[…] as 'sloppy' as it is,' says Karen Fly with a small laugh. In her eyes, being a Greenlandic jewellery designer also means freeing yourself from a seriousness: 'It can be a little spontaneous, and it can be a little light. There has to be life, there has to be joy, and it shouldn't be overthought.'
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The special characteristic of straw is its ability to capture light. That's why 26-year-old furniture maker Alberte Svendsen is so captivated by the material. The straws offer a different depth. The opportunity to work in some other colors. And it's completely opposite to wood, Alberte Svendsen emphasizes when I meet her at her temporary […]
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Exciting things happen when craftspeople and artists mobilize citizens in artistic co-creation processes. This process can help shed new light on the traditional value hierarchy in art and also open our eyes to the significant craft skills that lead a crucial yet quiet existence within the population. This is explored by Professor Birgit Eriksson […]
[…] lilies, drops, feathers - or from the past: axes, yeast wreaths, Egyptian ornaments. And there's Ditzel's clear fascination with inlaid enamel, cluster constructions, and convex metal surfaces that capture light. One sees how sketches from museum visits inspire jewelry years later. And one watches jewelry gradually emerge from sketches and small models in modeling wax.
Johannes Foersom is a trained furniture maker and designer and one of Denmark’s most prolific furniture creators over the past 40 years. In this conversation, he looks back at his student days in light of the recent student rebellion at the Royal Danish Academy and argues that the academy ought to consider more practice-based research.
[…] wide or too narrow, too round-shouldered or too round-bellied. Standardized clothes are designed for abstract ideal bodies, which in real life represent the exception. In the flickering light inside the changing room, most of us have experienced the familiar small loss of dignity as we try in vain to fit our bodies into impossible […]
[…] well indeed, as clearly demonstrated by Tronhjem Rømer. The two designers develop their patterns in a digital process and translate them into analogue hand-printed serigraphs. In the exhibition Color Occurence at Officinet in Copenhagen they created an atmospheric display with featherlight room dividers, accompanied by a rare sight in textile art: minimalist, ultramodern light sculptures.
[…] F. T. Projects. Møller, M. (2020, 7. maj). Joseph Marie Jacquard. I Den Store Danske. Bang, A., Trolle, H., & Larsen, A. (2016). Textile illusions: Patterns of light and the woven white screen. I N. Nimkulrat, F. Kane & K. Walton, (red.). Crafting textiles in the digital age (s. 48). Bloomsbury. Works woven on […]