Scrolling through Judit Just’s Instagram page will fill your heart with instant happiness. A textile artist originally from Barcelona, Spain, she later moved to Asheville, North Carolina, in 2013—where she then developed her textile brand, Jujujust. Known for her colorful tapestries, her work has gained attention thanks to social media, with some 230,000 fans on Instagram alone.
“Most of my tapestries are just an involuntary result of an improvisation, a dance with colors and materials,” Just shared in an interview with Colossal. “I like to let myself flow and see what it transforms into afterwards. Once I finish and approve one design, I keep the original in my studio to reproduce it in different color variations. Then I redo them and make them evolve and metamorphose into other creations.”
Having studied fashion design, sculpture, and textile art, she specialized in weaving and embroidery. But according to Just, her passion for textile was mostly the result of her upbringing. Raised in Barcelona, she grew up surrounded by textiles and learned weaving from her mother when she was young.
These days, she incorporates old weaving techniques, adding a modern twist by using vibrant color combinations and incorporating vintage threads. Depending on the type of wall hanging, she weaves her tapestries with rye knots created either on a lap loom or an eight-harness table loom.
“When I’m working is where I find my most important inspirations, and especially I have found that the more tired I am, the more ideas I get,” added Just in an interview with Sarah K. Benning. “As I’m weaving, I usually go crazy jumping on many diverse ideas at the same time like a distracted butterfly. I try to make fast sketches and secure some of the color combinations that suddenly pop on my mind, as fast as possible.”
The result—playful, vibrant, and colorful—is just the energy boost our interiors crave.
