Complementing reality
Helen Clara Hemsley and Mette Charlotte Saabye use their personal experiences, immediate surroundings and international events in their childhood/youth during the 70s and 80s to make jewellery together, bearing witness to their lives in two countries so far away from each other, and the overlaps and connections between them. But also the holes that they […]
Inhale Exhale
Previous slide Next slide Watch video (Balloon) Watch video (Paperbag) Watch video (Bubbles) From the earliest times, breathing has been the sign of life itself for the individual human being. Oxygen creates the body’s sensations and imaginations. The CO2 we exhaled has hardly threatened anyone or anything. As a species, however, man has unfortunately proven […]
Sensory Tales – the sound of togetherness
Previous slide Next slide Sensory Tales is a body of work, made in close collaboration between the two danish jewellery artists, Mette Saabye and Josefine Rønsholt Smith. The works on display are a physical representation of a material dialogue and thought exchange between the two artists throughout a period of two years. On the basis […]
Office of darkness
M.A.R.S. Poetry at Thorvaldsens Museum Instagram: m.a.r.s.poetry Dyrebar at Thorvaldsensmuseum
Materials – Lines of Latitude & Longitude
Previous Next Galleri Platina, Stockholm S Historically speaking, there has never been an abundance of materials to choose between in the Nordic regions when manufacturing the basic essentials in life, tools and clothing. The cold, wet and dark winters contrast dramatically with the light, mild summers, where nature offers a welcome excess of berries, herbs […]
Bocuse d’or
Previous Next Silverware – Collaboration with the estonian candidate Artur Kazaritski An elegant story of the estonian roots and culinary traditions of Artur Kazaritski, served on the silver tableware designed by Mette Saabye for the paticipation at Bocuse d’or 2020/2021. Instagram: artur.kazaritski Material 925s Photographer Lauri Laan READ MORE SHOW LESS
CPH-PEK.. a trip to the office
Previous Next Video – M.A.R.S.Poetry ..a trip to the office Video – Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design M.A.R.S. Poetry. Helle Vibeke Jensen & Mette Saabye We have taken a tangible and unreservedly optimistic approach to the odd and somewhat chastening biennale theme af Community. We have focused in particular on the couple of very intriguing […]
Colours – Latitude & Longitude
Previous Next Sofia Björkman, Helena Lehtinen, Pernille Mouritzen & Mette Saabye Things and materials carry within them a subtle story that moves us as human beings, be that as makers or users of these products. Often objects carry visual markers in the form of a direct narrative such as a decoration, at other times the […]
Lines of Latitude & Longitude
Previous Next Since 2018, I have done research together with 3 colleagues, Sofia Bjørkman, Helena Lethinen and Pernille Mouritzen, to investigate whether and how identity is expressed in crafts in the Nordic countries. We are looking at crafts and the communal tale rooted in materials and aesthetics. The importance of aesthetics and materials in a […]
Trasholicious
Previous Next Video Mette Saabye at Beth Uriel, Cape Town SA. In 2016, I developed the products Flowerpots & Lightpots out of recycled plastic – a part of the project ”Trasholicious”, where I collaborated with Mads Bille Bloch and a group of young men from the boys’ home Beth Uriel in Cape Town, South Africa. […]
