Pia Jensen

Væveværkstedet

Weaver

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Storytelling with patterns

Pia Jensen creates new pieces as well as upcycling products
The hexagon is a pattern that she keeps interpreting
She is inspired by her travels

Textile artist and weaver Pia Jensen grew up in an artistic home in Copenhagen and made her first textile pieces as a teenager. Sewing, dyeing, knitting and drawing have always been an integrated and natural part of her world. A world she entered professionally at the age of 20 and has dedicated herself to for the past four decades. Professional skills, craftsmanship and experience – coupled with her keen aesthetic sense – results in handwoven rugs, throws and scarves combined with site-specific and decorative projects. Pia Jensen has vast experience and a distinct poetic sense that allows her to see the world through a textile lens. A world where attention to detail and carefully designed colourways imbue her woven pieces with qualities of depth and history. Pia is a textile storyteller, inspired by her travels to exotic destinations, that often provide clues to the exciting patterns, colours and ways of living that fascinate and inspire her.

Interview

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What is your creative signature?: My knowledge about colours and the way I see and mix them. Quality of materials and exquisite craftsmanship is also essential. I believe in creating high-quality, one-of-a-kind products. Pieces that mean something for the user and create daily joy for many years.
Why does textile fascinate you?: The yarn has structure and reflects light in new ways. No other material can match the tactility of a handwoven rug. When I make a rug, I paint with threads in different colours to create an image for the floor that impacts the room as a whole – and the people who experience it.
What does aesthetics mean to you?: Both ugly objects and sublime beauty have aesthetic value to me. I am convinced that the world would be a more balanced place if we were surrounded by beauty every day. I cherish the joy of everyday beauty – when I hold my coffee cup or wrap my scarf around my neck.
Why does the hexagon inspire you?: The Arabian way of creating patterns founded on simplicity and geometry, like when circles on circles make lines that become patterns in their own right, are truly fascinating. The hexagon is the fundamental archetype in various expressions and patterns in my experimental and artistic projects.

Pia Jensen is an expert artisan: she began her career in 1982