Arts & Crafts, a movement that started in England around the turn of the century 1900, concerns the significance of handicraft in creative design, together with the adoption of social responsibility and the creation of a good home and quality of life – for poor and rich alike. Knowledge about the correlation between materials, technology and design, and how various technical manufacturing problems have been solved through history are two areas that are related to questions of sustainability and the ability to choose the most suitable method in a particular context. I believe that the increasing interest for folk art in our days is coupled with a desire to expand our panorama beyond the western design that has become the norm.
In the coming years, I intend to continue my research into the Swedish Arts & Crafts movement, in particular as it is expressed in the home of artists Karin and Carl Larsson in Sundborn, with all its examples of reuse and a reverence for local handicraft and culture.
I strive to ensure that my research is an integral part of the education at Malmstens, and that it is compatible with the visions of what we’re trying to achieve here, in both the long and short terms. The interests, questions, points of view and knowledge of the students guide and support me in my research and vice versa: the construction of knowledge I achieve provides a new basis of the ongoing development, achievement of greater depth and reflection of the students.
In the coming years, I intend to continue my research into the Swedish Arts & Crafts movement, in particular as it is expressed in the home of artists Karin and Carl Larsson in Sundborn, with all its examples of reuse and a reverence for local handicraft and culture.
I strive to ensure that my research is an integral part of the education at Malmstens, and that it is compatible with the visions of what we’re trying to achieve here, in both the long and short terms. The interests, questions, points of view and knowledge of the students guide and support me in my research and vice versa: the construction of knowledge I achieve provides a new basis of the ongoing development, achievement of greater depth and reflection of the students.
