Duration: 8.08. - 02.09.2024

 She's crazy.

 Yes…

 …and crochets, weaves, braids and designs.

 Every headline, letter to the editor, article, advertisement creates this material.

 Culture, sport, economy, hate, death and birth are interwoven - journalism in concentrated form.

 A tangle that needs to be unraveled.

 Current one day, old and used up the next.

 Information is to be expected, in the end fish & flowers are packaged with it.

 Letters become something whole, only to be torn apart again.

 Most things are created at night and come to life in the morning.

 So I take the information and store it in my own way.

 Letters, pictures, faces blink through here and there.

 I cut a newspaper into even strips, glue them all together one after the other and get a long, thin ribbon. I spin this into a thread using a hand spindle, and make different yarns depending on the thickness of the strips.

 I use this yarn to crochet wearable garments - I love jackets and skirts.

 ~Gabi Heim

 Born on May 20, 1973 in Wangen im Allgäu, Gabriele Heim founded "Kreative PapierLiebe" and began selling paper works at craft markets in 2018. From 2019 onwards she devoted herself to working with paper and clothing and took part in various exhibitions, including "Martin Luther: You cannot change the fact that birds of sorrow and worry fly over your head. But you can prevent them from building nests in your hair" at Kunstsalon Weise, Chemnitz (2019/2020), "Clothes for South Africa" at the Bad Waldsee Golf Club (2022), and "What is steady anyway?" at the Philara Collection, Düsseldorf (2023).

Duration: 1.07. - 30.07.2024

CD cover

handmade paper from shredded books

Moritz Wermelskirch has created a CD sleeve made of handmade paper for the #Tau project of the Berlin electronic musician Boris D Hegenbart, for which he used shredded books. The music is mainly based on sampling and editing of voices and nature sounds. Accordingly, he wanted to create a shell that uses artisanal means to process a fabric into something new, but at the same time leaves the original product recognizable. He processed paper from books with water in a kitchen mixer into a paper pulp and used a sieve frame to scoop the individual leaves out of the porridge in the shape of a sleeve. Scraps of words and letters can still be seen in the finished box. The edges of the box are the real deckle edges, nothing is trimmed afterwards. Each case is unique. The circulation was 500 copies.

Moritz Wermelskirch was a bookbinder, bronze caster, surveyor, architect and graphic artist. He has been a freelance artist since 1996 and always works according to the situation: both in his space-forming light installations and on objects made from found objects and transformed materials. He is currently active in the model project House of Statistics.

Duration: 2.09. - 30.09.2024

Finnsdótir's work was influenced by existing research on movement in plant elements (e.g. leaves), where moisture loss combined with contrasting layering and properties of their fibrous tissue builds up tensions that trigger deformations such as bending or curling. Drying and layering methods were investigated through practical experiments using different waste paper and papermaking techniques. The structures can be used for a variety of applications, as individual elements for innovative packaging or as experimental food presentations. Mounted in larger indoor surfaces, the paper structures add an organic element to the space and embody the characteristics of natural forms.

Bára Finnsdóttir completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in textile and surface design at the Weissensee Academy of Art in Berlin. She works as a designer and artist in Berlin and has presented her works at numerous exhibitions in Germany and Iceland. Her work is characterized by organic forms and nature-related themes as well as her interest in sustainable materials. In her artistic work, she works mainly with paper and textiles and experiments with various techniques and media. She is also part of the design and artist duo Atelier dittó in Berlin, which focuses primarily on art direction, design/branding and art installations.