The inspiration for this piece came from the medieval French tapestries of the Lady and the Unicorn that symbolised the five senses and a sixth – the heart – that controlled the others. The heart is represented in this design by a rose. The piece was made on a vintage industrial Jacquard knitting machine from 1984 using the cross-over lingerie technique with inverted colours on each side.
Informed by craft traditions, but pursuing contemporary innovation, Signe uses digital and analogue textile processes to create tapestries, artworks a ...
