At the feet of great-grandmother
My installation is a story about craft, heritage and identity. Using stoneware clay, synthetic loose hair and ashes from my grandfather's orange tree as tools, I have explored these themes. I have also worked with culturally significant symbols from Ghana, the place where the story begins.
Jury Motivation:
A tapestry made of synthetic loose hair with ceramic symbols. Three stools or enlarged headrests in stoneware clay and orange tree ash. The weave is created on a pulley loom in tuskaft and the stools are made by hand and rolled in stoneware clay. A project with bold material choices and unexpected combinations. It points to personal stories and global design histories, where the designer's search for identity is based on his own background.
Scholarship:
Stockholm Furniture Fair. Read more here!