Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Material Metal (steel), natural stone Natural Cultural Cultural Function The object has decorative and estetic functions. Creation Purpose The object was created for sale, in a daily operation of production. Technique The object was hot and warm forged by Tor-Vegard, then fastened onto a piece of stone. In details: Tor-Vegard cuts the steel into the required lengths and sizes. He forges the metal pieces in a coal forge. He welds together the pieces. The raw form of the figure is surface-treated and brushed, polished. The practitioner glues the finished figure onto the stone with epoxy glue. Material Source The metal comes from a distributor in Harstad. Tor-Vegard collets the stones himself from Finnmark. Conecept The object itself is another version of the cormorant figure, that became an emblematic artwork form Lofoten, produced by the blacksmith in Sund. The theme is a local sea bird, a cormorant, that is also known from legends from Lofoten (Skarvene fra Utrøst). Cormorants are a part of the landscape in West-Lofoten. The Forge in Sund and its cormorant sculpture is one of the earliest touristic attractions in Lofoten. As it became a phenomenon for tourists, local families also discovered the artwork and many families own an example in their homes. The cormorants as emblematic and well known product can add to local identity. The first known designs of the cormorant sculpture were created by the "old blacksmith" in Sund, Hans Gjertsen. In 1963 he gave one of the cormorant sculptures to King Olav V., who was visiting Lofoten to take part in the opening ceremonies of the new road between Å and Svolvær. The opening ceremony took place the first days of august, 1963. Hans Gjertsen surprised the king with a memory from Lofoten: a hand-forged cormorant, standing on a rounded granite stone. That version didnt have wings. New versions were later introduced. Tor-Vegard developed the products, and he creates new and different versions of the original, with different finishes and shines. The cormorant with open wings is made in different sizes, and colours. Production Quality Small scale production. Each product is formed by Tor-Vegard,one by one. Each piece is individual and unique. External ID MN_AR_09 Field Worker Agnes Csenki Craft metalwork Tool A metal cutter, coal forge, pliers, anvil, hand hammer, machine hammer, welding machine, brushes to polish the object, epoxy glue pplicator Place The town or city Sundveien 118, 8384 Sund, Flakstad Municipality, Lofoten Islands, Nordland County, Norway Prim Media 1032 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "King Cormonrant", Great cormorant with spread wings Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Description An account of the resource 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 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) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 689 Language A language of the resource Norwegian Extent The size or duration of the resource. 8cm x 20.5cm x 15cm Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource iain Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived craftedobjects References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://smedenisund.no/nettbutikk/ https://www.nb.no/items/6d10de6230df63d278e6a9e1fef16ec8?page=11&searchText=%22tor%20vegard%20m%C3%B8rkved%22 Asbjørnsen, P. Chr. (Peter Christen): Skarvene fra Utrøst. Cappelen, 1974 Gansum, Terje: Fra jern til stål : mytologiske og rituelle aspekter i teknologiske prosesser. Borre, Midgard historisk senter, 2002. https://www.nb.no/items/0b1664793a4dc5032499662692b054bc?page=7&searchText=%22kong%20olav%20v.%22%20%20gjertsen https://www.nb.no/items/7c395122e3290def1768522b23f730db?page=19&searchText=%22kong%20olav%20v.%22%20%20gjertsen https://www.nb.no/items/0b1664793a4dc5032499662692b054bc?page=0&searchText=%22kong%20olav%20V%22 https://nordnorge.com/en/aktiviteter/the-blacksmith-of-sund-offers-an-iron-souvenir-you-wont-be-finding-elsewhere/ Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 02/07/2025 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Kongeskarven, storkarv med åpent vinger Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,68.004948,13.207371; Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 05/08/2025 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 527 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT