My name is Alba Caruso. I am a 2nd and 3rd generation immigrant. My grandparents moved from Finland in 1958, and my father left Sicily to come to Sweden, for my mother, in 1989.

I have always been very proud of my heritage and my family history. Growing up with two different cultures, that are very far from each other, makes one both blessed and confused. Confused because you never really feel like you belong anywhere, but blessed because you automatically have a broader understanding of people and their mannerisms.

But something that stays the same throughout all cultures and corners of the world is love, and especially the love from a grandmother. As a child, my grandmothers spoiled me (and my sister) with massive amounts of love, laughter, guidance, compassion and a lot of knowledge in the field of textile.

In this project in textile design I will draw inspiration from my grandmothers early projects i.e. paintings and crocheted pieces. By using keywords inspirited by their designs I will generate them in AI image-generator and use those pictures as a starting point in my own sketching to investigate how the usage of AI can be used as a helpful tool when designing.

AI generators, digital printing and tufting guns are contemporary techniques that my grandmother could only dream of using. Re-designing their patterns and using contemporary techniques is my way to incorporate them in my designs and