CraftWork4. All is calling you to Craft Academy Sweden
Are you a crafter or creative passionate about paper, lithography or linoleum?
Do you want to explore how craft can contribute to a more sustainable, inclusive and entrepreneurial society?
Then join us for Stone & Soul Craft Academy in Sweden, a dynamic 3-day workshop and hybrid hackathon at Helliden Folk High School (Skövde, Sweden), a renowned centre for paper crafts. The workshop is designed as a hybrid learning experience, allowing participants to choose whether to attend fully online or in-person, depending on their location and availability.
5 Sep
5/09/2025
SWEDEN and ONLINE
7 Sep
7/09/2025
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english
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free
Stone & Soul: Sustainable Lithography, Linoleum and Paper for Contemporary Artists is an innovative event that brings together makers, artisans and entrepreneurs to:
Note: All travel and accommodation costs are covered
We are looking for:
Who should apply?
Crafters and creatives working in or exploring the realms of paper, lithography and linoleum (with little or no prior experience in the techniques).
Individuals with a passion for innovation and collaboration.
Those interested in exploring the intersection of craft and social impact.
Makers looking to develop their entrepreneurial skills.
At the end of the programme, all participants will receive an official Certificate of Achievement, a recognised document formally issued and signed by the Helliden Folk High School and bearing the CraftWork4All label and providing a detailed record of the activities undertaken, the outputs produced and the competences acquired throughout the programme.
During this immersive 3-day experience, you will:
Participate in hands-on workshops to deepen your knowledge of lithography, paper and linoleum techniques. The participants will be working in one of the 3 groups specialising in either Lithography, Paper or Linoleum.
Collaborate in teams to design and prototype craft products that address contemporary challenges.
Learn how to integrate sustainability, inclusiveness and entrepreneurship into your creative practice.
Develop a business plan to introduce your co-created products to a wider market.
Present your ideas and prototypes to a panel of experts and receive valuable feedback.
Participation Conditions
By the end of the Craft Academy, you will have:
Contributed to the creation of innovative and sustainable craft pieces (for details, see ‘Rights of use of the granting authority on materials, documents and information received for policy, information, communication, dissemination and publicity purposes’, first question of this form)
Gained valuable knowledge and skills in traditional and contemporary craft techniques.
Developed a business plan for bringing craft products to European markets.
Become part of a strong, collaborative community of practice.
Instructor
Within this program
14 Jun
Saturday, 14. Jun
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Radionica
Kurs
Irish and Dublin-based artis James Early will join the team od Stanišić Atelier in Sombor for a one-month residency. His work emanates the notion of constructive deconstruction inherit to the artisanry of stained-glass. His work delas with: “wide ranging themes of power, societal imbalances, religion, politics and ultimately, the inhumanity of man. His artworks are a visual meditation and reflection of these themes”.
Through the preparatory stages and conceptualization of this residency stay James and Aleksandra Stanišić established vivid communication and got acquainted with each other’s professional and family history – they both come from a long line of stained-glass makers.
Together they will work on developing a paravane piece influenced and inspired by street art, graphic design, digital art, and heritage objects in Serbia (glass collection from the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade, street-urban scene, monuments of WWII). The expected result will fuse the digital tools and the hand-made, craft-based execution.
The final piece will be exhibited in the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade in December 2024.
James Early
James Earley lives and works in Dublin. His artistic practice draws from street art, graphic design and passed down knowledge of stained glass making. His signature is the visual deconstruction of form, carefully constructed in new symmetry and balance. James’s pieces are made through application of digital tools in service of analogue artworks, “he embraces technology to create complex, layered, highly charged compositions”. In 2020 and 2019, he exhibited his work at “VUE, RHA” in Dublin, “Art on Paper” in New York, “Venice Glass Week”, “Seattle Art Fair” and “RHA Annual Exhibition” in Dublin. James was awarded the Business to Arts, Best Use of Creativity in the Community Award in 2019.
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/james_earley/
Atelier Stanišić
Atelje Stanišić (Stanišić Atelier) is the oldest still operating stained glass workshop in Serbia. Established in 1908 in Sombor by Milan Stanišić, it has for five generations been the home of stained-glass production, decorating buildings in Serbia and abroad. Today, the four-people team in its workshop creates new and restores old works under the mindful eye of Aleksandra Stanišić. Aleksandra’s daughter Ena Borovac seems to be the next in the line of “glass lovers”, knowing the craft and thinking of new understanding of the technique and its possibilities in contemporary terms.
14 Jun
Saturday, 14. Jun
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Sombor (Stanišić Ateleir) and Belgrade (Museum of Applied Art)
Prezentacija
Specijalni program
Join us for the third Collab4HySust CCI event – an international knowledge-sharing hybrid event.
Event Details:
Date: May 10, 2024
Location: Nova Iskra Dorćol, Belgrade, Serbia, and Online
Registration until May 5.
Radionica
Specijalni program
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL WITH TWO EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES!
14 Jun
Saturday, 14. Jun
We encourage eligible cultural and creative organizations, particularly those from Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Denmark, or cross-border initiatives involving partners from these countries, to apply
