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Ann-Charlotte Nelson Rahme, Långgatan 9, S-19330 Sigtuna, Sweden.
Lottas Garfveri AB, lottasgarveri@gmail.com. www.lottasgarveri.se
Education:
1971-1975 Thorildsplans Technology Gymnasium, Building Technology.
1976-1977 Nyckelviksskolan (crafts)
1982. Jan-June .Bäckedals Folk High School, Course in Ancient Techniques.
1982. Aug.-Dec Umeå University. Archaeology
1985 Uppsala University. Archaeology
1988-1989 Linköping University. Folk High School Teacher.
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Affiliation:
2019-2021 Craftsperson in Residence. The Craft Laboratory University of Gothenburg.
2019 Swedish Mastership certificate as a Tanner. The Swedish Craft Council.
2020 Journeymen and Master Certificate Examinator. The Swedish Craft Council.
Awards:
1990. Craft Scholarship, Swedish Handicraft Unions Association.
2003,2011.The Royal Partiotic Society.
2004. The Swedish Seafood Award” Kungsfenan.
2005. The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture
2012. King Gustaf VI Adolfs Foundation for Swedish Culture.
2016. Handmade Issues, Barbro Wingstrands Scolarship foundation.
Publications:
1991, 2014, 2017, 2021 Skinn garvning och beredning med traditionella metoder.
ISBN 978-91-527-0189-8
1999. Laeder, pergament og skind. Det kongelige Danske Kunstakademien,
2006, 2012, 2019 Fiskskinn garvning och sömnad. ISBN 978-91-519-3675-8
2011 Leather tanneries, the archaeological evidence: Tanning with traditional tools
and techniques. Archetype Publication, ISBN 978-1-904982-61-6
2012, 2021 Fish Leather tanning and sewing ISBN 978-91-519-7816-1
2014 Traditional Tanning, Leather and Furskin. ISBN 978-91-637-1847-22019
2019 CUMULUS 2019 University of Lapland, Rovaniemi Finland. Indigenous Arctic Fish skin clothing traditions: Cultural and ecological impacts on Fashion Higher Education. ISBN:978-952-337-158-3
2021 Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists Journal. Northampton, UK. Indigenous Arctic Fish Skin-A study of different traditional skin processing technology.
2021 Form Academic Vol 14, No2. Proceedings of BICCS 2021 - Biennial International
Conference for The Craft Sciences. Special Issue.
Fish skin, a sustainable material used from ancient times to today's fashion.
2024 Heritage 7,3643-3663, http://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7070173
Traditional Fish Leather Dying Methods with Indigenous Actic Plants.
Conferences
2018 IONA confernece. Vancouver, Fiber to Decorative textiles. Simon Fraser University
2019 Craft Conference 2019. Viljandi, Estonia. FishSkin: Sustainability, Craft and
Material Innovation and its application to Fashion Higher Education.
2019 CUMULUS Conference Rovaniemi, Finland. Indigenous Arctic Fish skin
clothing traditions: Cultural and ecological impacts on Fashion Higher Education.
2021 Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists Journal. Northampton, UK
2021 University of Gothenburg, SE BICCS 2021 - Biennial International.
Conference for The Craft Sciences. Special Issue.
2022 Swedish National Board. DHA 2022 conference in Gotland, Sweden.
Dyes in History and Archaeology. I hade a course and and showed a movie about dying
fish skin and wool.
2023 University of Copenhagen. DHA 2023 conference in CPH. Dyes in History and Archaeology
Grants:
2002, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2018 Estrid Ericssons Stiftelse,
2002 Stiftelsen för Garverinäringens Främjande
2002 Stockholms Hantverksförening
2003, 2004, 2005, 2011Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne
2004 Swedish Authors’ Fund
2005 Konstnärsnämnden, The Arts Grants committee.
2011, 2014 The Swedish Association of Educational Writers
2011 Nordic Culture Fund
2011 Nordic Culture Point
2013 Svenska Jägarförbundet.
2018 Nordic Culture Fund. OPSTART. Grant to deliver the Nordic Fish Leather craft
workshop at Atlantic Leather.
2019 Nordic Culture Fund. Handmade. Grant to deliver the fish skin tanning workshop
during the FishSkin Horizon network event at Atlantic Leather.
2020 Konstnärsnämnden, The Arts Grants committee.
Exhibitions:
1992 Liljevalch's gallery, Stockholm
1998 Liljevalch's gallery, Stockholm
2003 The Nordic Museum, Stockholm
2004 Handicraft in Halmstad
2004 Gallery Järnboden, Hargshamn
2004 Vestnorden Arts & Crafts, Iceland
2005 Green Gallery, Sigtuna
2005-2008 National exhibitions 100 thoughts on crafts
2007 National Science Museum in Tokyo."Sweden meets Linne’ in Japan".
2008 Gallery Järnboden, Hargshamn.
2008 Re-Art, Luna Culture House, Södertälje
2009 Forum, Sigtuna Municipality
2010 The Museum of Ethnography, Sthlm ” Arctic Leather Tanning-A
Cultural Heritage for Humanity”.
2011- 2019 Travelling exhibition ”Arctic Leather Tanning-A Cultural
Heritage for Humanity.
2023 The Nordic Museum in Stockholm.
2023 Stockholm City Museum.
2024 Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum.