Work in Shop

Formargruppen is an artist cooperative with a shop and a gallery in downtown Malmö. The 20 members are professional crafts artists working in different materials. All the artists are regional and most of them can be visited in their studios as well as in the shop. The gallery shows a new exhibition every month, where the audience can meet new, conceptual and crossover expressions within the contemporary crafts scene.

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The ceramicist and creator who loves pastel colors. She finds her inspiration mainly in different color combinations, but also in shapes that are put together or turned upside down. She wants to add a little more color to life, because it is always needed, to think outside the box and find new areas of use.

Jola works with knitting and organic materials which she dyes in a color scale of her own. She enjoy mixing different materials, like wool and cotton, which form exciting new structures when felted in the washing machine. In shadow knitting, she often combines organic patterns with strict stripes in black and white, or strong colours with complementary colours as effect.

Jytte is a graphic designer and her patterns often consists of plants that are graphic in their expression as thistles and artichokes. Her collections range from many different materials, besides textiles also patterns on ceramics, print on paper and interior products such as trays and tray tables

Åsa has worked as a goldsmith and a jewelry designer since -96. Through the attempt to stick to the genuine handicraft knowledge and bringing it into our time, she has developed her own style, which is simple but rich. She enjoys bringing clean-cut surfaces together with the opposite – stones and ornaments. Matt against glossy, gold against silver.