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Ýr Jóhannsdóttir

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yr@yrurari.com
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Ýr is a textile designer and artist from Iceland, based in Berlin, working under the name Ýrúrarí. Her work is mostly knitted, where fragments of humor, body movements and the everyday meets in wearable objects. In her work second hand clothing gains a new life and value both in her design and visible mending classes. Ýr has a BA in textile design, specializing in machine knitting from Glasgow School of Art and a M.Art.Ed degree from Icelands University of the Art.
Sweater Sauce (2020) collaboration between Ýrúrarí  and the textile gathering of the Red cross in Iceland. In the project unsellable second hand sweaters gained a new life with visible mending and handmade decorations.(photo: Gunnlöð)
Sweater Sauce (2020) collaboration between Ýrúrarí and the textile gathering of the Red cross in Iceland. In the project unsellable second hand sweaters gained a new life with visible mending and handmade decorations.(photo: Gunnlöð)
Sweater sauce (2020) prevention fashion show at design March directed by Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir. Sweater sauce got nomitaned for the Iceland Design awards 2020.
Sweater sauce (2020) prevention fashion show at design March directed by Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir. Sweater sauce got nomitaned for the Iceland Design awards 2020.
Part of an outcome of the workshop "Turn a sweater into a friend" hosted by Ýrúrarí at the Pictoplasma conference in Berlin 2021.
Part of an outcome of the workshop "Turn a sweater into a friend" hosted by Ýrúrarí at the Pictoplasma conference in Berlin 2021.

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