Northern Forest Memories:Sensing Arctic Nature Through Creative Practice with Clay

• Main Authors: Kravtsov, Tatiana, Höckert, Emily
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: InSEA Publications 2022
• