HÅNDVÆRK bookazine

HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 14 was launched end March. In no. 14, you will meet — in a series of double portraits — masters and apprentices. People with knowledge, skills and passion – craft makers and artisans who are carriers of culture. You will also be introduced to a wide range of masterworks and the masters behind them. HÅNDVÆRK promotes the living, changing practice of art and crafts. HÅNDVÆRK is about architecture, design, crafts, art, fashion and food – but most of all, it is about people. In HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 14, you will meet masters and apprentices who are passionate about their fields and about each other and you will be introduced to the following: ANNA SØGAARD BJØRNS TRÆVÆRK OG RESTAURERING BOBEL STUDIO CHRIS LILJENBERG HALSTRØM DET KONGELIGE AKADEMI EMILIE PAKKE HOLM FILTVÆRKET GLASBOLAGET HELLE TROLLE HONXIA WANG HOTEL- OG RESTAURANTSKOLEN KØBENHAVN ISABEL WANG PONTOPPIDAN JOSEFINA ENEVOLD KARIN CARLANDER KOSTA BODA LISBET FRIIS MAGMA MARIE HOLST NIKOLINE LIV ANDERSEN SKRUFS GLASBRUK SOFIE BERG SVINKLØV BADEHOTEL THEM OBJECTS TINY OFFICE TRONHJEM RØMER

I’m Rigetta Klint- designer, photographer and writer and behind the print bookazine HÅNDVÆRK published twice a year. In the publication I draw on my lengthy experience and career, first as a practicing maker and designer and later as a writer and photographer. With a clear and consistent emphasis on craftsmanship and materiality, the HÅNDVÆRK bookazine portrays the living, changing practice of design and craft through in-depth interviews and portraits painted in both words and images. The HÅNDVÆRK bookazine focuses on craft in its own right and as a necessary basis for architecture, art, fashion and interior design as well as for a good meal. Each issue of the HÅNDVÆRK bookazine focuses on a specific theme and published in a Danish and an English version. Feel free to read the online magazine. (link on profile) If you are interested in learning more, go to the online kiosk also from profile- and order one or more printbookazines here.

Ærø out and over- Thank you for the great hosting @_gravendal_ - thank you for the endless number of good conversations, none mentioned, none forgotten, I will tell about the conversations in HÅNDVÆRK bookazine 15 which will be published in September- Until then enjoy reading no. 3,4,5,6 7 8,9,10,11,12,13, and 14 available Online and in shops in 20+ countries Also at Ærø!

The interior architect and furniture designer Åke Axelsson has passed away at the age of 94. Long live his memory I had the hour and great pleasure to meet him in 2020 at @apetersen_collection @ake.axelsson.arkitektkontor Then I wrote: I ask whether all his furniture is made in Sweden, and he looks at me as if he does not get the question. I wonder if we hit a language barrier, but I quickly realize that this is not a language issue – to him, the question is non-existent. Of course, his production is in Sweden, that is the whole point. Just as it is part of the point that as a trained cabinetmaker, he is able to make his own prototypes. We round off our talk. Åke and his girlfriend have lost their luggage during their journey from Stockholm and need to go shopping for some clothes to wear at the opening reception. Before they leave, I am allowed to take a photo of Åke in one of the chairs that are made in the small workshop in Vaxholm. The chair is beautiful. Åke is even more beautiful. ( follow link in profile to the full story)

From HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 14 tje @josefinaenevold studio is located in the basement under a large housing block. To get there, I have to pass through a couple of other workshops and a communal kitchen. Her three rooms are cave-like, packed from floor to ceiling with her own printed textiles, drawings, material samples, old clothing with beautiful patterns and other curiosities: an irresistible universe, patterned in a way where more is more. Want to read the bookazine? By it online by following link in profile or from a fysical shop near by

From HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no 13 on @hedestrik From the bookazine: Occasionally an initiative taps into its time with such precision that success seems inevitable. One such example is Hedestrik [Heath Knitting], which practises ‘dogma knitting’. I met Maja and Liva in January 2025. At the time, their endeavour was very successful. At the time of writing, May 2025, they are not just a success but have become a household name, at least in households with an interest in wool. Hedestrik has been nominated as Initiative of the Year by the national newspaper Politiken. They have held numerous courses in dogma knitting and felting, taught at the Scandinavian Design College in Holte, taken part in a panel debate at Copenhagen’s Main Library about future clothing, held a workshop at the National Museum of Denmark and produced a woollen stage set for FOYER – A Cabaret of Broken Dreams, the latter in collaboration with Babette McPhillips. Since then they haven’t been on the lazy side… Want to know more- grab your bookazine online by following link in profile

Thank you @gallerisonja for opening your doors exclusively for me today and showing me ceramic works by Cécile Daladier The beautiful exhibition is curated and designed by @mentzeottenstein From the press release: “While creating pique-fleurs vases, I am working with flowers and water directly in a way. Using a little water and a few small wildflowers can be considered quite futile and weak. But when you insert the stalk of a flower and place water in the pique-fleurs, you discover a strength. You discover that you are in the continuation of a creative process. You bring your own personal interpretation. Just like in music, the pique-fleurs is a kind of instrument, and you are playing it in your own way” - Cécile Daladier Cécile Daladier’s artistic work focuses on nature, plants and water. Although Daladier has worked with installation, painting, and collage, her practice has, in recent years, found its most concentrated expression in ceramics. Yet, her works move beyond any conventional understanding of the medium. Her vases unfold as intimate garden worlds — miniature landscapes where fragile, broken flowers take root behind protective walls, and where fragments gather into small material collages. Each piece appears as a quiet poetic gesture, a modest yet resonant manifestation.

I am busy with articles for the next HÅNDVÆRK bookazine which will be published in September - in the coming days I will be working on Bornholm and am well accommodated in @villasonja_bornholm

Warmest congratulations to @alberte_svendsen_ and @marianne_kbh who today received the Inga and Ejvind Kold Christensen Prize 2026 The award ceremony took place in the beautiful surroundings of @kunstglstrand I had the pleasure of speaking with Marianne Nielsen for an article in HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 5. To honour the prize recipient, I’ve shared a linked excerpt — find it in today’s Stories. If you’d like to read more, you can purchase the bookazine (with Marianne’s hands gracing the cover) via the link in my bio I look forward to speaking more with Alberte Svendsen on another occasion — I was given a brief introduction to her work a few years ago when she exhibited at Officinet on Bredgade. Photo 4 with her wood work is from the current exhibition at @kunsthalcharlottenborg

From HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no. 11 about basket weaving and about @maiskovflet Grab the wood themed bookazine online by following link in profile- you can get it with Danish or English text

From HÅNDVÆRK bookazine no 7 on @langstedgaard_cider The bookazine is still available online - follow lonk in profile Photo 3 Glass @framacph Yarn @detvildespinderi

New online article, link in profile Just as Denmark has a strong tradition for designer furniture for a wide audiencee- we also have a tradition for decorative art: craft objects put into systematic production and thus made accessible to a broader section of the public than more expensive one-off pieces. Therefore, I was thrilled when I heard about @kahlerdesign ’s latest collaboration: the Kantarel (Chanterelle) series. created by the Danish-Icelandic ceramic artist and designer Thora Finnsdottir, who graduated from the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen in 2009. The Kantarel series includes a vase, a candleholder and a small dish. Thora Finnsdottir has a deep interest in biology and bases her sketches and modelling on thorough studies. In collaboration with Kähler’s production specialists, she has created a new series with a visual expression that is reminiscent of classic Kähler pieces and which brings form, material and glaze together in sublime fashion. An achievement that is only possible when the development process has been in the hands of someone who knows their trade. Congratulations to Kähler, congratulations to consumers – and thanks to @thorafinnsdottir @rosendahlcph is owner of the brand Kähler