Norwegian Crafts

Interview: Rasmus Andreas Hungnes speaks with Gabriel Johann Kvendseth about chopping wood, violence and creativity, and craft and concept Learn more

Forces - Dyrdal, Tingleff, Kvasbø opens at KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes in Bergen 10 May 2019 Learn more

Interview: In this conversation, Matt Lambert speaks with Máret Ánne Sara about nomadism, indigenous rights and colonialism Learn more

In this essay, Jessica Hemmings touches upon culture, faith and personal identity in the work of Igshaan Adams Learn more

Material Perceptions - A Norwegian Crafts production that offers critical reflections on materialism and perceptions Learn more

Projects

Handmade // Materiality in the Arctic

Seminar in collaboration with Nordic Culture Fund at Arctic Art Summit, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi 5 June 2019 Seminars

FORCES - Dyrdal Kvasbø Tingleff

KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes 10 May - 15 Sept 2019, the National Ceramics Museum of Sèvres, 24 September 2018 - 1 April 2019 Exhibitions

Agenda: New Materialism and Contemporary Craft

Seminar in collaboration with Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 5 April 2019, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Seminars

Expanding Stories

Breakfast seminar, 16 March 2019, Galerie Handwerk, Munich Seminars

Everyone Says Hello

An exhibition on contemporary art jewellery at Kunstnerforbundet 10 January - 24 February 2019, Oslo, Norway Exhibitions

Essay

Anne Britt Ylvisåker on Marit Tingleff, Kari Dyrdal and Torbjørn Kvasbø

Bergen: Rupture and Movement

Duodji as Indigenous Contemporary Art Practice

Irene Snarby, Doctoral Research Fellow in Art History, reflects on the life and art of Iver Jåks, and on duodji as a contemporary art practice Essay

Lost is the new found: Good wood and downcycling in a time of distraction

An exchange betwixt artists and frequent collaborators Rasmus Andreas Hungnes and Gabriel Johann Kvendseth on, around, and about the work of the latter Interview

How things get made and the people who make them

In this conversation, Jessica Hemmings talks with Ezra Shales about industry, technology and material empathy Interview

About

Our principle aim is to strengthen the position of Norwegian contemporary crafts internationally.

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Publications

Documents on Contemporary Crafts no. 5: Material Perceptions

A Norwegian Crafts production that offers critical reflections on materialism and perceptions View all publications

Norwegian Crafts Paper 1: Contemporary Jewellery

A Norwegian Crafts publication that offers articles on contemporary jewellery with focus on Tone Vigeland. View all publications

Press

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