Makers

Hege Iren Aasdal

Klyvevegen 65, Steinsto, Norway, 5612 Biography

Hege Iren Aasdal is a norwegian basketmaker with a great interest in basket traditions and local materials. She is specialicing in harvesting materials from local sources and interested in bringing the knowlegde about the materials and the techniques forward to new generations. 

She has been a research fellow at the Norwegian Craft Institute and have researched the traditional basketry of Norway. She now receives goverment grant for artist in folk art by Art Council Norway.

 

Interests
  • Basketry
  • Natural Fibres
  • Rush (Basketry)
  • Skeined Willow (Basketry)
  • Splint Wood / Oak
  • Straw
  • Traditional
  • Willow (Basketry)