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We Are Nature

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A conversation between Hilde Skancke Pedersen and Yaniya Mikhalina

Part Psychologist, Part Mind Reader, Part Artist

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How has the tattoo industry changed in the last ten years or so? Oslo-based tattoo artists Linn Aasne Grønnerøe and Elise Nedal offer throwbacks and foresight based on their years of experience. In…

The Innermost Corner of the Outermost Layer – an interview with Renate D. Dahl, Judit Fritz, and Lauren Kalman

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In an interview with three artists, Johanna Zanon explores the theme of the relationship between the body and metal art and jewellery. Renate D. Dahl's work focuses on questioning the social norms…

HAiK: Camouflaged Art or Bold Fashion?

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This interview by Geir Haraldseth with Ida Falck Øien investigates the fashion brand HAiK's conceptual approach to garment-making, using anthropological methods, interdisciplinary collaboration, and…

Franz Petter Schmidt: The Consummate Object

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In this interview with artist Franz Schmidt by Gjertrud Steinsvåg we are introduced to the exhibition Weaving Fabrics for Suits at Oslo Art Society and Schmidt’s experience working with…

Stian Korntved Ruud: An Inventor of Curious Things

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In this interview with Stian Korntved Ruud: by Tora Endestad Bjørkheim and Johnny Herbert we learn more about Ruud's exploratory practice, driven by artistic research and curiosity.

Lillian Tørlen: Meeting the Public Where They Are

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In this interview by Tora Endestad Bjørkheim and Johnny Herbert, Norwegian artist Lillian Tørlen reveals her thoughts on materials, vases and the importance of the exhibition site.

Jens Erland: Man/Machine

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Under the term ‘composite ceramics’, artist Jens Erland combines mechanical elements, performance, and industrial materials into ceramic sculptures and objects. In this interview by Mariann Enge…

A Studio Visit with Ellen Grieg

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In this interview, Ellen Grieg talks about dyeing processes, working sculpturally with rope and her artistic practice as a long-term research project

Grayson Perry: The Mad Potter

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British artist Grayson Perry is a television star and transvestite whose best friend is a teddy bear. But he believes that making ceramic vases is far more provocative. In this interview by Kristin…

Elisabeth von Krogh: Playing with Form

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In this interview Elisabeth von Krogh talks about caricatured expressions, optical illusions and the vessel as form.

Aslaug Juliussen: A Sense of Sustainability

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In this conversation with artist Aslaug Juliussen, Hilde Sørstrøm delves into Juliussen's sustainable approach to material transformation. While her installations and sculptures are made using…

Ezra Shales: How Things Get Made and the People Who Make Them

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Jessica Hemmings sat down with Ezra Shales to speak with him about topics he raises in his book The Shape of Craft. The book considers how things get made and the people who make them. In this…

Tron Meyer and Kent Fonn Skåre: Tron Meyer and Kent Fonn Skåre

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In this interview by Johnny Herbert, Tron Meyer and Kent Fonn Skåre offer perspectives on their multi-faceted practices within art, craft, design, and architecture.

Perisak Juuso: A Conversation with Perisak Juuso

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In this conversation, Irene Snarby talks to duojar Perisak Juuso about the landscape and Sámi place names, and about the in-depth knowledge you need in order to find the right burls, roots or antlers…

Marit Tingleff: Serving up Stories with Chances

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Marit Tingleff makes large earthenware dishes that won’t fit on a dining table. In this interview by Christer Dynna she relates this format to the porcelain and fine china that was once part of a…

Inger Blix Kvammen: Memories in Metal

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Inger Blix Kvammen's artistic practice relies on a vast number of connections with individuals and communities from around the world. Memories from her travels to Northwest Russia, to Nenets…

Ahmed Umar: Starting from Stories

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In this interview, matt lambert converses with multidisciplinary artist Ahmed Umar on materiality, craft-based art, and how storytelling emerges as a form of activism in Umar's artistic practice.

Sidsel Hanum: A Journey into the Tiniest Details

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In this interview by Lars Elton with ceramicist Sidsel Hanum we learn about her work using liquid porcelain and a technique known as horning, which allows her to construct vessels and objects, laced…

Sigurd Bronger: Jewellery as Absurd Theater

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For many years Sigurd Bronger was an outsider in contemporary art jewellery, but now he enjoys increasing attention. In this interview by Reinhold Ziegler we learn about Bronger's way to jewellery,…

Glenn Adamson: What's Important About Craft?

