Julia is a fashion educator, fashion designer, pattern cutter and ladies’ tailor. In 2003 she was chosen as Germany’s Best Junior Ladies’ Tailor. Straight after her tailor’s apprenticeship she worked for the Bavarian State Opera before taking up her studies in Düsseldorf to become a professional pattern maker. She decided to move to London to commence her fashion studies; first at the Italian fashion school ‘Istituto Marangoni’, then at the ‘London College of Fashion’ for her Master studies. She graduated as Master of Arts -Fashion Design and Technology, Pathway Womenswear in 2007. Julia had the opportunity to work as a costume maker for the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre before entering the professional fashion industry. Julia worked for celebrity designer Giles Deacon right after graduation and Hardy Amies in Savile Row, royal warrant holder as designer to the queen. Many more fashion brands followed such as Mary Katrantzou and Victoria Beckham as well as high street brands such as Topshop and Karen Millen; all based in London. Julia was offered a full time position as Professor of Fashion at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA in 2015.

Julia returned to Europe in July 2020 with her husband and 2 small children to the beautiful island Venøya, on the west coast of Norway. Julia’s intention is to use her international experience and strong clothing expertise to create meaningful work that will benefit the region and beyond. Julia and her artist husband Bjørn Venø are working on various projects that have the potential to question the current value system to encourage alternative perspectives and exploration.

Melanie’s journey includes business, styling, design and pattern cutting with more than ten years of experience in the fashion industry since graduating from London College of Fashion in 2008, followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Pattern Cutting 2011. She is also carrying a Master Degree in Business Administration 2003.


Her fashion journey spans from the luxury to the high street industry, working for brands, e.g., McQ by Alexander McQueen*, Burberry*, Ozwald Boateng*, Ute Ploier, Topman, ASOS, Victoria Beckham and Story mfg.


*internships

Operahuset Nordfjord is an opera and cultural event space in Nordfjordeid on the west coast of Norway. Created to be a meeting place for all and to develop artistic activity and cultural life in the district.

An inter-regional project between Venø Gård KUNST, Cultural Paths and Rovaniemi Heritage Museum Finland, inspired from the traditional clothing and textiles collection the museum holds. A reinterpretation of traditional working garments, knitted patterns and the nordic landscape
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Exploring the potential for circular design, applied arts and digital technologies, the collaboration has developed a heartfelt working process between fashion designer Julia Kröner Venø, local wool producer Inger Falkevik from Nordfjordull  local knitters and creative practitioners.

The project reflects on the value of rural culture, with roots in applied crafts, and ethical maker-ship which culminated in an exhibition that coincided with the Symposium Merging - Converging.

Jeg er født og oppvokst på Stadlandet. Har bodd her heile livet bortsatt fra nokre år på butikk i Sykkylven. Gifta meg i 1970 og har fått 4 barn, 1 jente og 3 gutar. Stig Ove, nr 3 vart utsatt for drukningsulykke i 1997. Jobba på Selje hotell i 14 år, deretter hadde eg blomsterbutikk i lag med min søster. Lærte meg tidleg og strikke av min farmor, var ca 5-6 år. Ho syntes det var veldig viktig at vi lærte oss håndarbeid. Det var mest dukkeklær det vart da. Har dei seinere årene vore på salgsmesse for å få bort noke av lageret 😁. Har to søstre, den yngste berre 4 år da vår far døde av hjerteinfarkt 52 år gammel. Det vart ei travel tid da for oss. Ellers har livet vore travelt for oss i seinere tid ang ulykka med Stig Ove. Har bygd hus til han for å få ha han nær oss og ikkje på sjukeheimen. En kamp for å få det dit hvor vi er i dag. Nå fyller jeg snart 70, så da er det litt bedre tid til håndarbeid 😊

Strikking er god terapi 👍👍

Har strikka siden jeg var 10.år lærte de av min Farmor. Siden har jeg strikka til min mann, 4 barn, og seiner til mine 5 barnebarn. I tillegg har min datter en liten Malteser hund som heter Lucky på 4 år som må ha klede på kalde dager. Jeg finner inspirasjon i blad og på nett.

Solfrid er 63 år, oppvasken på Årsheim i tidlegare Selje komune. Har jobb mange år i barnehage og skule i Selje komune, der ein har kunna bruke og dele kreative idear. Hobbyer er pusse opp gamle møbler, male, sy, strikking og hekling. Mesteparten eg lager gjev eg til familie. Er sjølv lærd for det meste. Ellers likar eg fjellturar der eg får både rekreasjon og inspirasjon til nye idear..

