title: Gákti
created: February 2020
technique: two-layer reduction Woodcut
size:
created: February 2020
technique: two-layer reduction Woodcut
size:
Gákti – inspired by the beauty and colours of the Sámi people, in particular their traditional outfit – the Gákti.
This print was created to mark the Sámi People's Day, the 6th of February.
I chose to focus on the sheer beauty of the Sámi people in this Woodcut.
The colours, their connection to nature
– the wild and snowclad landscape.
I’ve been inspired by the printmaker John Andreas Savio, his depiction of Sámi life and his simple
yet so expressive woodcuts.
I’ve also been inspired by the beautiful Gákti
– a traditional Sámi clothing.
The colours, their connection to nature
– the wild and snowclad landscape.
I’ve been inspired by the printmaker John Andreas Savio, his depiction of Sámi life and his simple
yet so expressive woodcuts.
I’ve also been inspired by the beautiful Gákti
– a traditional Sámi clothing.
I found this print resonating well with a poem
by Rolf Jacobsen from his book 'Brev til lyset'
(Letter to the Light) – poetry (1960)
(translation by Åse Vikse)
by Rolf Jacobsen from his book 'Brev til lyset'
(Letter to the Light) – poetry (1960)
(translation by Åse Vikse)
Tett bak din fot | Close behind your foot
'Close behind your foot, all silence is greatest,
and a strange tenderness is laid,
different from anything.
and a strange tenderness is laid,
different from anything.
Different from anything you can hear, you can see
– the song from your shoes, the light of your hands.
– the song from your shoes, the light of your hands.
Close behind your shoulder,
closer than anything you imagine,
a peace you have not known yourself,
closer than anything you imagine,
a peace you have not known yourself,
where the world is silent, a deep, a steep second
that after an unprecedented promise
through a closed mouth '
that after an unprecedented promise
through a closed mouth '
