01/2012 Identity, Fashion and Adornment
05/2011 Critical Thinking about Craft
02/2011 Ornaments, decor and patterns
04/2010 Making & manufacturing
Tone Vigeland’s art springs from a direct encounter between her hands and her materials. For more than fifty years she has created jewellery and sculptures that combine simple craft techniques with stringent aesthetics – works apparently liberated from any possible intellectual approach. Perhaps this is why people the world over describe her art as both timeless and placeless, and sometimes even magical. Read more
Young Norwegian jewellery artists are hitting the international venues with exceptional designs. But – have these artists turned their back on the traditional Norwegian sources of inspiration – the deep forests and rough seas? Why is this new generation so successful? And what has happened before they came along? Read more
Clothing designer, shoe designer or furniture designer? Oslo-based Ingunn Birkeland weaves silk ribbons around bodies and rooms, creating an alternative, yet masterfully-styled world. Norwegiancrafts.no was given a glimpse into her painstaking artistic practice and the ideas behind it all. Read more