Wool Seminar – Use to conserve
Seminar, 19th-22nd October 2022, Klæbu and Frøya, Trøndelag, Norway
Selbu Spinning Mill is organising a seminar focusing on the results of some of their ongoing projects. The seminar is co-organised with The University of South-Eastern Norway (USN). We look into the future – for the local use of wool together with some of our project partners.
During 4 days of theory and practice, we dive into the sustainable utilization of local, and often coarse wool. Attendants will learn and discuss the use of local wool in several different countries and for different purposes, depending on the quality of the wool. The seminar includes an exhibition of products connected to the theme and the projects. All wool can be of good quality – for a specific use. The seminar is open to anyone interested in local wool, traditional wool craft, and the use of wool in new products.
Venues/locations: Selbu Spinning Mill, Klæbu, Trondheim, Norway – and Frøya
Day 1 Excursion to the island Frøya, the heather landscape on the west coast of Trøndelag in Mid-Central Norway.
Day 2 starts at Selbu Spinning Mill, then in Vikingveien at Ullverket
Day 3 on Seminarplassen, Festsalen, then at Selbu spinneri
Day 4 Ullverket, then at Selbu spinneri
Program
Wednesday October 19th: Excursion to Frøya
07.00-10.30: We travel by car to Frøya (2hrs 45 min).
10.30: We meet Brit and Ola Vie, at the farm Nerklubben. Ola takes us through the cultural landscapes at the farm, and he tells about the conservation of the heather landscape. Brit shows her products made from yarn spun at Selbu spinneri, of the sheep that grazes in the heather landscape.
12.30: Lunch at Titran, Kjervågsundet, in Ingvild’s fishemans cottage.
13.30: Short walk in the heather landscape around Ingvild’s cottage
14.00-17.00: travel back to Trondheim by car.
Thursday October 20th:
10.00-14.00: Project planning and report for project participants.
17.00-20.00: Hand dyeing short course with Nina Alsborn
Friday October 21st: international cooperation projects on local wool
10.00: Registration and coffee/tea
10.15: Introduction
1030-11.00: Opening lecture: Local, Slow and Sustainable Fashion: Wool as a Fabric for Change, Tone Tobiasson (NICE Fashion), Ingun Grimstad Klepp (SIFO, Oslo Met)
11.00-11.15: Nordenfjeldske Fibershed: The first established Fibershed in Norway Årolija Svedal Jørgensrud and Nina Alsborn
11.15-11.30: ULLDAGA: Local wool in art and architecture in Central Norway” Ina Samdal, PhD Candidate in architecture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
11.30 -12.00: Ave Matsin and colleagues: Presentation of the Estonian-Norwegian cooperation wool project: results from Estonia – spinning, textiles, fiber and textile report, state of the art concerning local wool in Estonia (title, names of lecturers, time needed etc is to be clarified)
12.00-12.30: Eli Wendelbo, USN, and selected students: Presentation of the Estonian-Norwegian cooperation wool project: Results from Norway, – weaving and walking of the wool textiles.
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.00: Results from WOOLUME, Poland: Jan Broda and colleagues, University of Bielsko-Biala
14.00-14.30: Results from Hiwool, Portugal: Mafalda and colleagues
14.30-15.00: Ingvild Espelien: The sorting of fleeces and spinning of the wool – working on international projects at Selbu Spinning Mill.
15.00-16.00: Exhibition of products from all projects.
16.00-17.00: A guided tour at Selbu Spinning Mill
17.00: End of the public part of the seminar
17.00-17.30: Evaluation of the projects (short) and discussion – Future cooperation and project plans? Only for the project participants and invited persons.
17.30: Finnish
Digital participation Friday 10.00-16.00 (150NOK)
Saturday October 22nd Practical day: Workshops and courses
10.00: Introduction and plan for the day
10:30: Workshops start. The workshop is organized in parallel sections. You sign up for two different workshops.
10.30-12.30: Wool sorting: we sort a selection of wool fleeces for different purposes and discuss the utilisation of different wool qualities, and we compare this with the finished products from the projects. Ingvild
10.30-12.30: Spinning (Marte Espelien Blomli)
12.30.-13.30: Lunch
13.30-15.30: Felting and walking (Nina Alsborn, Årolilja Svedal Jørgensrud, Will Riedlinger/Eli Wendelbo)
13.30-15.30: Weaving (Bente Østigård, Ingvild S. Espelien)
15.30-15.45: Evaluation and discussion
16.00: End of the seminar
Follow this link to read more about the seminar and Selbu Spinning Mill (selbuspinneri.no).