Rahul has a background and extensive experience in the fashion industry, with the current focus on digital and 3D technology. He believes that technology solves not only problems, it can also harness creativity and open new avenues for experimentation.

I am a freshwater biologist living and working in Tromsø. I love being outside, you will often find me either skiing in the mountains or freediving in the ocean. At the end of the day or when the weather calls for indoor activities I will often be knitting. During the Corona pandemic me and my friends started a knitting account on Instagram, just for fun. We mainly focus on our mistakes and what we do not understand in the knitting world, we are called @errorstrikk.

Eg er frå Selje og har levd mesteparten av livet mitt her. Eg utdanna meg til lærar på Stord og etter det gjekk eg på vidareutdanning i Trondheim. Før lærarskulen gjekk eg på Sunnhordland kvinnelege industriskule der eg lærde å sy kle. Eg er gift og har tre barn og fem barnebarn.

Eg har alltid likt å halde på med handarbeid. Eg lærde å strikke då eg var 5 år, og det har eg gjort sidan. Eg er "alt-etande" når det gjeld kreative sysler. Eg har gått på diverse kurs i akvarell og oljemåling, har gått på kurs i bunadsaum, kurs i sveiping, sølvarbeid og fusing. Eg har designa eit kort med motiv frå klosteret og fått laga eit smykke/pilegrimsmerke i tinn av motiva på kortet, og ein pin.

Oversikt over det eg driv med:

Tekstil:
- Strikking: Har strikka sidan eg var 5 år, har som regel eit strikkeprosjekt på gang.
- Sying: Har syd Nordfjord - bunader og mange kystdrakter.
- Sydde kle til heile familien
- Veving: Har vevd nokre åkle.

Trearbeid:
- Lagar skrin og brødmat i sveipeteknikk. Sveipeteknikk er kjent heilt fra jernalderen. Skrina er sydde med Bjørketæger og dekorerte med kolrosing.

Pilegrimsprodukt:
- Har designa eit kort med motiv fra klosteret. Kortet har liturgiske fargar, inspirert av dei gamle liturgiske fargane som gjeld helgener og martyrer i den gamle katolske kyrkja. Motiva er inspirerte av keltisk kunst.
- Har designa eit pilegrimsmerke / smykke med motiva fra kortet. Smykket er i tinn, og kan også brukast som nål.
- Har designa ein pin i emalje med eitt av motiva på kortet.

Måling:
- Målar bilete i akvarell, olje og akryl.

Av andre ting eg har sysla med er sølvarbeid (div. Smykke), glasabeid (fusing), treskjæring, brodering og skulptur i tre og keramikk.

Eg er fødd i Stad (Selje) kommune. Etter ei tid borte, kom eg heimatt med mann og born.
Handverk har vore ein stor del av livet mitt, og har difor vore i nærkontakt med dei fleste av tekstilteknikkane.

Handstrikkemaskin opna ei ny verd. Vestkapp- og Nordfjordgenser vart til på 1990-talet. Då vart industriell strikking av ullundertøy også starta. Historia bak undertøyet er at ein fiskar bad meg om å strikke undertøy, slik som bestemora hans hadde gjort. Han fekk sitt gamaldagse undertøy og ideen til et produkt av moderne garn, var fødd.
No for tida lagar vi, Vibeke og eg, linprodukt og arbeider med å få produksjon av ulltøy og tepper i gong igjen.

Mitt navn Inger Lise Strand født I oktober 54 på Kråkenes ei lita bygd lenst ut mot Stadhavet.
Glad I veir, vind og natur. Likar å bruke hendene mine til å strike, hekle, sy, male, lage mat.. Det neste.
Har 2 vaksne barn, mann, 2 barnebarn + 3 bonus barnebarn.
2 kattar og ein hund.
Bur på Nordfjordeid i dag. Landsted i Selje.
Syr kostymes i Opera Nordfjord. Glad I mennesker og likar å reise, spesielt kultur og opplevelser.

 Interessa for strikking og hekling kom tidlig i barneåra. Min mor og bestemor strikka når dei hadde ei ledig stund. Eg var ikkje gamle jenta når eg strikka min første gryteklut, med god hjelp av bestemor. Med årene har det blitt strikket til mann, barn og gaver til familie og venner. Seinere kom det barnebarn og oldebarn som og trenger en varm genser😊 Håndarbeid for meg er avkobling, og eg koser meg med nye prosjekt på pinnene.

