The binder uses her senses as gates, through which she throws her bonds. Her perception is bound by the softness of the flesh. Born out of the body. The weaving is bound by the relation between tense and loose materials, and in the binder’s body the same tense and loose connections appear: those between fear and devotion, anxiety and conviction.
The separation is sticky. She hangs on to an idea of scales, of distance between weaving and reality. The distance seems defined by closeness, like the weaving is binded by threads that cross and split, open and close.

Hanna Norrna works with weaving as an alchemical formula and ritual gesture - an intertwining of silent knowledge and spirituality, mythology and materiality. Her practice touches how craft, passion, vulnerability, body and sanctity are connected and claims its space.

At the core of Norrna’s weaving process is the silkworm. An originally wild species, domesticated for thousands of years for human needs and productions. In the summers, she breeds silkworms in her home and follow the caterpillars' growing transformation into butterflies. She processes their cocoons into thread and dye them with symbolic plants. 

In her loom, the home-grown silk is placed into systems of bindings and meetings between metallic and animal materials. Layers and fields with various centers of gravity and density grow. In exhibitions, the woven material extends into spatial and site-specific installations.






photo: Anna Hulth



Hanna Norrna

Born 1993 in Skövde
Based in Gothenburg

hannanorrna@gmail.com
+46738030380

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Upcoming


2024   Byssus - with Maja Lund Hvidtfeldt, Officinet, Copenhagen DK


Exhibitions (solo)

2022    Förbindelserna och skälen, Galleri KC, Gothenburg

2021    Speîra, Pannrummet - Konstepidemin, Gothenburg

2020    Bindarens skala, Omnikvariatet, Uppsala

2019    The secret unweaving of Pulse and Psyche, Doma / doma / DOMA / 土間, Gothenburg

2019    Untouchable, monumental and intimate - Textival Literature Festival, Rehabshop, Gothenburg


(duo & group)

2024    Morus, Silk Museum in Soufli (PIOP) GR

2023   Ecotone, Uppsala Konstnärsklubb, Uppsala

2023    Morus - with Irini Gonou and Kleopatra Tsali, Galleri Apoteket, Roma

2022    Sea silk - with Maja Lund Hvidtfeldt, North Atlantic Lighthouse, Hanstholm DK

2021    Sea Treasures, Gathenhielmska huset - Stranded Pearls - GIBCA Extended, Gothenburg

2021    Common ground, Konsthallen Lokstallet, Strömstad  

2019    Craft Day, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg

2018    Rich Harvest, Spinnerei Gallery Tour, Leipzig GE

2018    6 Masters, Almgrens Sidenväveri och Museum, Stockholm


Education

2016-2018    MA Fine Arts in Crafts, Academy of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg

2013-2016    BA Fine Arts in Crafts - Textile Art, Academy of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg

2022    Introduction to Art and Health, HDK-Valand

2020    Skrivandets förhandlingar, Konstfack, Stockholm

2020    Skrivandet som konstnärligt verktyg, Academy of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg

2018    Western Esotericism, Södertörn University Stockholm


Commissions

2022   Weaving infant shrouds with Birgitta Nordström, Spädbarnsfonden

2020    Sketch commisson, Östra sjukhuset Göteborg, Västfastigheter


Participation

2022    Kollegium: Reading group, two-days symposium on the book  Matriarchal Societies by Heide Goettner Abendroth, Gothenburg

2021    Lux, published by Aber Press, Malmö

2019    Assisting at Public Weaving Hour - Revisiting the (Weaving) Workshop, Röhsska Museum

2016    I sin linda, participating in Birgitta Nordström's research (ongoing)


Residencies


2022    Homemotion, Athens GR

2021    Kosteröarna, Klangbotten/Kultur i Väst SE

2020    Nordic Watercolor Museum, Skärhamn SE

2019    Textílsetur Íslands, Blönduós IS

2018    Leipzig International Art Program, Leipzig GE

2017    Takt Artist Residency, Berlin GE

2016    Guest Weaver at Kolding Design School DK


Teaching

2024    Guest teacher in Fiber Knowledge, HDK-Valand  

2023    Substitute technician, Fiber Workshop, HDK-Valand

2020    Guest teacher in digital preparations for screen printing, HDK-Valand

2019    Guest teacher in digital weaving, HDK-Valand

2019    Workshops and evening courses in screen printing, Kulturhuset Blå Stället, Göteborg  


Press

2021    MAI Feminism, Issue 8: Womens Craft  (interview)

2021    Digital Weaving Norway: Makers Space Profile #3: Icelandic Textile Center (featured)  


Selected grants

2023   Craft and design projects in Denmark and abroad, Danish Arts Foundation

2023   Project grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2022    Craft and design projects in Denmark and abroad, Danish Arts Foundation

2022    1-year working grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2020    1-year working grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2018    Eric Ericssons stiftelse


Memberships

Konstnärernas Riksorganisation (KRO)

Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige

Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad Göteborg