For a few months, we have had the pleasure of having the student Sophie Jungkvist from the University of Textiles in Borås with us during her internship. In order to get close to nature, she, like some other of our prominent designers and employees, has lived on the linen weaving farm Åsen, which is located on the shore of the Glafsfjord. Sophie, who grew up in Stockholm, also trained at HV-Textil, and you immediately notice that she thinks outside the box. She tests new ways and materials in combination with flax to develop new products and new areas of use.

When Sophie showed us what she had been working on, we almost dropped our jaws. Three-dimensional structure, for example a pleat that can be pulled out and in, products that change appearance and function depending on the position in which it is held.

- I have used various woven folds, elastic yarns and sometimes woven several layers in double weave to create complex 3D structures. But even a simpler structure with floats can create a fabric in two layers that are partly interwoven, and partly can be pulled apart. All that is possible to weave in a jacquard weave, and with linen in the warp and weft, where its stiffness works so well to create volume. If you can change the light penetration, visible colors and transparency, the textile would fit well as a curtain or a room divider, and if you give it a three-dimensional structure, it also has good sound-absorbing abilities. The same room could be changed as desired depending on how you adjust the fabric, says Sophie .

The textiles can be viewed in Klässbol in smaller parts.