Mitt navn er Lisbeth Bergo og er nylig blitt 40 år. Eg er fødd på voss, men vi flytta til selje i 1985. Eg vaks opp på øvre berge i Selje, og her vart eg buande.

I dag bur eg saman med mannen min og mine to søner på 16 år og snart 7 år.

Eg set utrulig stor pris på stikkakle og har samla ein del gjennom åra.

Har teke vare på mykje fra mi tid som som lita, ting som har gått i arv og samtidig funne strikkaskatter på loftet. Når farmor var yngre strikka ho mykje fint til oss og sine. Eg har ein plan om å lære meg å strikke, men no helde meg til hekling/fingerhekling.

Eg jobbar i barnehagen i Selje,der ser eg virkelig kor godt det er å kunne ha på ungane gode plagg som er strikka og varme

Eg er 40 år og bur på Stadlandet. Etter å ha budd vekke for å ta utdanning flytta eg tilbake hit. Eg jobbar som økonomirådgjevar i Stad kommune og på fritida er eg blant anna Zumbainstruktør og er aktiv i teatermiljøet på Stadlandet.

Det var mamma som lærte meg å strikke og eg hugsar at ho hadde som regel eit strikketøy i nærheten. For meg, slik det var for ho, er strikking avkobling. Eg finn mykje inspirasjon i strikkegrupper på Facebook og eg likar å finne min eigen vri på fargar eller garn. Det meste eg strikker blir gitt vekk til venner og familie. Eg blir veldig glad når dei kjem med ønskjer, men eg kan aldri love når det blir ferdig sidan eg alltid har mange prosjekt på idéblokka 🙂

Eg kjem i fra Flatraket i Stad kommune. Der lærte eg tidleg å strikke, inspirert av mor mi og alle nabodamene som dreiv med forskjellige handarbeid. Eg er no busatt på Venøy, er gift, har 3 barn og 4 barnebarn. Strikkar for det meste til meg og mine, alltid ein ny ide som må prøvast ut, finn masse inspirasjon på Instagram! Eg kan og hekle og brodere, men strikking er det eg likar best.

I am 14 years old and was born and raised in eastern Norway, but now I live in Sunnfjord with my mum, dad and my two sisters. I am in Selje for almost all the holidays. I met Julia by chance at the café in Selje and now I am her intern and model. In my free time I do strength training, bouldering and gymnastics.

Bjørn Venø received his MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art in 2012.

Exhibitions and performances include The Rudin Prize, Norton Museum, West Palm Beach US (2012), Guangzhou LIVE, YouYou Contemporary Art Centre, Guangzhou CN (2013), Live Action 9, Gothenburg SE (2014), Vestlands Utstilingen NO (2014), Public Screens, Stavanger NO (2017) and Breaking Myth, Museo d'Aumale, Palermo IT (2018). With solo projects at Fotogalleriet, Malmö SE (2009), Nettie Horn, London UK (2009) and Tender Pixel, London UK (2013).

Other projects include organising performance art festivals Venø Gård KUNST, Selje NO (2015) and Performance KUNST at 368 PONCE, Atlanta US (2016), creating monthly Zines, running the web page www.kunstspace.com and creating the music albums ‘Enslaved By Freedom’ 2017, ‘Augmented Manipulation’ 2018 and 'Arthemy' 2019 under the name BX. 

Thomas Bickhardt er opprinnelig fra Tyskland, men visste allerede som 11 åring, at han vil bo i Norge. Han er utdannet sjømann og psykolog og har jobbet som Fotograf siden han var 24 år.
Han har flyttet til vestlandet i 1994, drevet Kråkenes fyr og er mest kjent for sine bilder av storm, bølger, natur og mennesker som bo på vestlandet. Han har laget 4 egne bøker som omhandler
kysten og har bidratt til mange flere bokprosjekt. I dag er han fotografisk mest opptatt av mennesker i en aktiv omgivelse som arbeid, sport og andre sammenheng som viser hva mennesker brenner
for, eller bedre, sjelen som viser seg.
Han kaller seg selv for " Fotologe "

My interest for photography started as early as 12 years of age. My photographic work concerns the whole range of topics from natural landscapes and wildlife to cityscapes and portraits. Because of my contribution to ecotourism in Uganda by way of increased knowledge and activities linked to Africa over the past 25 years, I became a Fellow member in the Royal Geographical Society. In 2011 I was the sole guide for BBC to make a documentary on Rwenzori Mountains National Park (5109m) in Uganda, which I have been trekking more than 15 times since 1993 (to photograph the rare Rwenzori mountain leopard). I have arranged and guided countless photo safaris to 17 different countries in Africa in resent years. I’ve had several assignments for Stad municipality, Sunnfjord municipality, Rom for Ord, Svidal skriveri, BBC, Åmot Gård, Vestre Viken, lodges in Africa, magazines, books and exhibitions.

