{"id":49849,"date":"2019-09-18T01:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/?p=49849"},"modified":"2025-10-23T01:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:33:58","slug":"utveksler-duodji-over-grensene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/utveksler-duodji-over-grensene\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchanging duodji across borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoja Galkina and Anna Galkina from <\/strong>The Lujavre \/ Lovozero S\u00e1mi know that mica has been used as decoration in their areas, but have never used it themselves. Now they wish to bring back this tradition. Last week, a group of duodji practitioners gathered in Manndalen to learn from each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text: Torun Olsen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duodji practitioner Zoja Galkina is a master of traditional Eastern S\u00e1mi bead embroidery, but has never worked with crow silver. Now she wants to learn the technique and revive a tradition that has disappeared from the Kola Peninsula. Neither Zoja nor Anna have seen crow silver in use, but they have heard from parents and grandparents that it was used, and they have also seen it in museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Duojar
Duojar Jorunn L\u00f8kvold teaches the crow egg technique. Here with Zoja Galkina and Katja. Photo: Torun Olsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"I hope that we can bring it back again, because it's so beautiful. I want to learn the technique and use it in my products,\" says Zoja Galkina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is duoj\u00e1r Jorunn L\u00f8kvold who, in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of Craftsmanship, has initiated these meetings through the project \u00abDuodji Across Borders\u00bb, with support from the Barents Secretariat. The aim is to achieve exchange, dissemination, and knowledge transfer between duodji practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, L\u00f8kvold visited Lovozero, both to find out if there had been a tradition of using crowberry there and to learn about their duodji traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00f8kvold says she has learned a lot about bead embroidery and its treatment and use of both reindeer and fish skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 It has been particularly interesting and exciting to gain insight into the ornamentation and its meaning. We use various ornaments, but it has been difficult to figure out why we use these specific ones. There are many similarities, and it's possible the meaning has been the same here, but it's hard to know, says L\u00f8kvold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Elle
Elle Reidarnieida Varsi participated in a workshop in Manndalen. She finds bead embroidery beautiful and wants to use it in her work. Photo: Torun Olsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Despite different backgrounds and state systems that have contributed to the S\u00e1mi communities developing differently, there are many commonalities both in terms of the use and treatment of materials, shapes, and colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I believe all S\u00e1mi have a connection to the different symbols, such as the sun and the drum. I also know that many artists and duodji practitioners copy a lot of what they have seen in Norway,\" says Zoja Galkina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galkina hopes this initiated duodji exchange will continue and can develop into something even bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 I am so happy to have the opportunity to learn something new, exchange experiences and get to know other practitioners, says Galkina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kjellaug
Kjellaug Isaksen, Zoja Galkina, Anna Galkina and Jorunn L\u00f8kvold. Photo: Torun Olsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zoja Galkina og Anna Galkina fra\u00a0Lujavre\/ Lovozero vet at kr\u00e5kes\u00f8lv har v\u00e6rt brukt som pynt i deres omr\u00e5der, men har aldri brukt det selv. N\u00e5 \u00f8nsker de \u00e5 ta tilbake denne tradisjonen. I forrige uke var en knippe duodjiut\u00f8vere samlet i Manndalen for \u00e5 l\u00e6re av hverandre. Continue reading Exchanging duodji across borders<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyheter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49854,"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49849\/revisions\/49854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senterfornordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}