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In this interview with craft writer, curator and editor Glenn Adamson by André Gali we are introduced to the concept of post-disciplinary practice, and a discussion on a converging visual art scene,…

Felieke van der Leest: Toy Animals, Yarn, and Glamorous Design

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Plastic toy animals, crocheting in yarn, and precious metals, are some of the elements Felieke van der Leest combines to make exciting, humorous, and absurd jewellery. Central to van der List's…

Nanna Melland: The Uniqueness of the Masses

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Nanna Melland is known for making jewellery with unorthodox materials. In this interview by Monica Holmen we are introduced to her practice which spans from personal jewellery to public installations.

Torbjørn Kvasbø: Ceramic Expressionism

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Torbjørn Kvasbø defines himself as an abstract expressionist and is known for burning his monumental sculptures in the large, woodburning kiln in his backyard. In this interview by André Gali, we…

Inger Johanne Rasmussen: Beauty and Myth

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Rasmussen’s artistic practice combines different expressions related to other craft traditions and painting. Her works are characterised by bold colours and geometric patterns juxtaposed with floral…

Liv Blåvarp: Touch Wood

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Artist Liv Blåvarp creates spectacular and sculptural necklaces and bracelets out of wood. Her creations are built by individually shaping smaller pieces of wood and joining them together in a…

Tone Vigeland: Hands on

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'Tone Vigeland: Hands on' is an interview with the jewellery artist Tone Vigeland by Reinhold Ziegler. Tone Vigeland’s art springs from a direct encounter between her hands and her materials. For…

Kiyoshi Yamamoto: Material as Metaphor

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An interview with artist Kiyoshi Yamamoto by André Gali

Mata Aho: Māori Weaving Practices at Atua-Scale

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A conversation between Zoe Black and Aotearoa New Zealand art collective Mata Aho

Weaving the Wild: the Work of Brit Fuglevaag

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An interview one of Norway's foremost textile artists through several decades, Brit Fuglevaag, by Zoe Black

Erika Stöckel: Power of the Oppressed Body

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In this conversation between curator and artistic director Maria Ragnestam and artist Erika Stöckel we learn more about how Stöckel builds her large-scale ceramic installations, starting from a theme…

Pearla Pigao: Playing Patterns

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An interview with textile artist and musician Pearla Pigao by Tora Endestad Bjørkheim and Johnny Herbert

Sigve Knutson: The Amateur Craftsman

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An interview with craft artist Sigve Knutson by Tora Endestad Bjørkheim and Johnny Herbert

Joar Nango: Duodji as part of Philosophy and Cosmology

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Namita Gupta Wiggers in conversation with Joar Nango about shelter, nomadism, and the Sámi concept of duodji

The Landscapes Within: Monika Svonni

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Monika Svonni is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Jåhkåmåhkke. Her oeuvre consists mainly of textile collages that incorporate pewter thread embroidery and reindeer hide, but she also works with…

Love as a Rebellious Act

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Sarah Hudson (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Pūkeko) has been an admirer of textile artist Ron Te Kawa’s practice and champions his unique approach to sharing Indigenous narratives and stories from…

Re-routing Whakapapa: Jasmine Togo-Brisby and Making New Material Histories

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Writer and curator Ioana Gordon-Smith takes a closer look at how Jasmine Togo-Brisby’s practice explores her South-Sea Islander whakapapa, and how it can define new material customs, calling on…

Noa Eshkol’s Rules, Theory and Passion: About the Status of Textiles in Her Artistic Practice

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An interview with Mooky Dagan conducted by Marianne Hultman about the wall carpets of the dancer, choreographer, artist teacher and researcher Noa Eshkol.

In Search of Käsityö

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Interview with Åsne Kummeneje Mellem by Maija Liisa Björklund

Mahi ki te Awa Whanganui – Revival on the Whanganui River

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Interview with artist and weaver Matthew McIntyre Wilson by Isaac Te Awa

On Fibre Optic Weaving and the Archiving of Landscape

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Film and interview with Hilde Hauan Johnsen by Ingun Mæhlum and Hilde Sørstrøm