Ovar Holmen has worked as a light tech/designer for Operahuset Nordfjordeid since 2009. He has been involved in close to all productions either as tech or designer. Examples of productions Ovar has been involved in are Grease, Les Miserable, Sweeney Todd, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, Sound of Music, West Side Story, Reisen til julestjernen, Du er god du Charlie Brown. Sildagapet and this years production Jorda rundt på 80 dager. In addition Ovar has done most of the concerts at Gymmen Scene, Nordfjordeid.

52 år, gift og bur i Selje. Eg har 3 vaksne gutar, 2 svigerdøtre og 1 barnebarn. Eg tok svennebrev som frisør i 1991, og i 1992 starta eg min eigen arbeidsplass, Salong Vi2, som seinare vart Frisørhuset Vi2. I 2010 tok eg yrkesfaglærerutdanning i design og handverk, og har sidan 2013 jobba som lærar i ungdomsskulen og på vidaregåande. I dag jobbar eg som lærar på Eid vgs på vg1 fbie (frisør, blomst, interiør og eksponeringsdesign) og på vg2 frisør. Eg er veldig glad for at eg bur på ein så vakker plass som Selje, og for at eg jobbar i eit kreativt og godt miljø på Eid. Eg er opptatt av at yrkesfaga og dei kreative faga skal få den statusen dei fortener.

Berit runs COCO Frisør and coffee bar in Nordfjordeid with her husband Inge. Berit has been the lead Maskør for the Operahuset Nordfjordeid for 8 years.

Lærar på Eid vgs for vg2 Interiør og eksponeringsdesign. Likar utfordringa i dekor og styling oppdrag der ein kan arbeide med det sanselige, som gjev elevane unik erfaring og gjev ny kunnskap. Scenemaler og rekvisittør for Opera Nordfjord i 10 år.

Eid vidaregåande skule ligg sentralt i Nordfjord i Eid sentrum. Skulen er samlokalisert med Operahuset Nordfjord. Skulen har i dag 387 elevplassar fordelt på 26 grupper innan utdanningsprogram for studiespesialisering, frisør, blomster, interiør og eksponeringsdesign, handverk, design og produktutvikling, teknologi og industrifag, elektro og datateknologi, påbygg og kombinasjonsklassar.

Elevar fra Frisør, interiør og eksponeringsdesign har våre med på å lage hodeplagg. 

Scene 2022:

Hår og sminke 2022: 

Hodeplagg: Andrine Fardal. Shakiba Hazares, Estere Kristovska, Adrian haustveit Kronstad, Serena Ocasiones Lillestøl, Daniella Nilsen Lyngvær, Thanabun Makham, Sunniva Melheim Melvær, Sahra Ahmed Saed, Ida Kristin Tungevåg og Iren Øverstrand 

Lærar: Sigrunn Leivdal og Marilyn Osmundvåg

Born August 1999, always been into creative arts and the use of fantasy. Working freelance as entertainer/artist and parttime-contract with NRK.

Education:
Danvik International Media Folkhighschool (Acting Techniques) 2018-2020

Experience
NRK (2018-2021): (Superbussen, Supernytt, Superkrim, 4Etg, Chattes P3, Førstegangstjenesten)
Host at 40 år med sommer OL (2021), Spellemannsprisen 2020. 

Bright colors, innovative second-hand materials, and creative sustainability have been the primary sources of inspiration for Meri Hallikainen’s designs for several years. Showcasing her Finnish heritage is also of great importance to Meri. In her work, Meri aims to visualize the importance of memories and how they affect our style and identity through sustainable and mindful fashion. Meri Hallikainen isn’t afraid to mix colors and patterns in her collections, and she hopes to make people smile with her work.

Ming Yang is an art fashion designer. Ming is a nature lover; she wishes she can be a person who can discover more amazing things from nature to show on her design work.

Ming and her fashion designer sister Man Yang are setting up an art fashion design studio because they want to create an art fashion “wonderland” which is innovative, warm, beautiful, and sustainable.

It is their pure childhood dream derived from fashion.

Melissa was born and raised in Colombia, and ever since she was a little kid she dreamed about becoming a fashion designer while she was making dresses for her barbies. When she finished high school she decided to make her first trip by herself. She was an exchange student in Quebec, Canada, for one year where she learned French, and developed confidence in herself and her dreams.

