artisans - open studio day

Dag van de AMBACHTEN
Journée de l'ARTISAN
Sunday 5 February 2012
Nationwide (in Belgium) craftsmen and women open their studios

furniture, music, glass, paper, perfume, metal, flowers, fashion & textiles, leather & fur, earthenware, ceramics, plaster, stone, wood, grafic arts, jewelry, gastronomy & delicatessen...

one of the participating ceramists is Veerle Van Den Broeck whose studio I happened to visit May 2010

www.veerlevandenbroeck.be

a list of all participating artisans and opening times of studios

www.dagvandeambachten.be

related posts - other participating artists

gorgeous ceramics by Marleen De Vos

Tim Wagendorp



Swedish contemporary arts & crafts

A street in Södermalm, the southern island of Stockholm.  One gallery next to the other, arts & crafts galore.  An impression of just a few of them...

blås&knåda
an economic society for working potters and glassblowers

Eva Ullberg in current exhibition (until April 6 - 2011)

Gertrud Båge in current exhibition at the gallery until April 6 - 2011

and more than 40 other artists in the shop

Erika Lövqvist with fun glass jewelry

Eva Zethraeus with wallpieces inspired by nature

Ida Just Möller with playful candleholders and delicate flowers

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Smide och Form

Contemporary jewelry made right here

I just love to see the place where magic happens ... where an idea of the artist becomes reality and begins its journey.

Michael Hamma

Hedvig Westermark

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These and other galleries are all located on Hornsgatspuckeln, the artists' quarter in the Söder district.

One of the sidestreets overlooking the water towards Gamla Stan, the old city. 

Just found out that many locations in the Millenium series are right here in this neighbourhood.

a bit further, just around the corner is :

Konsthantverkarna

one of Sweden's oldest craft associations with 85 members.

Carl Richard Söderström - current exhibition in the gallery until April 5, 2011

more artists in the shop

wearable art by Johanna Törnqvist

I don't have the names of these artists

intriguing patterns in glass by Bevan Taka

The day is drawing to an end and I haven't seen all of it...

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arts & crafts in Malmö

sculptor Guido van Vliet

A studio I could spend hours in.  Loving the dust left from carved stone settling on silent figures.  The tools worn from intensive use.  Quirky details adding more charm.  A lovely little bird returning every year to make its nest in the midst of sculptures.  A charming artist who explains his work with passion and love. The kind of studio I love to visit.

www.guidovanvliet.be

Seen during the open studio tour Kunstroute-Leuven 2010.

To view more posts on the studio tour : click on label below.

Daniel Schwarz - Fire & Iron

On the Autobahn from Zürich to Basel we suddenly decide to leave the highway and take the smaller roads in the countryside. It seemed more than just coincidence that we decided to do so just at that point.

The first village we reach has large steel sculptures alongside the road, we definitely had to stop to see where these came from.

Signs lead towards a house and large studio hidden in the green hills.

We go and see where the loud noise of working tools come from.

The artist and artisan at work is Daniel Schwarz

- explaining how he shapes the iron on a beautiful worn out log -

- showing us his impressive works made in various techniques in the studio, garden and exhibition area.

He makes custom build works together with garden designers

Gets inspiration from various artists like Giacometti ...

... Dali ... and others

- work in progress, the painting is the first part of a triptych -

Currently participating in Skulptura 2009 - Kunstort Glarnerland - Switserland