This tool was sourced exclusively from a flea market in Värmland, Sweden, an area deeply rooted in the artist's family history, adjacent to the farm where Andersson's grandmother once resided...
This tool was sourced exclusively from a flea market in Värmland, Sweden, an area deeply rooted in the artist's family history, adjacent to the farm where Andersson's grandmother once resided and toiled. Andersson carefully disassembled each tool, separating the head or blade from its steel socket, and painstakingly replaced it with hand-blown, transparent glass. This transformation imbued the too with a luminous delicacy, evoking a poignant narrative of forgotten wisdom. Despite the artist's unfamiliarity with traditional tools, she embarked on a creative journey, sculpting this novel form in clear glass and endowing it with a unique name and function. What is a "Gno" used for?