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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.

2021           Märta Måås Fjätterström Scholarship for significant work or effort that promotes the craft, Stockholm Craft Association.

 

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,

          ISBN 87-89730-22-4

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.


Lottas Garfveri AB, Långgatan 9
19330 Sigtuna
070-3127846

lottasgarveri.com

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