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Open today 11-17 (Restaurant 11-21)

Sculpture by Halvor Skiftun Digernes adorns the foyer

Halvor Skiftun Digernes’ The Fjord (2022) arrived to the House! 330 kg and made by hand, with a glaze composed of blue clay from Bjørvika, beach sand from Hvervenbukta, Pacific oysters from Nøtterøy and seaweed from Huk on Bygdøy.

The Fjord will “house” an annual concert at the restaurant Kunstnernes Jur—stay tuned!

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About the work

Halvor Skiftun Digernes, The Fjord, 2022

Blue clay from Bjørvika, beachsand from Hvervenbukta, pacific oysters from Nøtterøy og seaweed from Huk on Bygdøy.

A vessel about the human and nature

Built large to take up space, shaped by hands, rugged in its structure

Covered with dead and rotten seaweed, thrown on to land by the winds and weather

Norwegian marine clay from a time when everything was ice and sea

Pacific oysters cleared on to land to protect our feet

Sand from the beaches we visit in the summer

glazed and fired I a oxygen low atmosphere to a almost impenetrable structure

Hidden and forgotten

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Photo Mathilde Velvin