{"id":21723,"date":"2025-04-22T15:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/entdecken\/artikel\/zwiesprache-mit-otti-berger-ein-interview-mit-textildesignerin-katja-stelz\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:40:14","slug":"zwiesprache-mit-otti-berger-ein-interview-mit-textildesignerin-katja-stelz","status":"publish","type":"magazine-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/article\/zwiesprache-mit-otti-berger-ein-interview-mit-textildesignerin-katja-stelz\/","title":{"rendered":"In Dialogue with Otti Berger: An interview with textile designer Katja Stelz"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text' data-pattern='ho\/header-magazin'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'>\n\n<div  class='header-magazine-contents'>\n\n<div  class='cf-rem-max-width container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">In Dialogue with Otti Berger: An interview with textile designer Katja Stelz<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline  lazy-background-fill\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 678,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Otti-Berger-beim-Musterzeichnen_Foto_unbekannt_1927-1932_BHA-300x197.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":197,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":13812},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Otti-Berger-beim-Musterzeichnen_Foto_unbekannt_1927-1932_BHA-1024x671.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":671,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":88607},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Otti-Berger-beim-Musterzeichnen_Foto_unbekannt_1927-1932_BHA-768x503.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":503,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":56080},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Otti-Berger-beim-Musterzeichnen_Foto_unbekannt_1927-1932_BHA-440x288.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":288,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":23897},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Otti-Berger-beim-Musterzeichnen_Foto_unbekannt_1927-1932_BHA-580x380.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":380,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":36317},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Otti-Berger-beim-Musterzeichnen_Foto_unbekannt_1927-1932_BHA-720x472.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":472,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":50848},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Otti-Berger-beim-Musterzeichnen_Foto_unbekannt_1927-1932_BHA.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":786}},\n\"alt\" : \"A woman sits at a table full of papers, smiling while resting on her wrist.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.5},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:65.5%; 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Nina Wiedemeyer, curator at the Bauhaus-Archiv \/ Museum f\u00fcr Gestaltung, spoke with Stelz about two of Berger\u2019s fabrics that she reproduced for artist Judith Raum\u2019s exhibition and accompanying publication \u201cOtti Berger. Weaving for Modernist Architecture\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>What is a reproduction?<\/strong><br><br>Reproducing weaves by Otti Berger was a lot like having a dialogue with Otti Berger. I even kept a diary during the process because I had so much going on in my head. My goal was to create a fabric that matched the original as closely as possible \u2013 in terms of technique, colouration, material, feel and function.<br><br>These fabrics are now 100 years old and were made with materials that no longer exist. For that reason alone, the reproductions are not 100% copies, but artistic approximations of the original. It\u2019s only when crafting them do I experience the entire process. I have to understand the fabric in order to recreate it. First of all, the material is very new and foreign to me. I have to get a sense for and become familiar with the materials. How do I treat the material to create a fabric that possesses the functions and original character I\u2019m looking for?<br><br>In addition to the technical aspects, there was also an emotional level to the process: getting to know the designer Otti Berger. I asked myself what she knew about the aura of the finished textile while she was designing it. Was she surprised by the finished product? 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Weaving for Modernist Architecture\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Photo: Konrad Langer <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>Were there differences in the two fabrics?<\/strong><br><br>Both fabrics are made with special materials, and their uses differed significantly. The wall fabric made from ramie ribbon is quite ingenious \u2013 it\u2019s evident that Otti Berger had experimented with it a lot beforehand. There are a number of small sample specimens in the collections which we examined in preparation. Berger used the ramie fabric for the covers of her pattern books and draped it across a lighting fixture for a light installation.