The Vessel

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An online magazine about crafts and material culture. Published by Norwegian Crafts

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The Vessel 10: HOME is edited by Danish duo Charlotte Jul and Ida Marie Nissen. The issue is an investigation into the way crafts permeate our daily lives and surroundings, contributing to a sense of belonging. HOME features interviews with ceramic artists Elisa Helland-Hansen and Ine Vik, three articles by Henriette Noermark, Marie-Louise Høstbo and Cecilie Tyri Holt, as well as a visual essay showcasing different interpretations of ‘home’ by 15 artists and designers.

Table of Contents

  1. Foreword by Tonje Kjellevold, Norwegian Crafts: Mindful Materialism
  2. Editorial by Charlotte Jul and Ida Marie Nissen: A Sense of Home
  3. Article by Henriette Noermark: Grounded in Nature
  4. Article by Marie-Louise Høstbo: Living Continuity: Designing Places for Belonging
  5. Visual essay by Ida Marie Nissen: Snapshots From a Home, featuring 15 different designers and artists
  6. Interview by Charlotte Jul: At Home with Elisa Helland-Hansen
  7. Article by Cecilie Tyri Holt: Why Objects Make a Home
  8. Interview by Charlotte Jul: A Q&A with Ceramicist Ine Vik

The Vessel 10 HOME is supported by Stiftelsen Scheibler

Guest editors Charlotte Jul and Ida Marie Nissen

About The Vessel

The Vessel is an online magazine about crafts and material culture. The Vessel looks at the world through a craft lens – showcasing making practices, visual expression, and material knowledge from a multitude of perspectives.

Norwegian Crafts was originally set up as an online magazine designed to promote Norwegian craft artists internationally nearly ten years ago. Since then, the organisation’s programming portfolio has grown to include exhibitions, grant schemes, seminars, residencies, and much more. With The Vessel, we hope to entice more people to immerse themselves in craft, making practices and material culture.

The Vessel collaborates with external editors, artists, and writers to make the content of each issue relevant to people from different geographies and backgrounds. Norwegian Crafts opts to recruit new editors for each issue and leave the commissioning of articles and other content up to them.

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The magazine was launched on 5 November 2021 with its first issue Living Archives. See the press release and press images for the launch of the Vessel here.

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From the interview 'On Fibre Optic Weaving and the Archiving of Landscape' witha Hilde Hauan Johnsen, written by Hilde Sørstrøm for The Vessel issue 1: 'Living Archives'
Preparing kiekie. From the interview 'Mahi ki te Awa Whanganui – Revival on the Whanganui River' with artist Matthew McIntyre Wilson, written by Isaac Te Awa for The Vessel issue 1: 'Living Archives'