HDK Graduation Show 2014 – Gothenburg (Sweden) – 6-15 Juin 2014
HDK – School of Design and Crafts University of Gothenburg Sweden (Gothenburg, Sweden) 06-Jun-2014 – 15-Jun-2014 – hdk.gu.se
Artists: Sanna Brantestad — Stina Brännström — Ammeli Engström — Karin Gyllerfelt — Lena Johansson — Rasmus Larson — Li Liang — Sanna Lindholm — Soili Rautanen
Management: Karin Johansson
Li Liang, Necklace, Line, 2014 – Copper, paintLi Liang, MA – ”Line”
I have strong impact of Chinese fine classical paintings and calligraphy since I was a little. I used lines to create forms and place my feelings of nature.
For me, the Chinese calligraphy gives the lines diverse visual possible and spiritual power. The line has stimulated me to discover the sequence and express the emotions from the reality.
I have strong impact of Chinese fine classical paintings and calligraphy since I was a little. I used lines to create forms and place my feelings of nature.
For me, the Chinese calligraphy gives the lines diverse visual possible and spiritual power. The line has stimulated me to discover the sequence and express the emotions from the reality.
Li Liang Necklace: Line, 2014 Copper, paint
Rasmus Larson – Brooch: Pacifistic Contemplations, 2014 – Recycled Tin-soldiers, Acrylic on linen, Caution and Protective tape – Photo: Rasmus Larson
Rasmus Larson, MA – “Pasifistic Contemplations”
The medal, a military grading symbol which is commonly used as a confirmation that marks accomplishments – You’ve done well. What happens when it’s forced to use its purpose but in contradiction tell about the opposite, and take the role to display lives that are forced to fade away in an elimination steeped in destructive and lost conditions. Morphed together with IUCN’s The Red List and thoughts around life form’s fates and circumstances.
The materials used are recycled Tin-soldiers, taken from a time when naïve brutal battles were executed on wall-to-wall carpets without knowledge of the real world’s equal brutality. It takes four soldiers to make one medal. Four if they have rifles and are marching. Acrylic paintings as portraits of lives. The text, to create context and cause. And the ribbon, made out of caution tape and protective tape – which according to the label on the package says: for all kind of caution and protection. They have become my pacifistic contemplations.
The medal, a military grading symbol which is commonly used as a confirmation that marks accomplishments – You’ve done well. What happens when it’s forced to use its purpose but in contradiction tell about the opposite, and take the role to display lives that are forced to fade away in an elimination steeped in destructive and lost conditions. Morphed together with IUCN’s The Red List and thoughts around life form’s fates and circumstances.
The materials used are recycled Tin-soldiers, taken from a time when naïve brutal battles were executed on wall-to-wall carpets without knowledge of the real world’s equal brutality. It takes four soldiers to make one medal. Four if they have rifles and are marching. Acrylic paintings as portraits of lives. The text, to create context and cause. And the ribbon, made out of caution tape and protective tape – which according to the label on the package says: for all kind of caution and protection. They have become my pacifistic contemplations.
Rasmus Larson – Installation: Pacifistic Contemplations, 2014 – Recycled Tin-soldiers, Acrylic on linen, Caution, Protective tape – Photo: Rasmus Larson
Soili Rautanen – Necklace: Face it, 2014 – Wood, copper, textile – Photo: Soili RautanenSoili Rautanen, MA – “Face it”
I want to frame a person. And by doing that I want that the person has its own secrets and stories. The wearer becomes a storyteller through the frames and creates a strong relationship between the wearer and the jewelry. At the same time hundreds of times repeated frame parts formulates a wall around head, protecting its wearer. The frame can either cover or relieve your life but it always tells a story with you.
Lena Johansson – Brooch: Valse Lente, 2014 – Porcelain, steel wire – Photo: Lena Johansson
I want to frame a person. And by doing that I want that the person has its own secrets and stories. The wearer becomes a storyteller through the frames and creates a strong relationship between the wearer and the jewelry. At the same time hundreds of times repeated frame parts formulates a wall around head, protecting its wearer. The frame can either cover or relieve your life but it always tells a story with you.
Lena Johansson – Brooch: Valse Lente, 2014 – Porcelain, steel wire – Photo: Lena JohanssonLena Johansson BA – “Valse Lente”
I dip paper in porcelain, while thinking of certain piles of paper. I make a construction, as a protection for the fragile. With a line that does not cover but coexists, as the shadow.
I dip paper in porcelain, while thinking of certain piles of paper. I make a construction, as a protection for the fragile. With a line that does not cover but coexists, as the shadow.
Sanna Brantestad Necklace: To What Remains When Everything Else Disappears, 2014 Silver, textile 
Sanna Brantestad Necklace: To What Remains When Everything Else Disappears, 2014Sanna Brantestad, BA – “To What Remains When Everything Else Disappears”
2013. The year my beloved mother passed away. The grief casts shadows over everything; nothing is in its place anymore. Another journey, an inner one, has begun.I seek support in my hands.This is a work about days of grief. Of memories. Imprints. A tribute to the small things that mean the most. To what remains when everything else disappears.
2013. The year my beloved mother passed away. The grief casts shadows over everything; nothing is in its place anymore. Another journey, an inner one, has begun.I seek support in my hands.This is a work about days of grief. Of memories. Imprints. A tribute to the small things that mean the most. To what remains when everything else disappears.
Sanna Brantestad To What Remains When Everything Else Disappears, 2014 (Brooch: To What Remains When Everything Else Disappears, 2014 Silverplated copper)
Ammeli Engström – Installation: Yushu Souvenir, 2014 – Silver, alluminium, textile, rubber, leather – Total of 202 pieces – Photo: Ammeli EngströmAmmeli Engström, BA – “Yushu Souvenir”
I look into the fragmental and the constantly changing in what we remember. I work with thoughts of souvenirs as materialized memories.
In metal I search for a language that speaks of transformation. I cast objects to rework them, seeking the boundary between the recognizable and the abstract. Memory helps the eye to whole broken forms. We want to remember. My work revolves around memories as souvenirs, how we carry with us our memories.
I look into the fragmental and the constantly changing in what we remember. I work with thoughts of souvenirs as materialized memories.
In metal I search for a language that speaks of transformation. I cast objects to rework them, seeking the boundary between the recognizable and the abstract. Memory helps the eye to whole broken forms. We want to remember. My work revolves around memories as souvenirs, how we carry with us our memories.
Ammeli Engström – Yushu Souvenir, 2014 Silver, alluminium, textile, rubber, leatherHDK – School of Design and Crafts University of Gothenburg Sweden
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Sweden
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405 30 – Gothenburg
Sweden
Telephone: +46(0)31-786 48 97
