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- Loja Saarinen started her career in 1928 when she founded one of the most productive weaving departments in the United States at the Cranbrook Educational Community. Saarinen was heavily influenced by Swedish craft tradition.
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Saarinen was heavily influenced by Swedish craft tradition. She was one of the first artists to bring Scandinavian design to America. Her most substantial work was for Kingswood School where her studio designed tapestries, rugs, curtains, and upholstery.
Mar 9, 2021 · The Studio Loja Saarinen pieces show a strong Arts and Crafts influence as well as signs of globalization — particularly, Adkisson says, stemming from Paris design. Islamic, Native American, Mayan, Aztec, Egyptian, and Japanese motifs were all woven into the fabric of design from this era.
At the top of her roles as entrepreneur and designer, Loja Saarinen led Studio Loja Saarinen, an innovative weaving studio that produced rugs, curtains, and fabrics for use at Cranbrook and around the country.
Dec 29, 2021 · Loja ran Studio Loja Saarinen, a commercial enterprise within Cranbrook, between 1928 and 1942, hiring female weavers from Scandinavia, including Maja Andersson Wirde, a Swedish weaver and textile designer who became the studio’s shop supervisor; coordinating the buying of weaving tools and instruments; and striking deals with her clientele ...
She founded Studio Loja Saarinen, a renowned weaving studio that produced textiles for Cranbrook and received commissions from across the US. Her work reflects the Modernism movement, and she collaborated closely with her husband, architect Eliel Saarinen.
She founded and led Studio Loja Saarinen from 1928 to 1942, creating handwoven rugs, curtains, and fabrics for clients around the nation with a dedicated team of Swedish immigrant weavers. The Studio’s painterly, geometric textiles complete the architectural vision of Cranbrook as a Gesamtkunstwerk , or total work of art.
Studio Loja Saarinen: The Art and Architecture of Weaving, 1928-1942 is sponsored, in part, by the Clannad Foundation. The 2019 tour season special exhibition focuses on the remarkable work of Studio Loja Saarinen, showcasing stunning handwoven rugs and textiles rarely on public view.
