Electrocraft KKV
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | FÖREN KONSTNÄRERNAS KOLLEKTIVVERKSTAD I GBG |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 248 054 |
| Project duration | November 2015 - December 2016 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
Elektroslöjd project focused for a year in the interfacing of workshops, resources and members of 3 different workshops of KKV (ceramics, glass and electronics), in order to transfer knowledge and skills focused on the combination of digital/analog and manual/automated techniques and processes for and art making, in order to develop ´Elektroslöjd´ methods and an exhibition showing the process and results from the project. Exhibition took place in Jarnhällen in Gothenburg, we received 280 visitors. Methods developed are available in hardcopy and as free download from our website.
Expected results and effects
5 of the 6 participants in the project continue R&D collaboratively and they now use 3dprinting and CNC routers as a standard process of mold-making for glass and ceramics making. On Spring 2017, the members of the project will start offering workshops based on the methods developed. Outreach to design and slöjd students was successfully achieved. The group was invited to a day seminar in HDK (Högskolan för design och konsthantverk) to present their work and discuss open source methods for art production. HDK and Röhsska Museum added the Elektroslöjd book series to their libraries.
Planned approach and implementation
We started by teaching participants the basics of the open-source ethos and examples of how this concept has been applied in art production. We also introduced OS methods for documentation and publishing. The next 4 months, each participant taught their area of expertise to each other. After this process of ´re-skilling´,they developed a proposal for the production of an hybrid method and focused in the production & documentation of their methods and artworks. Each method was published in a book and presented along with process and results in the ELEKTROSLÖJD exhibition in Jarnhällen.