Lisa Palm – Corona Carpet I

Lisa Palm

Corona Carpet I

PES and used FFP2-maskes WHITE, 

Handwoven on a Shaft-Loom.

Måler. 80 x 40 cm.

Lisa Palm is a textile artist from Berlin, Germany. She studied clothing and textile art and design in

different places in Germany and spent two semesters abroad at Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź), too. She’s

now working as a social worker in a weaving workshop for people with disability and spends her free time

in her studio on her own Jacquard loom.

In her works she mainly focuses on weaving techniques (Jacquard and hand woven textiles), conceptually

she is interested in feminist matters and social issues.

Artist statement:

Covid times have been traumatic for many people. Most still havent recovered from those times

emotionally, mentally, and many, health-wise. Society still seems more divided than ever and opinions

become more and more radical.

Still it might seem as if the pandemic has never happened. All traces appear blurred, the whole social

experience forgotten.

Somehow I was not able to throw away my used FFP2 masks. I collected them, initially to deal with the

trash caused by the pandemic. I wanted to up-cycle them, give them new life. I cut the used masks into

stripes and wove them into a wall hanging. I used the ancient craft of weaving to break apart the super

dense, high-tech mask material, with a mesh so fine it even prevents viruses from entering. Through this

process I have built a relationship with my old masks. It reminded me how diligently they protected me

from sickness. They had been an important part of my life, and they still carry particles of my breath and

skin. By deconstructing and converting them into something beautiful, I leave a trace that it really did

happen. My artwork functions as a memorial for these times, a pandemic artifact.