Craft

Do you want to investigate the possibilities in contemporary craft? The education in craft at HDK-Valand provides a comprehensive understanding of the contexts of craft making and the intersections between education, research and society.

All societies need reference points to shape their future and orientate themselves in the present. Crafts is such a reference point through its connection to people's needs and everyday life, which makes crafts a dynamic and urgent artistic field.

As a student in Crafts at HDK-Valand, you are given the opportunity to initiate and develop artistic projects, deepen your practical and theoretical knowledge through investigative working methods and broaden and deepen critical and reflective thinking.

Programmes in crafts at HDK-Valand are offered on both our campuses; Gothenburg and the Steneby campus in Dals Långed.

The programmes in Gothenburg includes a three-year BFA programme and a two-year MFA programme. Both these programmes have three specialisations: ceramic art, jewellery art and textile art. You choose your specialisation when you apply for the programme. Teaching takes place in close cooperation between the specialisations and some courses are taken together.

At Campus Steneby, you can study metal art, both as a separate BFA programme and as a specialisation within the MFA programme in Applied Arts and Design.

As a student in Craft at HDK-Valand, you work closely with your fellow students and teaching staff, who are practicing artists, researchers, and specialists in their field. You have your own workplace in connection with the well-equipped subject-specific workshop. Crafts at HDK-Valand is a complete environment that also offers a postgraduate programme. In addition to our programmes, we also offer freestanding courses Crafts.