Super User Omeka MetsExport Plugin The software used to generate this document is called Omeka MetsExport, which operates as a plugin for Omeka. Documentation can be found at http://github/MetsExport/ Ingrid Larssen and the Smocking technique Ingrid Larssen is an artist that lives in Stokmarknes. She is using smocking as her main technique (vaffelsøm). She uses it in different sizes, and she makes small broches and big decorations that can hang on a wall. Her main material is wool, silk, thread and seaweed. iain Norwegian Intangible 716 30/09/2025 x x current,68.570175,14.940784; You have know how to sow and you have to know how to color materials with natural ingredients. Sowing is tradtionally connected to women, and in the old days it was very common for women to be seamstresses. Ingrid learned her first stiches from her mother. Nowadays most of us have to learn it in school. The tecnic smocking (vaffelsøm) stems from the middleages, and havent changed much. The needles may have changed a bit, they are smaller and thinner now. Different sowing schools in Norway Ingrid Larssen and her pratice is associated with Stokmarknes and Vesterålen. The practioner uses seaweed and plants to color the textiles. Pollution may disrtort the coloringprocess. I dont know if any of these fit. She is not involved in industrial production, she is not looking for new technologies and she uses "old" materials such as wool and silk. This may harm all of us. I don´t think any of these fit eather, her work isnt threathened by any of these factors. The practice of smocking may be threatened if the young doesn't learn it anymore. With more funding she could have had more exhibitions and maybe taken in apprentices and opend a workshop outside of her home. I have the impression that fewer students are learning to sow in school. 30 years ago we learnt how to sow our own clothes, today they do some steaching on a little cloth. People often move away from Vesterålen, when they move. This may mean less visitors to exhibitions. The may also mean that fewer attend artexhibitions. The loss of knowledge regarding sowing and coloring with plants. Vesterålen is an old region where people have lived since the stoneage. Hadsel municipality has traces of a lot of activity in the ironage and the vikingage especially. The region has been depentent on fisheries and people has a strong connection to the sea. The coastal steamer, hurtigruta, was astablished in Stokmarknes in 1893. Today there are to small cities i Vesterålen, Stokmarknes and Sortland, the rest of us live in small villages. Approximately 30000 people live in Vesterålen. Needles, scissors and graph paper Inclusivity and community development. People can look at artwork where they are and see that it is possible to have it as a job. Yes she uses natural, renewable, locally sourced material and she leaves no waste. The material she uses can be found in shops and in nature in Vesterålen. She contributes to the economy of Hadsel municipality by paying taxes and creating her own job. stable https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/Ingrid_Larssen_and_the_Smocking_technique 1752 Stokmarknes, Vesterålen, Norway MN_CP_06 Water pollution Insufficient financial resources Educational standardisation Outbreak of war or armed conflict Rural-urban migration New pastimes Diminishing youth interest Loss of knowledge Community Engagement,Collaboration with other organisations ,Governance management and green policies Decent Work and Economic Growth,Sustainable Cities and Communities,Responsible Consumption and Production Sowing is getting trendy again because peolpe are looking into reuse of clothes and material. It is a movement based in and against our modern society use- and throw- away mentality. From her mother and in sowingschool. Art is often connected to the culture in wich it appears. Ingrid Larssen has a close connection to sea and the coastal culture and the traditions connected to the area. Julie Therese Sæther TEXT