How did this all begin? While Wikander started collecting cross-stitch embroideries 20 years ago, she never anticipated that she would start to use them as sparks for her work. One day, she launched an experiment by covering her broken vacuum cleaner in embroidery. She quickly noticed something interesting in the transformation – she could bring these items back to life! Ever since her vacuum experiment, she has not painted or sculpted, instead sticking to her trade of recycling and transforming old items.
I tell stories in my installations. It is often about an absent person, usually a woman. She may have disappeared a long time ago, or maybe just gone out for a coffee.
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