After her year abroad, she came back to Colombia and started her major as an Industrial Designer. Always keeping in mind her dream to become a Fashion Designer, during her time at college she worked as an associate retail salesperson in a Jeans store, Lec Lee, where she could save money to go on a new adventure to Allentown, PA, work as a lifeguard for the summer, and develop fluency in English. After five years of college, she graduated with honors on her final project. For Melissa, traveling, discovering new cultures and traditions, and living in different places is something that makes her feel free and motivated. That’s why after graduation cane another adventure, when she traveled to Atlanta, GA, as an “Au Pair” (Live in Nanny) for two years. during her time in Atlanta, she found out about SCAD and fell in love with the college . She set her mind to becoming a fashion student at SCAD no matter the challenges this could bring. After graduation, Melissa have been interning for the house of Van Miller in Atlanta, GA and showcasing in local fashion shows. Getting experience in the fashion field to start her own brand.

Education
Savannah College of Art and Design, B.F.A., Fashion, 2020
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano Colombia, B.F.A., Industrial Design, 2015

65 Roses, In Memory of Claire Booth
 
Kate Barton is an emerging American fashion designer advancing unique approaches to evening wear. She focuses on creating womenswear that is both sculptural and innovative while still being wearable and empowering. With an emphasis on innovation through two techniques, acrylic thermoforming and fabric manipulation cutting methods, her designs remain true to her aesthetic of elegance and sophistication, while exposing modern, bold details. The silhouettes used in her collections continually push the exploration of 3-dimensional shapes while infusing contrasting elements to create emphasis and detail. She feels it’s important to have a balance between creating art and making the person feel beautiful in the garment.

Fine Artist Karen Chow doesn’t seem to belong to the world of you or me. She’s a never grown-up, a daydreamer, a fantasist. Her works are exciting, telling stories conjured directly from an imagination that most of us left behind in childhood. Confronting fundamental feelings, relationships, and how she perceives her surrounding, Karen explores the parallels of worlds throughout various dimensions by creating an existence in the absence either in her manipulated door installations that include an explosion of textures, materials of external memorabilia or through her drawings, writings, and sculpture-like wearable arts remind us of our own capacity to dream and the bridge towards reality.

Growing up in a small town, Jillian Hartman never did fit in with anyone due to her hearing disability. She learned how to knit and sew as way to express herself and use that as a creative outlet growing up. Fashion has given confidence ever since. She wants to empower others that everyone can be a part of the fashion world no matter who they are, because fashion allows them to express however or whoever they want to be.

J Baker is a textile-based artist local to Chattanooga, Tennessee. She have been working both independently and collaboratively with other local artists in her area since graduating from SCAD Atlanta in 2018 with a degree in Fashion Design. J's specialties are knitting and wire-sculpting: a combination, which has transcended the basic idea of knitwear as clothing and allowed their use of the medium to evolve into more malleable, three-dimensional shapes, while maintaining its potential for vibrant color, intricacy, and unique, hand-woven stories.

Ivan Liu is a womenswear fashion designer who aspires to design and create unconventional and unique garments for a diverse group of people. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ivan’s first experience with fashion design was designing and constructing garments for the local drama committee at age 15. With early experience in design and tailoring, he has knowledge in different styles and is able to cater to clients' visions on a variety of events.

Ivan has worked at couture ateliers, activewear companies as well as ready to wear brands and with those experiences, he is starting his label Maison Iván. Through combining all those techniques and styles, he is looking to create eccentric attires for individuals who are not afraid of dressing out of the box.

Christina Yother is a sustainable fashion designer who was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. With a passion for thoughtful, creative design, Christina’s designs are effortlessly elegant and incredibly comfortable. Her garments are made using all sustainable materials and excess fabric is repurposed with a purpose­—Christina recycles her excess fabric into accessories. Profits from those accessories are donated to women’s shelters.

Karina Siegmund (1979) lives and works in Stadlandet, Sogn og Fjordane. She has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, and an education in textile design from Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. The artist has garnered great praise for her work and has participated in exhibits at home and abroad. In 2012 she exhibited at the Talente 2012 art fair in München and was awarded «The Talente Award for Best International Textile Art for emerging artists under the age of 33». Here at home, she has exhibited at the National Museum of Art in Oslo, Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum, and Vevringutstillinga, among others.

Siegmund gathers impressions from nature, via photography, video, and sound and light studies, and uses them as pattern-making elements in the tapestry through digital weaving technology.

