Sandra Backlund is a swedish designer who specialises in sculptural knitwear. Founding her own brand in 2004, Sandra Backlund's designs have a architectural aesthetic take on a historical medium, winning her awards such as the 2007 Grand Prix winner of the Festival International de Monde and Photographie in Hyeres, France and the 2010 Swedish Elle Award. Backlud's designs accentuate and exaggerate the female form, producing a futuristic quality to her clothing. Her manipulation of wool creates sculptural moving art and through her choice of thick yearn each stitch can be seen creating an abundance of textures.
Personally, I find Buckland's work to have a origami aesthetic approach that is "out of the box" and unique to traditional knit designers. Her use of sculpture has a layered quality that is hard to incorporate into classic knitwear that I admire, giving her work a contempory edge. All images from:
http://sandrabacklund.com
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