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Carina Haglund felts artefacts that she sells and shows at exhibitions. She arranges workshops and courses for children and adults. She's also doing lectures about her craft. Haglund is member and participating in the event "Fårfesten" in the town of…

Therese Henner looking into camera, wearing scarf and band she's woven herself. Winter landscape in background

Therese Henner sitting at loom. View from front and natural dyed yarns hanging on string above heddles

Interview with Therese Henner

Therese works part-time with her own company Sirli Textil och part-time at Klässbols linneväveri (linen weaving). In her company she primarily works with different weaving techniques. She's also plant dyes and eco-print. She makes primarily everyday…

Javier Ortiz del Peño's workshop

Interview with Javier Ortiz del Peño

Javier Ortiz del Peño was born in 1963, in the village of Beyo (Aller, Asturias, Spain). In the 2000s he moved to La Castañal, in the municipality of Bimenes (Asturias), where his wife is from and where he established his workshop. Javier is a…

There are two types of pottery: black pottery, obtained by reducing iron-rich clay, which has been documented since the 11th century in various closed forms (puchero, barbón, penada, cider jug...), and glazed and enamelled pottery, which appears from…

The presence of high-quality jet deposits in Asturias enabled, since ancient times, its mining and artisanal use, giving rise to a culture centered around the properties of this unique mineral. Its believed protective nature generated strong demand…

Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material

Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material

Ranghild Lie explains about sheep types and their wool, and the stages of preparation of the raw material

The know-how about curating, harvesting and selecting the best parts of the sheep wool and different uses according to its natural properties: socks, sweaters, woven fabrics and felted wools. Different breeds will shed different wool textures.…

Ragnhild Lie shows how to knit with circular needles. Two threads (white and brown) are used to create a pattern.

The know-how about curating, harvesting and selecting the best parts of the sheep wool and different uses according to its natural properties: socks, sweaters, woven fabrics and felted wools. Knitting has been a practiced traditionally carried out at…

Tor-Vegard Mørkved demonstrates how he creates a bird figure by using hand hammer

Tor-Vegard Mørkved holding a hot bird formed steel with pliers

Tor-Vegard Mørkved demonstrates how he creates a bird figure by using hand hammers and mechanical hammers

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…

Inez Assk holding a local and traditional pack basket woven in birch bark using the same design language as entrelac

Entrelac is a knitting technique that is strongly reminicent of woven/braided birch back, which is traditionally made and used in the area. See RV_CP_01(01)

Carina Haglund in her workshop rolling and felting at the table

Carina Haglund's felting machine

Carina Haglund in her workshop felting a small wool disk

Carina Haglund using the felting machine built by her husband

Felting is a technique of joining fibers together. It can be done dry or wet, and Carina Haglund uses wet felting. In Swedish there are two different words usually used for felting: “tovning” which is most used, or “filtning”. “Tovning” can also be…

Therese Henner at her loom in her studio, weaving. Image in profile view.

Plant dyed yarns, dyed by Therese Henner

Therese Henner at her loom in her studio, weaving. Video at an angle from behind

Henner handweaves using a loom or a heddle. A loom can be of different sizes, ranging from smaller ones on a table and larger ones that fill smaller rooms. Henner's loom is a hand weaving looom, where she dones all the preperations and weaving…

A small white woven woolen carpet made by Anuța Stan

A decorative item used in household, it distinctive for the area of Săpânța, Maramureș.

Cergă from Săpânța

A decorative item used in household, it is distinctive for the area of Săpânța, Maramureș, because of its decorative style and colors.The Cerga de Săpânța (Săpânța wool blanket) shrinks to its proper size only in the vâltoare (a traditional…

By definition, the zgărdan is a narrow band adorned with multicolored beads, either woven or braided, worn by girls around the neck or by men on their hats.

It is an open, elongated, geometrically shaped vessel. It has faceted walls and a white glaze on the outside with scattered coloured spots.

It is an open and geometrically shaped vessel. It has faceted walls and a pink engobe on the outside with scattered coloured spots.

Two-piece mould consisting of two hollow pieces that fit together. They are rigid and symmetrical pieces. It is made of plaster.

Black ceramic vessel, made on a foot-powered wheel, with a smooth and blackened surface. It has a truncated-conical shape, with the base diameter smaller than the mouth, which is completely open. The walls and base feature circular perforations.

A one-handle jug that starts from the neck and ends at the widest part of the body. It has a trilobate lip, with a wide neck that narrows as it joins the globular body. The body tapers down to a circular base. This piece is made using a slow wheel…

Object designed by the artist in which molded ceramics techniques are combined with basketry work.

A circular pendant made of silver and jet. The central part of the jet features an ornamental circular design with a pattern associated with the Gothic rosette of the Oviedo cathedral

A unique piece where the carved and polished jet serves as the base, while the black opal set in silver hangs from its side, achieving a sophisticated and artisanal design.