Siegmund’s goal is to explore a new idiom in which the materials’ form-giving and functional qualities, combined with electronic elements like light and sound, give the observer a sense of being embraced by a tapestry installation: a woven landscape that speaks to our senses. // by: 2020 Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum https://sfkm.no/en/home/

Hector Diaz AKA "Kurriizma" (Ca-ris-ma) is a Fashion Designer/ Illustrator that has a dream of a sustainable world free of boundaries and limitations that society places on themselves. Since they were 5 years old, they have seen the world of fashion through their grandma's tailor factory, seeing how much we produced, how much was wasted.

Deep Redux: Journey into Dreamtopia Collection Statement
Hector Diaz “Kurriizma”

Deep Redux reflects the mind, looking back (Deep) and rethinking about all the Dreams and Ideas I had (Redux). Throughout the pandemic, I found myself constantly reflecting and looking back into the previous dreams and idea I had as a designer. I wanted to "Rethink" or "Redux" the way I make clothing and truly redefine the meaning behind why I create. Clothing is simply a reflection of the unconscious mind given form. I saw my dreams as a form that awaited the knot to be tied down into reality. Through my experience I came up with a process I call: "Dream Weaving." It is the idea of taking 2nd hand clothing and garments, cutting them down to strips, using these strips to weave on a hedge loom, and creating a new textile out of it in the process. Within my entire collection, I made it personal as it was designed to reflect my dreams, all crafted from my hands, having no specific form, or gender, this collection is simply a "Dream come true."

Ivette Li-Sanchez is a Fashion Designer interested in experimenting with unconventional materials and construction techniques, as well as learning about new available technology to improve the design and manufacturing processes, which Ivette believes will help save resources and time. Ivette is currently working for Deckers Brands as a 3D Apparel Developer.

Zimbabwean fashion designer Charmaine Nziradzemhuka born and raised in Harare Zimbabwe. Charmaine went to Savannah College of Art and design in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States to pursue a career in fashion design and graduated in 2020. To gain hands-on experience to become a seasoned fashion designer.

She believes fashion is a powerful communicator through the art of story-telling. This has allowed her designs to fully express who she truly is from the inside. Charmaine is passionate about making a difference in her local community by empowering other young girls to follow their passion and creating employment for the local community in her hometown.

J’wan Don Morning is a queer, black American fashion designer with a preference for avant-garde menswear that considers couture details, techniques, and construction. However, whether he’s creating menswear or womenswear “JWAN DON” as a brand is always that juxtaposition of hard and soft/masculine and feminine. His design aesthetic is elevated streetwear self described as “high street, high art, and highbrow” that considers statement and silhouette. Every handmade creation is a celebration for the body that graces it and the complexities that make up our individual identities and gender expression.

J’wan has started his fashion career, after 4 years of schooling, off by carefully curating a series of his own personal collections that personify the ideals of his upcoming brand, and demonstrate the performance level he’s been able to achieve with very little resources. Functioning as his sole pattern-maker, stylist, editor, and occasionally model.

Today, he looks to create even more passion projects and officially launch his brand, ``JWAN DON."

With her collection Simone is sharing an important story…

As a young child Simone constantly saw her Granny sewing from the time the sun came up, to the time the sun went down. Watching her was pivotal in her understanding of the construction of garments being extremely important, and pivotal in her decision to become a designer. She pursued that dream and graduated from SCAD Atlanta in 2020 with a BFA in fashion design and a minor in photography.

Immediately after graduating she designed luxury loungewear for Dayo Women. In January of 2021 she used her design skills and knowledge to begin her own small business ( Clay by Deneé) designing and developing clay jewelry. She is currently working for the international sports brand Mizuno located in Atlanta, GA

@simonecutler_

E’Naiyah Frazier is M.F.A Fashion Design Graduate from Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally from New Britain, Connecticut, her fashion educational career started in high school when she attended A.I. Prince Technical High school. Her trade of choice became Fashion Design and Entrepreneurship. Frazier later attended Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, where she received her bachelor’s in Business Administration. Frazier also studied abroad in Florence, Italy studying language and Fashion Marketing at The Florence University of the Arts.

In 2021 E’Naiyah had many accomplishments to name a few, she was featured in Vogue Italia for her partnership with ISKO denim and she was a Fashion Forward winner for National Black Arts Festival 2021. She is also a CFDA Fashion Future Graduate, her collection can be viewed under the RUNWAY 360 page. Lastly, E’Naiyah was part of the first Atlanta Sustainable Fashion Week in October 2021.

