Vestnorden Arts & Crafts 2002
First West Nordic Arts & Crafts Exhibition
The first West Nordic arts and crafts exhibition was in the Laugardalur Sports Hall in Reykjavik 20th to the 24th of November 2002. It was the largest West Nordic event that year and the West Nordic countries, Iceland, Greenland and The Faroe Islands, cooperated in making the exhibition as grand as possible, gathering together the best arts and crafts people of the three countries and inviting nine neighbour nations to participate.
The Minister Industry and Commerce, Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, opened the exhibition on Wednesday the 20th of November. In her opening speech the minister talked about the importance of the West Nordic cooperation, especially in arts and culture. She said that in the future the exhibition would be held alternately in the three countries and other nations would be invited to participate for more diversity. The exhibition is the result of the contact and cooperation of the crafts people of the three West Nordic countries, that has been developing over the recent years. The pupose of the exhibition is also to make a wider network of crafts people in the northern hemisphere and therefore people from Scandinavia, the Baltic countries and Canada have been invited.
Arts and crafts objects from twelve countries and regions were exhibited at Vestnorden Arts & Crafts 2002. The exhibitors came from Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Greenland, The Aland Isles, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Canada. 140 crafts people participated, and the greatest number came from the hosting nation, Iceland, 65 exhibitors. The exhibition was a unique event because this was the first time people from all the Scandinavian countries got together for the purpose of exhibiting arts and crafts and this was also the first time arts and crafts people from the Baltic countries were invited to an arts and crafts exhibition abroad.
At the exhibition diversity was the main theme and large and small objects were on display. There were handmade candles, ceramics, ocjects made of fleece, things carved of wood or bone, jewelry, leather goods, furs and knitted clothes, to name just a few things. All the things at the exhibition were for sale and the participants were quite happy with the sales and thought the exhibition was a good platform to present and sell their work. Some of the exhibitors had workshops and showed the guests how they made their objects and at some of the workshops the guest were allowed to try their hand at making things, for exemple making candles or clay pots. The largest object that was made in the workshops at the exhibition was a traditional row boat for four rowers from the Faroe Island. The boat was made by the boat builders Jóan Pétur og Marius Clementsen and the boat was sold in Iceland.
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| Aland | |
| Anna-Lena Beckman | Textiles |
| Ann Granlund | Textiles |
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| Canada | |
| Annemieke Mulders | Handicrafts |
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| Denmark | |
| Helga Isager | Knitting |
| Mai Hvid Jørgensen | Wood |
| Helle Mogensen | Skals Handarbejdskole |
| Thea Najsum | Jewelry |
| F. Björk Ottósdóttir | Skals Handarbejdskole |
| Inge-Marie Regnar | Wood |
| Mette Lise Rössing | Skals Handarbejdskole |
| Birthe Sahl | Ceramics, jewelry |
| Grete Westh | Ceramics |
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| Estonia | |
| Ave Matsin | Belts |
| Maiken Mündi | Lace etc. |
| Silja Nõu | Knitting |
| Rait Pihlap | Musical instruments |
| Liivi Soova | Handicrafts |
| Valdur Tilk | Woodcarving |
| Igor Tõnurist | Musical instruments |
| Liina Veskimägi | Knitting |
| Faroe Islands | |
| Jóan P. Clementsen | Wood |
| Marius Clementsen | Wood |
| Dania Danielsen | Knitting |
| Ása Hátún | Woolens |
| Poulina Jensen | Weaving and national costumes |
| Súsan Johansen | Knitting |
| Elisabeth Kruse | Woolens |
| Guðrun Ludvig | Skins |
| Finnur Olsen | Jewelry |
| Borgný Patursson | Knitting |
| Sjúrður Poulsen | Carving |
| Guðrið Poulsen | Ceramics |
| Dagmar Sörensson | Trolls heads |
