Author: Handwoven Canvas

Helena Loermans has her weaving studio in the historic town of Odemira in Portugal. She produces her own collection of hand woven textiles with hand and computer aided looms. She studied Jacquard design and hand weaving at the Lisio Foundation in Florence , Italy. She organizes master classes at her studio and on request at other locations. She is a host entrepreneur in the European programme 'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs' Lab O is a laboratory for handwoven canvas, with a focus on research and reconstruction of historic canvases.

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019Uncategorized

Lab O in The Art Newspaper:

quote…’“The first goal is to record all this knowledge, and preserve it,” says Loer- mans, who aims to create a database of weaving patterns and…

November 30, 2019December 3, 2019Uncategorized

Textiles with woven patterns were used as canvas by Spanish, Italian and Portuguese artists in the 16th and 17th centuries. Handwoven reconstructions of these canvases…