Metal Art Sweden

19/09/2026

Metal Art Senior Lecturer Tobias Birgersson is showing his new work The Spudness of Things in BIÆRGHE at RAVINEN Kulturhus, Båstad.

The work was made in response to Bjäre — a place Tobias also knows from his younger years working as a potato farmhand.

“Billen, billen för helvede, pågasnöre – pärorna ska opp ur jårn!”

The Spudness of Things
Wood, forged steel · 2026

BIÆRGHE — Nutida Svenskt Silver Meets a Place
RAVINEN Kulturhus, by Norrviken Gardens, Båstad

Tobias Birgersson is Senior Lecturer in Metal Art at Campus Steneby, HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg.

Photo: Christian Habetzeder

Spudness of Things: Tobias Birgersson

BIÆRGE Exhibition: Nutida Svenskt Silver

Host Venue : Ravinen Culture house

17/09/2026

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17/09/2026

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24/07/2026

OPENING TOMORROW AT 13:00

Bones - Exhibition at Not Quite - July 25 - September 13 Not Quite
“Bones” is an independent artistic offshoot of a research initiative addressing how contemporary blacksmithing and material-based craft can reconnect with traditions of
memorial culture, where the participating artists approach the boneness of things through their individual artistic voices.

Bone is one of humanity’s earliest materials and tools. Before industrial production and standardized equipment, bone carried both practical and symbolic functions — shaped
into implements for cutting, scraping, piercing and ritual use. In “Bones,” this material history becomes a starting point. Bone appears both literally and metaphorically: as structure, relic, fragment and witness.

Staying close to the language of material-based craft, “Bones” opens toward broader reflections on grief, remembrance and continuity.
In short, “Bones” is the prompt, and the artists’ works move between artefact and artwork, between utility and ritual object. “Bones” brings together works by Jokum Lind Jensen, Karl Hallberg, Heiner Zimmermann and Tobias Birgersson in the Yellow and Black rooms at Not Quite Fengersfors.

— Iron Notes and its Swedish focus project Grave Marker – Forging Future
Remembrance, supported by Creative Europe Culture

Exhibiting Artists: Karl Hallberg Karl Hallberg Jokum Lind Jensen Tobias Birgersson Tobias Birgersson 🇸🇪🇺🇸 and Heiner Zimmermann

Photo by Christian Hebetzeder and the Artists.

Engraving by Pierce Healy Pierce Healy Prints by Leia Birgersson

27/06/2026

MetalArt is on summer break but……
Jinny Street Gallery 🎉 Jinny Puzzle Hunt through the Jinny Shopping District! 🎉

During Jinny Playground exhibition, explore the Jinny Street Gallery through a fun puzzle adventure hidden in the streets.

🗺️ Pick up your map from Pole #26, then wander the neighborhood searching for artworks that match the illustrations. Every discovery reveals another piece of the puzzle and leads you closer to the hidden final destination.

🔎 Along the way, discover works by MetalArtSweden, represented by:
• Faculty: Tobias Birgersson – MetalArt piece Big Red Wingnut (Photo credit: KIOSK FLIPPING FILMS 🎬)
• MFA student: Miriam Ståhlgren .stahlgren
• Alumnus: Matthias Kühn Matthias Kühn | Metal Artist

Complete the puzzle to find a special collection of stickers created with StickerApp.jp, and show your completed map at the final location to receive ¥100 off one drink.

📍 Pole #26:
2 Chome-22-2 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001

If maps have run out, don’t worry—we’ll keep restocking them throughout the event.

A huge thank you to for creating the artwork for this project, and to all the participating artists for making this adventure possible.

We hope you’ll slow down, explore, and discover the Jinny neighborhood from a new perspective.

