HDK. Academy of Design and Crafts
Published: 22.08.2017
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We believe in diversity. At the Jewellery Art programme at HDK we supply our students with well-equipped workshops, challenging projects and time for free exploration during their journey towards finding a unique artistic voice. Working with traditional techniques as well as investigating modern design approaches generates a variety of opportunities in the jewellery art field. The Academy premises in Gothenburg, originally build in 1904, house Design, Textile Art, Ceramic Art and Jewellery Art programmes in an open atmosphere where students cross share knowledge. Our teachers are active artists and we strive to keep a close contact with the art community and society on both the local and the global scenes.As a student you are encouraged to research materials and artistic ideas individually and in groups. International artists are invited as guest teachers to provide new perspectives. You will improve your skills to present and discuss your work. Artistic practice combined with reflection helps you grow a strong identity as an artist.
The Jewellery Art programme at HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts is a part of the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at University of Gothenburg.
HDK offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree programmes.
Teachers
Visiting Professor: Karin JohanssonDirector of studies, Lecturer: Klara Brynge
Selection of visiting guest teachers and lecturers:
Mia Maljojoki (DE), Gemma Draper (ES), Ulrich Reithofer (DE), Hanna Hedman (SE), Tore Svensson (SE), Adam Grinovich (SE), Jenny Klemming (SE), David Clarke (UK), Hilde de Decker (BE), Karin Seufert (DE), Lisa Walker (NZ), Marc Monzó (ES), Lin Cheung (UK), Terhi Tolvanen (NL), Sara Borgegård (SE), Märta Mattsson (SE), Mikiko Minewaki (JPN), Lucy Sarneel (NL), Lena Olson (SE), David Huycke (BE), Peter Hoogeboom (NL), Mah Rana (UK), Norman Weber (DE), Kim Buck (DK), Noon Passama (TH/NL), Despo Sophocleous (DE), Nhat-Vu Dang (NL/DE), Benedikt Fischer (AU/NL), Nicolas Cheng (SE), Beatrice Brovia (SE)
Events 
Necklace: A4, 2015
Aluminium
Photo by: Anna Norrgrann
From series: The Flow within and the Flight from a Standard Size
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Necklace: A4.7, 2016
Aluminum
22 x 0.5 x 29 cm
Photo by: Anna Norrgrann
From series: The Flow within and the Flight from a Standard Size
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Brooch: Frozen Moment, 2015
Polymer, crushed marble, gold
Photo by: Jelizaveta Suska
Awarded at: Herbert Hofmann Prize 2016
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Brooch: Frozen Moment, 2015
Polymer, crushed marble, gold
Photo by: Jelizabeta Suska
Awarded at: Herbert Hofmann Prize 2016
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Piece: Pose, 2014
Textile, silver
Photo by: Karin Gyllerfelt
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Installation: Pose, 2014
Textile, silver
Photo by: Karin Gyllerfelt
My work, entitled Pose, concerns the experience of being body in relationship to the room, as well as the experience of being body in relationship to others. Through the encounter between my pieces and the viewer/wearer I want to make the viewer/wearer aware of its own body, and its placement in the room. I’m interested in the tension and attraction that will occur. I’ve played with shapes that will indicate wearability and possibly evoke a desire to wear. The work consists of pieces made out of mainly textile second-hand material. I’m interested in the close relationship between the textile and the body. The clothes have been used and I therefore see them as somehow loaded material that carries different expressions and ability to evoke associations.
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Installation: Flora Candestina, 2015
Silver, ceramic, textile, various materials
Photo by: Karin Johansson
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Necklace: Flora Candestina, 2015
Silver, ceramic, textile
Photo by: Sofia Bankeström
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Installation: Warriors, 2014
Mixed media
Photo by: Karin Johansson
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Lena JohanssonBrooch: Valse Lente, 2014
Porcelain, steel wire.
Photo by: Lena Johansson
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.
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Brooch: Pacifistic Contemplations, 2014
Recycled Tin-soldiers, Acrylic on linen, Caution and Protective tape.
Photo by: Rasmus Larson
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.
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Installation: Yushu Souvenir, 2014
Silver, aluminium, textile, rubber, leather.
Photo by: Ammeli Engström
Total of 202 pieces
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.
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Li LiangNecklace: Line, 2014
Copper, paint.
Awarded at: Marzee Graduation Award 2014
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.
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Necklace: Line, 2014
Copper, paint.
Photo by: Li Liang
Awarded at: Marzee Graduation Award 2014
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.
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Necklace: Face it, 2014
Wood, copper, textile
Photo by: Soili Rautanen
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Anna-Karin HaagBrooch: Untitled, 2013
Renshape, textile, veneer
12 to 15 cm
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Li LiangPiece: Untitled, 2014
Porcelain
3 to 15 cm
Jewellery/objects
Photo: Emanuel Cederqvist
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Charlotte MaslovBrooch: Untitled, 2012
Copper, silver, enamel
4,8 x 5,7 cm
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Anna NorrgrannPendant: Untitled, 2013
Silver, aluminum, copper, zink, brass, nylon thread
from 3 to 31 cm
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Elin FlognmanNecklace: Untitled, 2013
Wax, copper, brass, gold, leather, thread
40 x 25 x 8 cm
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Sara MalmPiece: Untitled, 2013
Copper, leather
28 x 15 x 5 cm
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Sofia BankeströmNecklace: Beats, 2013
Balloons, plastic, cotton thread
5 cm
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Karin GyllerfeltBrooch: Imprint, 2013
Silver, oilpaint
12 x 7,5 cm
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Charlotte MaslovBrooch: Untitled, 2013
Silver, gold, enamel
6 x 4 cm
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Sara MalmPiece: The depth of the sea, 2012
Copper, elastic string
23 x 10 x 5 cm
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