Marie Ledendal is a Swedish textile designer and senior researcher, holding a position as senior lecturer in applied visual communication at the Department of Communication, Lund University. She earned a practice-based PhD in smart textiles and textile design from Heriot-Watt University (UK) and an MFA in textile design from the Swedish School of Textile in Borås. Her practice centres on colour-changing materials - thermochromic and photochromic textiles - alongside collective making processes, recycling and sustainability. She exhibits regularly in Malmö and presents at international research conferences.
Ledendal and Charlotte Østergaard presented the project 'Co-Creative Knitting' as a performative presentation at the conference ALLIANCES AND COMMONALITIES at Stockholm University of the Arts.
Ledendal exhibited the work 'Att uttrycka omsorg' as part of the Everyday Fibres exhibition at Galleri Textilkoll during Southern Sweden Design Days in Malmö.
Ledendal integrated AI-generative platforms into her textile design project about the concept of 'care', where she combined handmade and digital techniques with textile printing and co-creation.
Ledendal and professor Cecilia Fredriksson presented the project 'Tångens forskellige udtryksformer' at Galleri Textilkoll in Malmö.
Textile artists Charlotte Østergaard and Marie Ledendal invite you to join a collaborative knitting project where visitors can contribute to a growing artwork using simple techniques and recycled materials.
Textile artists Charlotte Østergaard and Marie Ledendal invite you to join Co-Knitting, a collaborative textile work that grows through open workshops and visitor contributions using recycled materials and simple techniques.