Lisa Torvik credits early influences of her mother, grandmothers, aunts and friends in the US and in Norway for her knitting, sewing, embroidery and weaving interests. She spent a year in her youth studying weaving at Valdres Husflidsskule in Fagernes, Norway and now focuses on projects in traditional Norwegian techniques and more contemporary applications.

Description: After I finished my “Kalendar” piece for our Baldishol exhibition at Norway House in 2020, I had about 2-3 yards of warp left on the loom. A combination of upcoming shows and our “stash busting” challenge inspired me to get that warp off the loom, but what to weave? I looked at my Hordaland teppe hanging on the wall and just started weaving it up as a transparency, from the bottom up until I ran out of warp. I improvised designs to fill the border areas, and I used primarily what I had on hand, including different weights of linen and perle cotton.

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