@e.shatia_

Ja’Baris Baskerville is an emerging luxury menswear designer currently in his final year of pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree at Savannah College of Art and Design. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising from Virginia Commonwealth University where he graduated with honors and established a solid understanding of the fashion industry and its countless career possibilities. Having spent most of his early adult years figuring out his career as a creative in the small town of Richmond, Virginia, he began to dream of becoming a world-renowned fashion designer that would have an impact on the future of menswear.

As a menswear designer, Ja’Baris progressively seeks original and innovative ways to design for the prospect of fashion. His design aesthetic focuses on the ideal of luxury streetwear meets couture as it correlates with retro-futurism. Highlighting classic strong shapes with a modern, 1980s retro-inspired appeal. In 2022, Ja’Baris had many accomplishments as he competed in nationwide competitions and scholarships by becoming the winner of the 2022 Costume Institute Fashion Design Competition for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in addition to becoming a finalist for the National Black Arts Festival. 
His collections can be viewed in fashion publications including Vogue and Women Wears Daily. 
These amazing achievements led to an incredible design internship at Michael Kors in New York City.

@retrokiidd

Kahmani Zeon is from Marietta, GA. She is a spiritually devoted, culturally motivated, and creatively driven individual. She is dedicated to putting God first in all she does and uses her creative voice to spread God’s word and love. On top of her beliefs, she is committed to exposing the world to her culture. Being Liberian is one of the greatest gifts God has given her. After escaping the Liberian Civil War, Kahmani’ s parents fled to America in search of freedom, safety, and security. In the States, they raised Kahmani and her other five siblings without losing their cultural identities. Kahmani was taught to fully embrace and love her culture. Her goal is to not only lift Liberia up on a high platform but to promote the excellence of the entire continent of Africa. She uses her culture for creative inspiration. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, she has ventured into the tech industry. As an advocate of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.), Kahmani aspires to merge her creative and technical skills to produce a sustainable and technologically advanced multi-functioning company.

@kahmanizeon 

Ruoyan Er is a fashion designer, knitter, illustrator, stylist, and hand craft blogger. Currently she lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Ruoyan graduated from The College of Art and Design, Beijing University of Technology in the fall of 2017; she majored in fashion and costume design with a BFA degree. It is famous for its rediscovery of the Silk Road and its publication after a long period of cultural research and development in northwest China.

She believes that everything should have a trace. For her, knitting is the best way to combine and compress memories together. For her own description, she is a chronicler of stories. She has a strong capacity for empathy, so the topic of her design is often about recording the life experiences of others. Her work is focused on recording other people's stories, adding her own understanding, adding details and emotional expression, and sublimating them.

Ruoyan has traveled to many cities and met many people, she wrote many stories and did many projects. She felt that she was a bystander in the world, that feelings were the best and most fleeting things in the world, and she wanted to keep them.

Ruoyan has rich experience in styling and photographing artists, as well as in designing clothing, no matter what style and what means of communication. Ruoyan majors in the knitting direction, and she believes that the texture of fibers is a channel to connect the microcosm and the macrocosm, a bridge to record the story of the dialogue between the past and the future. Ruoyan's hobbies are rock music and knitting. She feels that both were ways of talking to her soul. When one is immersed in pure rhythm and repetitive movements, the whole world falls silent.

‘Poetry of emotions.’

@geki__b

Visual Artist and cultural facilitator leading Cultural Paths. A project bringing together a number of rural organisations and creative communities operating across the nordic and Barents region to explore the value of traditional practices, knowledge and skills and how these can be repurposed to support more sustainable programmes of creative and cultural practice that benefit local communities

Seljeven who visited Selje Hotel 2-3 times a year for over 30 years. Ragna died a couple of years ago, 90 years old.

Ane Barbro Drabløs fødd i 1930. Fekk sine fyrste trestrikkepinnar av bestemor si då ho var 7 år og har strikka sidan det. Ho har strikka til familie og venner i alle år. Framleis strikkar ho klutar som ho gir bort

Bjørn Inge Berge er mannen som, etter 30 år, solgte hus og firma i Bergen og flyttet på landet , (Til Selje)
for å vie seg til tekst- og musikkskriving på heltid. -Første soloalbum :”Rusletur bak tid og rom" fremstår som , en moden og vakker debut.

Radiosingelen “Komme det som komme må” lå i 6 mnd. på 1. og 2. plass på NRK-Fylkestoppen.
Bjørn Inge jobber for tiden i studio med en serie nye låter, som ventes utgitt i 2021, og musikken til catwalk-showet “Strikket.

