“…Synnøve has eliminated the traditional divide between craftsmanship and visual art, where tapestries were often seen as a product of. Thanks to Else Halling, an intimate collaboration was also developed between the visual artist and the weaver, working from cardboard, so that the possibilities of the craft were realized in an artistically valid form. Not only are tapestries now accepted as an art form on their own, but they are also approved as visual art alongside painting, sculpture and so on. The reason lies not only from a change of mindset and increased acceptance towards the diversity in choice of artistic materials and forms of expression. Such changes do not occur by themselves. It is because previous prejudices have been actively broken down, and it has only been possible by showcasing the tapestries with distinct artistic merit, where the carpet is not simply a translation into fabric of a drawn or painted image but is conceived and created directly on the loom by a creative artist who also master the difficult weaving technique.”

- Peter Anker