In Thoughts, Together: essay + part lecture, part talk (2023)
in thoughts, together: craft, tradition, cosmopolite life
part lecture, part talk together with dutch publisher freek lomme
MADE POSSIBLE BY IASPIS, HEMSLÖJDEN I SKÅNE, STADEN MALMÖS HEMSLÖJDSFÖRENING, FD/C
FORM/DESIGN CENTER
14 SEPTEMBER 2023
What does the collective remembrance of a local craft heritage look like? Do memories differ from family to family? Person to person? How does such a heritage inform the current self-image of a rural area?
With In Thoughts, Together my ambition has been to focus on the collective rather than solely exploring my own ideas about my practice in relation to my great-grandfather’s. Through collaboration, I aimed to become an interpreter, observing and synthesising the conversations held with members of the Hedared Village Association to understand the basket as a community-bearing object.
Translating this research into woven outputs allowed me to discover theory: how writing can inform a making-based practice and vice versa, open up new perspectives and connect my own ethos with that of already established and globally relevant ideas on craft.
What resonates about a local craft heritage in global culture? Do the values of rural tradition hold significance in contemporary culture?
Are there parallels to be drawn or similarities to be found?
Photos by Molly Overstall Khan, Daniel Engvall