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TOMAS FRANKENSTEIN AURAN (SE)Tomas artistic work takes a starting point in material-based craft traditions and he sees crafting as an essential part of his practice. Thematically, he is interested in interpersonal power, social and economic hierarchies and the physical legacies these conditions create.
In recent years, he has primarily worked on larger design assignments. He got his education from University of Arts, Crafts and design, Konstfack, in Stockholm, but is now active as an artist in Malmö. In addition to his artistic work, he is a workshop manager for KKV Monumental's carpentry, where he develop and maintain the workshop and hold courses in carpentry techniques and safe machine use for affiliated artists. |
The wind vane (2025)
Tomas spent a week at Hestøya where he created this kinetic sculptural work in wood that moves with the wind, based on the concept of the beacon and the wind vane. The sculpture is about 4 meters tall and is fixed to a rock on the seafront towards the centre of Hestøya.
Tomas is a skilled craftsman and prepared the sculpture, wood and metal work, in his workshop in Malmø before he drove with all the materials to Lund and finished it off on Hestøya with wood and thread found on the island.
Tomas is a skilled craftsman and prepared the sculpture, wood and metal work, in his workshop in Malmø before he drove with all the materials to Lund and finished it off on Hestøya with wood and thread found on the island.
Photo: Maria Konstanse Bruun and Michiel Jansen