Our day-to-day manager Runa Boman is one of several talented participants who will take part in the debate during this weekend's Handicrafts+. The event will be held in Vågå 7-10. June and includes exhibitions, lectures, debates and courses. Håndverk+ is a new meeting place for craftsmen and designers. Through Håndverk+, designers and craftsmen will together lift traditional craftsmanship into the future. Some of the country's leading designers, craftsmen and manufacturers meet at interdisciplinary workshops to work together and exchange ideas and expertise. The public will have the opportunity to try themselves as craftsmen, and there will be exhibitions, sale of ceramics, open fire house with tastings, Café Edvard with menu from great-grandmother Christine, concert with the Jutullaget, walking in Edvard Munch's footsteps and Munch meditation in Vågåkyrkja. Håndverk+ wants to create knowledge and interest in our rich craft heritage so that old techniques and methods continue into the future.
- Håndverk+ aims to create knowledge about and interest in our rich craft heritage so that old techniques and methods continue into the future.
Håndverk+ aims to create knowledge about and interest in our rich craft heritage so that old techniques and methods continue into the future. It will mean new business opportunities and more jobs, says initiator and interior stylist Kirsten Visdal. Visdal was born and raised in Vågå, has over twenty years' experience as an interior stylist and creative consultant, and works for both commercial and editorial clients.
- By connecting the professional groups together, we want to facilitate collaboration that can result in good and salable products, says Kirsten Visdal.
Many skilled people manage traditional crafts. By interpreting traditions, methods and techniques, they see new opportunities for continuing the craft. Craftsmanship is also design, with function and aesthetics as important pillars. Cooperation and exchange between different professional groups is important. Håndverk+ should be such a meeting place. The participating designers are looking forward to experiencing the authentic, trying out materials and techniques in various crafts. At the same time, they will share their knowledge of form, profile and market. - By connecting the professional groups together, we want to facilitate collaboration that can result in good and salable products, says Kirsten Visdal.
The vision is for Håndverk+ to be the leading meeting place between craftsmen and designers in Norway, where some of the country's leading practitioners meet manufacturers and creative partners.
