Berit Sahlström. Artist, tapestry weaver

Portrays remarkable women - Selma Lagerlöf, Sara Lidman, Sylvia Pankhurst, Wangerai Maathai, Vandana Shiva and others. Non-figurative artworks – tapestries, textile prints and paintings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "Experienced" - double portrait tapestry of my friends Yeshey and Hailemariam, Addis Abeba. Will it be ready before exhibition at Cultural Night in Uppsala, September 11? (Sept. 2010)
• "Queen of Sheba" is cut down from the gobelin loom - one of five portraits of remarkable women in Ethiopian history (May 2010)
• Finished "Scilla No. III" - a small piece cut out from field of spring flowers from Headmaster's garden, Cathedral School, Uppsala (June 2010)
• LIME is finished, a small, in-between-tapestry, inspired by Harrania tapestries and a bouganvilla - See Gallery (May 2010)                
• Tapestry weaving classes in Uppsala (start Sept. 2010)
• Sylvia Pankhurst, Citizen of the World (2009), an interactive classroom book and classroom companion for teaching aspects of 20th century history. By Shirley Harrison edited by Talvinder Bhullar. Cover image, Berit Sahlström). Hornbeam Publishing Limited