<br><br>I suppose Berger became familiar with and studied the functions of the material through experimentation. Once she had created the fabric, she tried using it for various purposes. The goal of the cellulose-based fabric, on the other hand, was to create a spectacular impression and interior acoustics with a sound-damping quality. Before production began, Berger experimented with various weaves. Samples of these still exist in Zurich. Berger finally decided on a type of weave that was especially suited for achieving the desired function.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/text-zitat'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 col-xs-12'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure class='wp-block-ho-quote '>\n\t\t\t<blockquote>Berger became familiar with and studied the functions of the material through experimentation.\u201c<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Katja Stelz<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>What was your working process like? <\/strong><br><br>Weaving is thinking with your hands. To reproduce a weave, I have to get up close to the fabric. Something that normally isn\u2019t possible at museums. I have to hold the fabric in my hand and study it under a magnifying glass. I have to carefully ply apart the threads to compare and understand the weave pattern. The biggest challenge was to find the right materials, as these no longer play a role nowadays in textile design and weaving.<br><br>I looked around for a long time all over the world, and finally I hit gold in Switzerland and Italy. The threads are very similar to the originals. I had a miniature sample that I used to reproduce the cellulose-based fabric. We had no idea what the original fabric was like.<br><br>During the working process, I was closely studying a 6 x 6 cm piece of fabric which was originally intended as a wall covering for large indoor rooms \u2013 like in a cinema. Even while I was weaving, I only had miniature samples to look at. After removing it from the loom, when it was hanging up in the workshop and I could look at it from a distance, the fabric was suddenly different.<br><br>I was very surprised! It was no longer a textile made of black warp and white weft threads. Rather, the black and white merged together to create a jaw-dropping, foil-like, silvery shine. That\u2019s how it was supposed to look! Only on a large area did the fabric make its biggest impression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-gallerie-3er-weiss'><\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>How can a museum adequately convey your knowledge?<\/strong><br><br>Weaving is an extremely complex technique. To help people understand it who don\u2019t know how to weave themselves, I produced a \u201cmaking of\u201d documentary on the research and working process which is now part of the Bauhaus-Archiv collection. To truly understand the fabrics, it\u2019s important to give people the opportunity to touch samples.<br><br>Both fabrics \u2013 on account of the material alone \u2013 possess a highly sensual quality. It also helps to present the fabrics in the way and form they were intended. For example, the ramie-based fabric is translucent when draped against an illuminated background \u2013 which Judith Raum demonstrates in her installation for the temporary bauhaus-archiv. This is the kind of thing you can do with reproductions in an exhibition room.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/text-zitat'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 col-xs-12'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure class='wp-block-ho-quote '>\n\t\t\t<blockquote>\u201eWeaving is thinking with your hands. To reproduce a weave, I have to get up close to the fabric.\u201c<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Katja Stelz<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>What have these reproductions taught you about Otti Berger\u2019s work? <\/strong><br><br>Most of all, I\u2019m delighted that the weaver Otti Berger has been rescued from oblivion and her magnificent work is now appreciated. She joins Anni Albers and Gunta St\u00f6lzl as one in a line of great Bauhaus weavers. Albers was an artist, St\u00f6lzl an outstanding artisan, Berger a modern textile designer. Those are three very different areas which are important for the textile arts. Otti Berger was the one we were missing with her very unique signature and intention. She collaborated with the industry.<br><br>Reproducing the fabrics enabled me to become acquainted with Otti Berger as a designer and exceptional artisan. Reproducing the weaves helped me understand her thought process as a textile designer. I\u2019ve come to admire her artistic confidence, virtuosity and artisanal expertise. Berger single-handedly instilled her fabrics with architectural functions. The textile analyses showed us how Berger devised textiles as an integral component in architectural design \u2013 for lighting, insulation and acoustics. Even Berger\u2019s upholstery fabrics possess a sculptural function and are intended for interior settings.<br><br>Nowadays, textiles with such versatility and quality have largely vanished from architecture. Most fabrics today are decorative \u2013 pillows, drapes, carpets. It\u2019s so wonderful to see what new possibilities Otti Berger\u2019s work can still offer us today. We\u2019re rediscovering the characteristics of textiles for the rooms of today and the future.<br><br><strong>\u201cOtti Berger. Weaving for Modernist Architecture. 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