VERA Platform_689 Tor-Vegard Mørkved "" iain English,Norwegian Artisan image/jpeg IMAGE University of St Andrews VERA Platform "" image/jpeg Image "" image/jpeg Image "Interview with Tor-Vegard M\u00f8rkved" video/mp4 Video "Interview with Tor-Vegard M\u00f8rkved" video/mp4 Video "Interview with Tor-Vegard M\u00f8rkved" video/mp4 Video "Interview with Tor-Vegard M\u00f8rkved" video/mp4 Video "Interview with Tor-Vegard M\u00f8rkved" video/mp4 Video "Interview with Tor-Vegard M\u00f8rkved" video/mp4 Video "Metal sculpture of a cormorant, a native seabird in Lofoten. The bird is sitting on a naturally rounded stone, looking upwards with its peek towards the sky. The sculpture has a brass shine, by brushing brass ontot the hot surface.\r\n\r\nThe form is an alternative to the well-known king cormorant sculpture, that is a "signiture" product from the Blacksmith in Sund, and is one of the oldest hand crafted memorabilia still in producation from Lofoten.\r\n\r\nThat version is very like the famous cormorant sculpture, King Olav V. recieved in 1963 from the previous blachsmiht of Sund. " Movable Heritage "Metal sculpture of a sea eagle, a predatory seabird native to Lofoten. The bird stands on a naturally rounded base stone, holding a fish in its talons. The object has a golden sheen, which is the result of brushing brass to a hot surface. The object is signed and marked with a year of making on the buttom of the base stone. " Movable Heritage "A human figure, designed and created by Tor-Vegard. A dynamic and minimalistic interpretation of a walking human figure, with long limbs and simple facial features. The figure stands on a rectangular foot, that is marked with the practitioners stample. " Movable Heritage "Metal sculpture of a great cormorant, a native seabird, with it\u00b4s wings spread. The bird is looking towards the sky and spreads it\u00b4s wings. The bird sits on a naturally rounded and grinded stone. The sculpture has a brass shine effect, that is a resutl of brushing brass onto the hot surface. The "King Cormorant" or "Kongeskarven" is the signature product of the practitioner and the Forge in Sund. The object is signed and dated on the buttom. (see attached media)" Movable Heritage "Metal sculpture of a gret cormorant, with a less detailed wing. The bird is looking towards the sky and opens up its wings. " Movable Heritage "Forging is working with iron, and other metals.Warm and hot forming requires a forge to warm up the metals, The hot and warm metals can be formed into shapes with the help of hammers, anvil, pliers and other tools. The different warming, temperatures and cooling methodes give different reults and properties to the finished products. " Intangable Heritage 68.004948 13.207371