Hanne Vedel - Klässbol's Linen Weaver

Hanne Vedel

Hanne Vedel emphasizes timeless design in the best possible quality. Many of these are later manufactured industrially.

Her designs include patterns used in Danfoss and in Denmark's Parliament, the Supreme Court and the UN building in New York. Ribe Cathedral is one of hundreds of churches that have textiles designed and handwoven by Hanne Vedel. There are interior fabrics all over the world. Curtains, blankets, tablecloths, napkins, towels and cushions designed and made by or for Hanne Vedel.

Hanne Vedel was born in 1933 at Krabbesholm folk high school.
In 1951, she received a craft certificate from Cis Fink's workshop for hand weaving. From 1951 to 1952, Hanne was a student at Borgå folk high school in Finland. Hanne then worked in a craft shop in Helsinki under the management of Uhra-Beata Simberg Ehrström. In 1954, she was a volunteer at the Finnish School of Arts and Crafts, the Institute of Arts and Crafts - now the Academy of Arts, Ateneum, where she had Kaj Franck as her teacher, among others.
After two years in Finland, Hanne Vedel established her own workshop for hand weaving in Aabenraa in 1955. In 1970, Hanne Vedel expanded when she bought the Spindegaarden in Askov from Paula Trock and moved the workshop to new premises in Aabenraa.

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