🇯🇵 日本語

🎉 Jinny 宝探し 🎉

Jinny Playgroundでは、街を巡りながらアートを楽しめる宝探し企画を開催しています！

🗺️ 街路灯26番の展示ケースからマップを受け取り、イラストのヒントを頼りに街を歩きながら作品を探してみてください。ひとつひとつの発見が、隠されたゴールへとつながります。

🔎 MetalArtSweden からは、以下の3名が参加しています。
• 教員（Faculty）： Tobias Birgersson – MetalArt作品 「Big Red Wingnut」（📸 写真提供：KIOSK FLIPPING FILMS 🎬）
• MFA学生： Miriam Ståhlgren .stahlgren
• 卒業生（Alumnus）： Matthias Kühn Matthias Kühn | Metal Artist

ゴールでは、StickerApp（StickerApp.jp） と制作した特別なステッカーをプレゼント。さらに、完成したマップをご提示いただくとドリンク1杯 ¥100 OFFになります！

📍 街路灯26番
2 Chome-22-2 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001

マップは随時補充していますので、なくなっていた場合はまた後ほどお立ち寄りください。

今回のプロジェクトのアートワークを制作してくれた 、そして参加アーティストの皆さまに心より感謝します。

いつも見慣れたJinnyの街を、少し違う視点で楽しんでいただけたら嬉しいで

28/05/2026

MA-MA – an HDK-Valand Campus Steneby Master Exhibition

Opening May 28
Steneby Art Hall
May 28 May - June 7th

MA-MA carries layered meanings: an abbreviation (‘Master–Master’), a name for mother across cultures, and a primal sound in the formation of language.
MA-MA is the exhibition of first- and second-year master students from the Applied Arts and Design programme at HDK-Valand, Campus Steneby. The works represent a diverse group of material-based makers and designers within the Metal Art and Wood Oriented Furniture Design specializations.
The exhibition brings together these makers at distinct stages in developing their individual languages through practice. Each is engaged in the process of giving form to thoughts, ideas, and experiences through explorations of materials, techniques, methods, and contexts.
Through this exhibition, we invite you to take part in a collective moment held between the first and second years of the programme when the work enters into being and is to be experienced. Individually, the works reveal a range of voices: makers defining their own languages, shaping form as a way of understanding and being in the world.
 
/Jeff Kaller
Program Director
Applied Arts and Design
 
Participants:
Carlijn Haringsma  |  Miriam Stålgren  |  Sebastian Nordh  |  Julian Woudstra  |  Christoph von Rohden  |  Eletta Daemen  |  Grieta Siliņa  |  Mark Diest  |  Gabriel Tarmassi  |  Urszula Maria Zwierz  |  Franca Bode  |  Melvin Kaczmarczyk  |  Elbrich van der Wal  |  Rowan Haring

MA Students from



Art Hall

28/05/2026

Welcome Today to our BA1 exhibition: The Archetype ✨by students from and

At the core of every culture, myth, and personal journey lives a set of recurring figures: the archetypes.

They are, for example, the visionary, the caregiver, the rebel, the innocent, the creator. First explored through mythology and later developed in psychology,
archetypes are universal patterns of identity and behavior that shape the way we understand ourselves and others.

They exist beyond language and time, appearing in dreams, stories, rituals, and everyday life.

This exhibition brings those invisible patterns into physical form through a collection of multimedia works.

Each piece is correlated to a different archetypal presence. Rather than presenting fixed definitions, the works invite viewers into a process of recognition and reflection.

You may encounter fragments of yourself within them: familiar fears, desires, instincts, and transformations.
Together, these works create a bridge between the ancient and the modern. The exhibition asks not only what archetypes are, but how they continue to live within us - influencing the stories we tell, the identities we perform, and the worlds we imagine.

