Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias

Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias developed 'Vingt- Deux et pas mille' in collaboration with the famous silk weaving mill Tessitura Taborelli in Como/Italy. The jacquard weave artwork takes up the history of the Burgundian Millefleur and transfers it to the present day. Unlike the 'Thousand Flowers' tapestries, 'Vingt-Deux et pas mille' shows only one type of flower: the tulip. In the Middle Ages, people were aware of the significance of many flowers and plants, and most people knew the secret language of flowers. Nowadays, this knowledge from the Middle Ages is lost, and only fragments of some meanings have survived into our time. This situation crystallized the decision to develop a Millefleur only with tulips, a well-known flower in western civilizations.