Stefanie Salzmann’s textiles begin with the wool of her family’s Blacknose sheep from the Swiss canton of Valais, a byproduct of traditional sheep farming. She investigates the materiality of wool and uses it to craft felted tapestries and sculptures. The textile works celebrate the possibilities of wool and explore the insulating and protective aspects of the fibres, both physically and mentally. For her recent textiles, homegrown tinctorial plants such as coreopsis, marigold and rosemary, together with walnut husks harvested from the family trees, mix with traditional dye plants like indigo and madder. Stefanie derives inspiration from colours and the material itself and uses dyed fibres to paint tactile textures. The textile creations become part of her art installations and serve as tools to open a space for the discourse on the connection between culture, the environment, and the meaning and rituals of the making process.