Today the exhibition ‘Earth Matters’, curated by Li Edelkoort, opens at Artipelag near Stocholm, Sweden.
I am showing the Oki Naganode, a large seaweed sculpture made in 2013 at the V&A and the Urushi Houses, made in collaboration with Urushi craftsmen from Wajima.

EARTH MATTERS: When Natural & Creative Forces Meet
DATES: 6 February – 3 May 2015
PLACE: Artipelag Art Gallery, Värmdö, Sweden
CURATORS: Lidewij Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano

More info: Earth Matters PR ENGLISH

http://www.artipelag.se/en/exhibition/earth-matters-when-natural-creative-forces-meet

Design from Nowhere won the first Icelandic Design Award, yay!

The project was curated by Pete Collard and Karna Sigurðardóttir. Designers Gero Grundmann, Max Lamb, Thorunn Arnadottir and myself collaborated with craftsmen in Eastern Iceland. The results were exhibited during Design March at Spark Gallery in Reykjavik. Underneath you can see some impressions of our fantastic time in Iceland. Congratulations everyone!

Karna and Thorunn receiving the prize

Designs from Nowhere display at Spark Gallery, Reykjavik

Collecting kelp on the shore

Seaweed lamp

Antler Trains by Gero Grundmann

Antler trains and wooden houses by Gero Grundmann

Pete Collard as wanderer above the sea of fog

Kelp Geometries

Icelandic Seaweed

Polar Bear made from sheep bone by Gero Grundmann

Seaweed vessels

A micro volcano on seaweed

Stone Cubes by Max Lamb

Skipping Ropes and bag by Thorunn Arnadottir

Micro-Ocean

Last week Julia Lohmann won the acclaimed Arts Foundation Award for Materials Innovation, sponsored by the Clothmaker’s Foundation, for her work with seaweed. Together with Bart Hess , Alkesh Parmar and Marjan Van Aubel she was nominated for the award and was given the prize by Oscar winning author, playwright and screenwriter Sir Ronald Harwood.

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The Department of Seaweed
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

April 2013 – September 2013

Artist Residency at the V&A

More Info HERE