Residency
Our residency program offers a unique opportunity for artists and creatives to immerse themselves in a supportive and inspiring environment. We believe in fostering a community of collaboration and innovation. We encourage residents to participate in artist talks, workshops and exhibitions and happily support the organising.
Through our residency program, participants have access to dedicated studio space, where you can engage with like-minded individuals (we aim to having 3-5 residents at the same time), exchange ideas, and gain new perspectives. You have access to the studio all week days and hours, so that you can plan your work in the way that suits you the best.
The studio and the workshops are integrated in a micro wool spinning mill focusing on transferring local wool into yarn and carded wool. Employees and volunteers will be working in the mill week days. You are welcome to join their work and to learn from them.
Accommodation is about 10 minutes walk from the studio at either K12 or Rødekro. Both options offer three private rooms, shared kitchen, bath rooms and livings rooms. See more below.
Residency Workshops
We have our 380 squaremeters workshops divided in two floors. The workshops for needle feltning, wet felting and for natural dyeing are in the ground floor together with the mill. The workshops with looms, sewing machines and embroidery machine, a knitting machine, and tufting workshop are on 1. floor, where you also find our exhibition room.
Our workshops are constantly under development, so feel free to inquire about equipment. See the list of equipment and tools below.
We provide basic materials (sewing threads, patterns paper and pattern fabrics etc.) and you can use left overs of local carded wool and yarn from the mill.
Please note that technicians will not be leading workshops. You must be trained to operate the listed equipment and machines and take full responsibility for the proper handling.
The residency workshops and facilities are supported by LAG.
Textile print and felting workshop
FeltCrafts® 60” Rolling Machine for wet felting
Work- and felting tables in different sizes
Bamboo felting mat
Various shoe and hat molds
Heat presser for foils, transfer, and dye fixation
Steamer for dye fixation
Weaving and sewing workshop
Worktables
Janome® Backstitch sewing machine
Juki® DDL-9000B sd 1 needle lockstitch with CP-180 Operational panel
Brother® Innov-is V3 Embroidery machine
Serger
Coverlock
Electric yarn winder
Stockman® mannequins
Ironing board with suction, iron, and kettle
Countermarch Loom (12 shafts)
Toika® computer loom (24 shafts)
Warping Mill (4 m)
Reeds and heddles, viewing needles, nylon loop cords, etc.
Tufting, knitting and needle felting workshop
Silver Reed® SK840 Electronic Knitting Machine (incl. Designerknit program and pc)
Silver Reed SK155
Hague® linking machine
Various knitting tools
Two 220V KRD- I Loop and Cut Pile Tufting Machines
Tufting Frame
Tufting Cloth
60” needle felting machine
Wool and natural dyeing workshop
2 x 60 l stainless steel boilers
Hand carders
Drum carder
Drop spindle
Louet® S17 Spinning wheel
Niddy noddy
Yarn swift
Yarn ball winder
Electric yarn ball winder
Ropemaking machine
Stainless steel pots with lids
Hot plates
Strainer
Funnel
Measuring jug
Tongs
Drying yarn racks
Buckets
Thermometer
pH strips
At Det Vilde Spinderi, we are committed to providing our residents with not only a creative workspace but also comfortable living accommodations.
We are pleased to collaborate with K12 and with Rødekro, conveniently located just a 10-minute walk from our workshop.
K12 is a charming old house, with a cozy atmosphere and creative milieu, offering our residents a warm and inspiring environment to relax and rejuvenate after a day's work. Rødekro is a house run by a small local socio-economic café and hotel. In both accommodations there are rooms for three residents in single rooms, there are shared living room, kitchen and bathroom.
