Showing posts with label bunad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bunad. Show all posts
30 September, 2007
Project Spectrum August/September
Dresses by Lise Skjåk Bræk: Picture no. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
National costumes: Picture no. 2, 4, 6, 8
Brown, orange and purple are the colours in Project Spectrum 2 in August and September.
I’ve used pictures from an exhibition I visited earlier this year, where national costumes and dresses by Lise Skjåk Bræk were shown. When I was going to find pictures with brown, orange and purple this month, I had a hard time finding those colours. So I guess those colours aren’t very popular when national costumes are made.
31 July, 2007
Project Spectrum June/July
The colours in Project Spectrum June/July is black, red and metallic. I continue with pictures from the exibition I visited earlier this year.
Pictures number 1, 10, 11 and 12 are dresses made by Lise Skjåk Bræk. The rest are pictures of national costumes.
16 May, 2007
Project Spectrum April / May
In March, I wrote that I wanted to post pictures from an exhibition of Norwegian national costumes for Project Spectrum. May 17th is Constitution day in Norway, and the day when everyone who has got a “bunad” wear it. You can read more about that in the Norway Needles blog, where Strikkelise wrote about this last year. I also wrote something about it, and you can read about it here. The colors for Project Spectrum in April and May are green, yellow and pink.
28 March, 2007
Project Spectrum February / March
Image #1: Bunad, #2,3,4: Dress by Lise Skjåk Bræk
Jeg var på bunadsutstillingen på Ski storsenter tidligere denne måneden. Det er ikke det nasjonale aspektet ved bunader som tiltaler meg, men den utrolige variasjonen i farger, stoffer, broderier og fasonger (jeg skrev noe om det i mai i fjor). I tillegg var det utstilt flere festdrakter laget av designeren Lise Skjåk Bræk, som har hentet inspirasjon fra folkedrakt tradisjonen. Jeg har ikke funnet noen hjemmeside for denne designeren, men jeg skal prøve å skrive mer om henne når jeg finner mer informasjon etter hvert. Jeg tenkte jeg skulle bruke Project Spectrum til å poste bilder fra denne utstillingen – forhåpentligvis til fargeglede og inspirasjon. Fargene i Project Spectrum i februar/mars er blå, hvit og grå.
Image #1: Dress by Lise Skjåk Bræk, # 2,3,4: Bunad
I’ve visited an exhibition of Norwegian national costumes. It’s not the national aspect of the national costumes (or the ”Bunad” as it is called) that interests me, but the incredible variation in colours, textiles, embroidery and shape (I wrote about the bunad in May last year). In the exhibition, there were also dresses made by a designer called Lise Skjåk Bræk. These dresses are inspired by national costumes. I don’t think she’s got a homepage, so I’ll write more about her when I find more information. I thought I would use Project Spectrum to give you some glimpses of what I saw at the exhibition. Hopefully, the images will give you an opportunity to enjoy some beautiful colours and maybe give you some inspiration. The colours in Project Spectrum in February/March are blue, white and grey.
Image #1: By Lise Skjåk Bræk, #2,3,4: Bunad
Image #1,4: Bunad, #2,3: By Lise Skjåk Bræk
16 May, 2006
National day and the bunad
The 17th of May is Norway’s National day. This is a huge celebration. I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately, mainly from a craft perspective. There are two main reasons for that. First, starting to write this blog has made me even more aware of everything handmade. Second, I’ve read a book that made me think (again) about how men’s achievements through history have been recorded all the time, while women’s achievements tend to be overlooked. One of the key features when you look at our celebration today is the extensive use of the national costume, or as we call it: the “bunad”. The bunad is not just one costume; it comes in about 400 different varieties. Every city, village and mountain top seems to have their own. But mind you, they’re all made in accordance with strict rules. And this is serious business. You don’t mess with the bunad, or the “bunad police” will come and get you ;-)
The bunad tradition is about 100 years old, and some of the costumes are based on old traditions, others are varieties that have been constructed during the last 100 years. They evolved when Norway got it’s independence a 100 years ago. This independence resulted in an intense national romantic period, and the bunad was one of the results of that era. We’re out of this national romantic period now (luckily), but the use of the bunad has remained.
What I really love about the bunad is that it is almost all about women’s achievements with their needles and threads. Instead of celebrating the National day with generals, soldiers and tanks (a masculine world), we celebrate it with the work and creativity of generations of women. This makes me really proud.
I’m presenting some pictures of my own bunad here. This is a Rogalandsbunad, meaning that the bunad (and I) come from a region called Rogaland. The main reason I appreciate my bunad so much, is the fact that my mother made this bunad for me herself. There’s a lot of work and love behind this. I remember my mother working on this for several months, before she gave it to me as a gift when I was 15 years old. The shirt was made by my best friend's mother. The silver was presents from my grandparents and other family members and friends. It makes me happy to have a bunad that has been given to me from people dear to me. This makes me feel that I have a very personal costume, although it looks like every other bunad from the same region.
This is what Wikipedia say about the bunad
Even the wild cherry trees have put on their best dress today :-)
The bunad tradition is about 100 years old, and some of the costumes are based on old traditions, others are varieties that have been constructed during the last 100 years. They evolved when Norway got it’s independence a 100 years ago. This independence resulted in an intense national romantic period, and the bunad was one of the results of that era. We’re out of this national romantic period now (luckily), but the use of the bunad has remained.
What I really love about the bunad is that it is almost all about women’s achievements with their needles and threads. Instead of celebrating the National day with generals, soldiers and tanks (a masculine world), we celebrate it with the work and creativity of generations of women. This makes me really proud.
I’m presenting some pictures of my own bunad here. This is a Rogalandsbunad, meaning that the bunad (and I) come from a region called Rogaland. The main reason I appreciate my bunad so much, is the fact that my mother made this bunad for me herself. There’s a lot of work and love behind this. I remember my mother working on this for several months, before she gave it to me as a gift when I was 15 years old. The shirt was made by my best friend's mother. The silver was presents from my grandparents and other family members and friends. It makes me happy to have a bunad that has been given to me from people dear to me. This makes me feel that I have a very personal costume, although it looks like every other bunad from the same region.
This is what Wikipedia say about the bunad
Even the wild cherry trees have put on their best dress today :-)
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