| Poula Sørensen | Woolens |
| Inga Maria Vang | Clothes |
| Jórun Vang | Knitting |
| 3-arin | Jewelry |
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| Finland | |
| Carina Nyman | Handicrafts |
| Marleena Vento | Handicrafts |
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| Greenland | |
| Thue Christiansen | Objects made of sealskin |
| Inge Heinrich | Handicrafts |
| Dorthe Ingemann | Woolens |
| Susanne Möller | Handicrafts |
| Marie Nielsen | Skin and leather |
| Bodil Pedersen | Leather |
| Barbara Sillassen | Leater |
| Inge Lynge Skydsberg | Handicrafts |
| Iceland | |
| Aðalbjörg Erlendsdóttir | Silk |
| Anna B. Þorbergsdóttir | Ceramics |
| Anna Gunnarsdóttir | Skin & leather |
| Anna Kristinsdóttir | Textiles |
| Anna María Sveinbjörnsdóttir | Jewelry |
| Anna Sigríður Hróðmarsdóttir | Porcelain, ceramics etc. |
| Auður Gísladóttir | Knitting |
| Axel Björnsson | Woodcarving |
| Ásta Björk Friðbertsdóttir | Objects made of hair |
| Ásthildur Thorsteinsson | Textiles |
| Birna Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir | Ceramics, sculptures etc |
| Björn Björnsson | Woodcarving |
| Dagný Þrastardóttir | Glass |
| Dröfn Guðmundsdóttir | Glass |
| Dýrfinna Torfadóttir | Jewelry |
| Edda Magnúsdóttir | Ocjects made of fish bones |
| Eggert Jóhannsson | Skins and furs |
| Elísabet Pétursdóttir | Skin & leather |
| Elín J. Ólafdóttir | Knitting |
| Elínborg Kjartansdóttir | Glass, lamps and candles |
| Georg Hollanders | Toys |
| Guðmundur Sigurðsson | Woodcarving |
| Guðrún Hallfríður Bjarnadóttir | Textiles |
| Guðrún Jónsdóttir | Leather and fish skins |
| Guðrún Steingrímsdóttir | Horn and bone |
| Gunnar Eyjólfsson | Woodcarving |
| Hannes Lárusson | Wood and metal |
| Harpa Kristjánsdóttir | Jewelry |
| Heimilisiðnaðarfélagið | Weaving etc. |
| Helga B Jónasdóttir | Candles |
| Helga Einarsdóttir | Filigree |
| Helga Friðbjörnsdóttir | Textiles |
| Helga Magnúsdóttir | Wood |
| Helgi Björnsson | Woodcarving |
| Hildur Símonardóttir | Glass and ceramics |
| Hólmfríður Arngrímsdóttir | Ceramics |
| Holmfríður Ófeigsdóttir | Knitting |
| Hrönn Vilhelmsdóttir | Textiles |
| Hugrún Ívarsdóttir | Carving |
| Ingibjörg Kolbeinsdóttir | Iron |
| Ingveldur Bjarnabóttir | Glass and ceramics |
| Jenný Karlsdóttir | Pattern books |
| Jóhanna Haraldsdóttir | Toys and wood objects |
| Jón Marínó Jónsson | Violins |
| Jónína Óskarsdóttir | Ceramics |
| Karítas A Þórðardóttir | Textiles |
| Kristin Cardew | Knitting |
| Kristín K Þorgeirsdóttir | Icelandic Yule Lads |
| Lára Vilbergsdóttir | Paper and skins |
| Margo Renner | Glass and candles |
| María Guðmundsdóttir | Textiles |
| Ólöf Davíðsdóttir | Glass |
| Páll Jónsson | Wood |
| Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir | Wood |
| Rannveig Helgadóttir | Knitting |
| Sigríður Jóna Kristjándsdóttir | Woodcarving |
| Sigríður Elfa Sigurðardóttir | Woolens |
| Sigrún Björgvins | Filt |
| Siiri Lomb | Skins |
| Snjólaug Guðmundsdóttir | Textiles |
| Soffía Magnúsdóttir | Textiles |
| Steinunn Helgadóttir | Ceramics |
| Þóra Gísladóttir | Knitting |
| Latvia | |
| Ilze Andresone | Handicrafts |
| Janis Keiselis | Wood |
| Anita Kovjazina | Traditional jewelry |
| Džeima Krike | Skin and leather |
| Vilnis Krikis | Skin and leather |
| Mara Kupla | Ceramics |
| Maris Maninš | Weaving |
| Dagmara Priberga | Lace |
| Signe Pujate | Handicrafts |
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| Lithuania | |
| Terese Jurkuviene | Handicrafts |
| Rita Pauliukonyte | Handicrafts |
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| Norway | |
| Jon Dahlmo | Wood |
| Arthur Johansen | Woodcarving |
| Arne Kettel | Leather |
| Torill Kåsmo | Hatmaking |
| Marit Løvhaug | Knitting |
| Åse Tangrand | Ceramics |
| Åsvard Tangrand | Glass |
| Gunvor Tangrand | Ceramics |
| Torgeir Thorsen | Woodcarving |
| Kirsti Tverå | Hatmaking |
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| Sweden | |
| Göran Bäckman | Woodcarving |
| Yvonne Bävman | Woolens |
| Niklas Ejve | Silverware |
| Christel Khan | Metal |
| Jonas Larsen | Glass |
| Lennart Larsson | |
| Elisabeth Palm | Ceramics |
| Nina Skoland | Knitting |
| Marta Trolin | Skin and leather clothes |