Material-based art is gaining ground. At the Skovgaard Museum in Viborg, eight young Danish artists frolic in the idiom and materials of crafts in the exhibition Hot Hands - crafts in contemporary art. The art form is actualized both by the current 'maker' trend and the necessary focus on resource awareness - but is […]
We live in a society built on consumption—but where do the raw materials come from? And what happens to our understanding of products and materials when production is removed from local communities? Material flows, design history, and craftsmanship intersect in an interdisciplinary conversation between Associate Professor Ingrid Halland and Professor Kjetil Fallan.
Artist residencies, international exhibitions, inspirational travelling, jobs, and collaborative projects. Danish craft artists and designers have a great tradition of looking abroad for development, collaboration opportunities and insight. Both in their own practice and in understanding the world's different materials, techniques and cultures. As early as the 1950s, Sigvard Bernadotte and architect Acton Bjørn […]
With their unique knowledge of materials and production, craft artists and designers can play an important role in rethinking consumption - and reducing the climate footprint. New aesthetic expressions are created from broken bricks, intestines are transformed into lamps and recycled glass into beautiful vases. Exciting new collaborations are emerging between crafts, architecture, design […]
Maria Lind thinks curatorially and in her work as curator and director of Kin museum för samtidskonst in Kiruna, she tries to connect the local roots of northernmost Sweden with international movements in art and artistic crafts. She is committed to giving the hand as much space as the heart and brain.
Over 200 craft artists and designers applied to the Biennale of Craft & Design 2025, of which 27 exhibitors were selected. The curatorial group UKURANT talks about trends in the applicant field and what they have chosen to prioritise for the upcoming Biennale exhibition.
[…] be self-reliant when it comes to maintaining their wardrobe and extending the lifetime of their clothes as a way of pursuing greater sustainability. Others discover that a craft can be a therapeutic activity that helps them relax. Both purposes give rise to new communities. Knitting and embroidery clubs are forming, there is a wide […]
[…] the digitalization of society have for our material understanding? Consumers simply do not see the physical and social consequences, environmental impact and waste of manufacturing and thus lose the ability to choose the highest quality and most necessary products. "We need craft makers and designers to act as ‘superusers’ of craft and technology in combination."
Craft makers and designers have a unique advantage when it comes to decorative projects, installations and building-integrated art in the public space: an in-depth grasp and knowledge of materials. Glass artist and Maria Sparre-Petersen, teaching associate professor at the Royal Danish Academy, sees new possibilities in an elastic field spanning from classic decorative projects […]
Rebecca Lajboschitz has mixed parts of several educations to create her own path as an artist. Today, she draws from various crafts and embarks on intuitive detours when creating jewellery, art, sculptures, or diving into larger projects.