Vernissage: Thursday 28th of may
16:00-19:00

Finissage: Tuesday 2nd of June
16:00- 19:00

Location: Steneby Nya magazinet

20/05/2026

Exam Class 2026 -

”This is R’lyeh.
Named after an ancient city from the Lovecraftian novel “Call of Cthulhu” this sword represents creative forces as something hardly graspable by a sane mind. The otherworldly organic chaos is being framed by gentle copper lines to symbolise the way we interpret these forces and try to contain them within physical objects we make.
To be able to reach these forces an artist must venture far out into the hostile lands and become a channel for them so they can manifest after a successful return home. With this sword I went so far out of the comfort of my home that I was not sure if I will ever manage to come back and I was lost throughout most of the making process.
R’lyeh is a ritual sword not intended for combat. The making process was a ritual through which I tried to harmonically unite the historical sword making tradition with contemporary innovation and contribute to the slowly growing field of contemporary artistic sword making because that’s where I see the future of swords. Even though they were stripped of their original application, swords are still imbued with potent symbolical meanings and can gain even more relevance for the contemporary world through art”
/Adam Kminiak

21 Degrees Examshow at marks a transition. As a graduation exhibition, it presents the work of students at a moment of completion and
departure. The projects are the result of sustained engagement over time, but they also represent a first step into independent practice. What is shown here is both an outcome and a beginning.
Welcome to a perfectly fine temperature of 21 degrees.

17/05/2026

Presenting Exam class 2026 - HDK-Valand Campus Stenby University of Gothenburg
- .nordh

Project: Conveyor
”I work with memories of growing up around the limestone industry. The shapes of conveyors, structures, and industrial skylines have stayed with me and now reappear in my sculptures.
These sculptures are not only about industry, but about connection. They create a meeting point between different perspectives between those who recognize the industrial language and those who encounter it as form. In this space, the work becomes a starting point for dialogue”
/ Sebastian Nordh

21 students, 21 perspectives. From wood to metal, from sketch to object, this exhibition celebrates the many ways materials and ideas take shape.
This annual exhibition showcases the degree projects of 21 students graduating from Metal Art and Wood Oriented Furniture Design at the University of Gothenburg’s Campus Steneby.
Here, you are invited to perceive and take part of 21 angles of craft and design. Through material and conceptual investigations, the students explore human practices and behaviours using a variety of methods and techniques.
The exhibition presents a thematic diversity. At the same time, the projects also intertwine in common topics. Some engage with a democratic approach to design, where a sense of community and bringing people together become central. Others may address different aspects of resilience, as well as symbolism and tradition in a contemporary context. These tendencies can also be recognised
beyond the exhibition space.

21 Degrees also marks a transition. As a graduation exhibition, it presents the work of students at a moment of completion and
departure. The projects are the result of sustained engagement over time, but they also represent a first step into independent practice. What is shown here is both an outcome and a beginning.
Welcome to a perfectly fine temperature of 21 degrees.

Opening hours:
Monday closed
Tuesday 10 am-4 pm
Wednesday 10 am-8 pm
Thursday 10 am-8 pm
Friday 10 am-4 pm
Saturday 10 am-4 pm
Sunday 10 am-4 pm

16/05/2026

Presenting Metal Art Campus Steneby Exam class 2026 University of Gothenburg -

Forms Over Body is a series of body-related objects that explores the relationship
between industrial forging and the human body. It draws inspiration from the visual
language of forging. Using this technique, the material develops soft, fleshy details at
the ends of the bar. These elements are used to create a connection between forged
steel and the body.
As the forms are stretched and shaped over the human body, they carry the imprint of
the wearer, creating an intersection between adornment and physical presence.
Objects invite reflection on how these wearable forms dwell on the body, respond to it,
and alter the way bodily presence is experienced.
/Štěpán Hála

See Štěpán Hála’s work at the ongoing Grad show 21°

21 Degrees marks a transition. As a graduation exhibition, it presents the work of students at a moment of completion and
departure. The projects are the result of sustained engagement over time, but they also represent a first step into independent practice. What is shown here is both an outcome and a beginning.
Welcome to a perfectly fine temperature of 21 degrees.

Thank you .kettle.design for coordination extraordinaire- and thank you everyone else involved in this endeavor.