Maria Helgesen driv med musikk i mange slags former. Ho syng i Helgesenkoret som er eit familiekor som har arrangert adventskonsertar i lokalmiljøet dei siste 10 åra. Ho har opp igjennom åra fått tatt del i store, lukkelege og triste dagar i folk sine liv igjennom songoppdrag i bryllaup, dåp og gravferd m.m. Maria likar å lage eigne versjonar og oversett ulike favorittlåtar til si dialekt, tonesette dikt og har også nokre heilt eigne låtar.
Det mest publiserte av det ho driv med i musikklivet sitt er lyden av duoen Children og Mars. Her er ho i hovudsak vokalist, men tek og del i litt tekstskriving/justering. Andre del av duoen, Dr. Jonas Larsson er kirurgen og hjernen bak musikk og tekst.

William Mitei er bosatt i Måløy.
Liker musikk og trives godt i “støysonen”
Som trommis har han spilt mye i div. kor, korps og band.
Spilte blant annet i en årrekke i rocketrioen ALLOY.

I sommer er han å se bak trommene med Andrea Santiago på Strandfestivalen,- med 8-mannsbandet ReSound på Måløydagene, og med Spøt på catwalkshowet "Strikket" på Stad Hotel.

Helga modeled and performed an A capella.

Helga is married to Isak Rutledal, and they have 3 beautiful girls ❤️ She works as a kindergarden teatcher in Selje barnehage.

Geir vaks opp i Årvik saman med mor, far, to brør og to søstre. I tillegg var bestefaren heimebuande til Geir sjølv vart vaksen. Geir seier at det å få vekse opp i dette miljøet har vore med på å forme han som person. Han og ungdomskjærasten Guni, (som framleis er kjærast), har to born. Anna og Bendik.

Geir er utdanna som kokk/ forpleiningssjef men slutta i kokkeyrket i 1990. Etter å ha jobba med salg i TINE og Fjordland, byrja han på Skjortefabrikken SELJE AS i 1998 (no UniformPartner AS avd Selje). Han er no avdelingsleiar på denne avdelinga. I tillegg er han engasjert politisk i Stad Kommune, og har nokre styreverv. Lidenskapen for mat og vin er der framleis. Matlaging er for Geir den ultimate avslappinga. Det er min yoga seier han.

Det siste året har vore utfordrande. Covid 19 har vore svært utfordrande for bedrifta. I tillegg fekk han diagnostisert kreft i tjukktarm med spredning til lever i juni 2020. Ein vellukka operasjon i tillegg til etterfylgjande cellegiftbehandling, gjorde at han i februar vart erklært kreftfri. Han er takksam for eit fantastisk norsk helsevesen. Kroppen tålte cellegiftbehandlinga svært godt. Faktisk å godt at han har vore på jobb kvar dag. Eg ser på meg sjølv som ekstremt heldig seier han. Ei fantastisk familie, gode vener, flotte kolleger både på jobb og i politikken er noko du set ekstra stor pris på i slike perioder av livet.  

Nordfjordull, ei lita bedrift på garden Falkevik i ytre Nordfjord. Garden er liten, men med historie heilt tilbake til 1609. Nordfjordull har salg av ull og skinnprodukt av eigne sauer. Sauene er av rasen gammalnorsk spælsau, som har historie tilbake til vikingtida. Vi har 40 dyr om vinteren. Dei er fargerike: kvite, brune, grå og svarte i ulike variantar. Ulla er todelt: kort underull, lang overull. Dyra er godt tilpassa naturen: lette på foten, sterkt flokkinstinkt, nøysomme, gode mordyr. Produksjonen er kortreist: Heimeavla vinterfor på gammal natureng, beiting ute heile året. Vasking, karding og spinning av ulla på Selbu Spinneri. Garving av skinna på Granberg garveri. Også saueklipparen er frå Nordfjord! Ullgarnet vi har for salg er enten naturfarga eller plantefarga her på garden.

Rauma Garn leverer et bredt utvalg garnkvaliteter til mer enn 300 garnbutikker over hele landet.

I sortimentet vårt finner du kvaliteter i merinoull, alpakka, lin, bomull, mohair og silke, samt mange spennende effektgarn. Men det vi er aller mest stolte av, er garnet som vi spinner selv på fabrikken vår – i 100% norsk ull. Blant våre garn finner du noe for en hver smak, og helt sikkert et garn som passer til ditt prosjekt!