Double-sided pendant in which a carved jet piece with a traditional Asturian design is set in a repoussé silver piece representing the Asturian mountains

Yarn skein made out of Gammalnorsk sheep breed from the Lofoten islands, raw color.

Yarn skein made out of Kvit Sau sheep breed from the Lofoten islands. It is dyed using local reinfann (Tanacetum vulgare). Double thread yarn, 315m pr. 100g.

Sweater made out of local wool, using raw color yarn, and plant-dyed yarns.

A square-shapen woven shall made out of locally sourced wool from the Lofoten Islands, died with Indigo.

Sweater Inspired by the historical photo of the North-Norwegian fisherman Johanner Folgerø. The pattern desing became popular from the charismatic photo of the fisherman. These photos were taken on the occasion of the fishing exhibition in Bodø in…

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. The form is an…

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…

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…

Metal sculpture of a great cormorant, a native seabird, with it´s wings spread. The bird is looking towards the sky and spreads it´s wings. The bird sits on a naturally rounded and grinded stone. The sculpture has a brass shine effect, that is a…

Metal sculpture of a gret cormorant, with a less detailed wing. The bird is looking towards the sky and opens up its wings.

Landscape model of the historical town of Rombaksbotn, with buildings, river, road and figurines.

Landscape model with houses, river, figurines

A well used carpenter pencil

Hammer made from steel and plastic grip

Foldable yardstick made from wood, with markings for the metric system.

Pattern knitted mitten in entrelac and stockinette stitch with cable knitted collar in two colors of rauma (company name) fine wool yarn. The pattern depicts a reindeer.

Knitted gloves in entrelac, stockinette and purl stitch in white made with rauma (company name) lambs wool yarn and enbroided with flowers in a salmon pink for decorations using leftover yarn. The gloves also bear the emblem "Utmärkt värmländsk…

A wool mitten entirely knitted in entrelac. It's composed with two different grey yarns, with red details and embroidery with grey yarns.

Knitted hat with brim in entrelac technique in orange, yellow, grey and black with two felted wool pompoms

Mitten knitted in entrelac that is shaped to fit the wrist and flair out towards the arm. White, black and salmon. Pattern is knitted in a pattern of stars/eight petal rose.

A felted pot that's wet felted with a glas cylinder placed inside, so it can function as a water tight pot for e.g. a plant or a flower arrangement.

A felted seat cushion in 100% wool in a checkered pattern of a mustad yellow and burnt sierra orange on top of grey wool (peaking through in cracks of colour). At two ends there's a elastic ribbon and a coresponding wooden button.

A felted cushion - mustard yellow, black and white. The cushion's case is made of wool and is adorned in the shape of a stylized sun. The pillow inside is made of feathers.

A carpet with pattern in needle punched felt, sturdy enough for being used as a floor carpet. It can also be hung on walls. The carpet has both warming and sound damping qualities.

A lampshade in white merino wool. As a interior decoration either for ceilings or mounted on a lamp on foot.

Pillow with handwoven front in tapestry type weave "rölakan". Woven in plant dyed yarns and bought acid dyed yarns. The inside pillow is made of feathers. The back is made of broadcloth.

A light fixture for a hanging lamp with a woven lampshade in 100 % linen. The lamp fixture is lathed in birch.

Scarf naturally dyed with rose madder and with eco-print patterns made of beach rose.

Textile necklace in several strands and in various colours of green and blue.

Square pillow in rose path and tabby pattern in un-bleached linen and red yarn, with red tassels at the corners.

Piece made of maple wood. It is a closed, rounded, and flattened container with a small mouth at the top. It has no lid and is completely hollow inside. The upper part is decorated with a series of rings inscribed with geometric motifs (oblique…

Piece made of maple wood. It is a wooden bowl with an open shape. It has a wide, flat upper rim. The piece is varnished with oils to enhance the wood grain, which includes knots and highlighted black streaks.

Pieces made of fruit tree wood. These are artistic and decorative pieces. They can be the finials of a piece of furniture or a clock. They have a base on which to stand, and consist of long wooden spindles, where the craftsman explores and improves…

Pieces made of beech wood. This is a children's toy, a spinning top. It consists of two pieces, a wooden handle with which the spinning top is held before throwing it, and the spinning top itself. When you hold it by the handle and pull hard on the…

Pieces made from fruitwood. This is a small cylindrical box consisting of two parts: a cylindrical container and a round lid that fits on top, made from the same wood. The piece is finished with oil in a darker tone, and the lid is decorated on the…

A straw hat decorated with beadwork

An element of beadwork while making

Traditional collars of Maramures

Traditional collars of Maramures

Traditional collars of Maramures

Traditional collars of Maramures

Traditional collars of Maramures

Vessel from the Edra collection, on a slow potter's wheel

Vessel from the Edra collection, on a slow potter's wheel

Vessel from the Edra collection. View of the vessel's mouth

Vessel from the Edra collection. Two vessels with the same shape and different surface treatment.