[…] have a permanent seat at the table when municipal art councils make decisions. This could be the key to integrating crafts and design more deeply into the decoration of public spaces and institutions. Since 2010, ceramicist Nina Lund has been advocating precisely for this—encouraging local politicians to recognize the valuable role that craftsmanship can […]
[…] the paint lies a seahorse that she once adorned the table with. She asked one of the teachers if they could teach her intarsia, the motif-based furniture decoration, which many may know from Renaissance and Baroque furniture. His response was that she could simply take a hobby knife and try it at home. 'In […]
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[…] her into working with bricks, which today has become a significant part of her work as an artist. She wants to show how bricks can give buildings tactility, edge and character. In addition, brick is a sustainable, long-lasting and beautiful material that deserves a much larger place in the creation and decoration of our buildings.
[…] constructed or renovated public buildings. The Art Circular, which has been in existence since 1971, stipulates that 1.5% of the construction costs should be allocated for artistic decoration. (Source: Circular on Artistic Decoration of State Buildings) But how many craftsmen and designers have actually been given such assignments over time? I only know of […]
[…] hand-weaving tapestries as tall as a person. Grethe Sørensen’s pixellated pointillism and Astrid Krogh’s forward-looking techno-textiles from the 2000s are in a league of their own. In decorations for the Danish Parliament and Mærsk Data, Krogh draws on inspiration from kilim rugs and uses neon as thread in a reflection on the history of […]
From the Archive Dansk Kunsthåndværk/Danish Crafts 1/99 "This issue of Danish Crafts has a focus on the role of crafts in relation to architecture and decoration. Much has also happened in this area in recent years, and as will be seen from the articles, many artisans today are well equipped to enter into qualified […]
From the Archive The universal language of clay by Tinne Delfs Kunstuff 3/2009 Farewell to an outdated concept of decoration by Kristian Berg Nielsen Dansk Kunsthåndværk 1/1999
[…] Arts Décoratifs – art for everyday use, a democratisation of high art for the general aesthetic enhancement of both private and public spaces. The growing problematisation of decoration as "inauthentic" and "superficial" during the same period was partly to blame for the fact that ‘decorative’ art was quickly pushed out, and only ‘pure’ art […]
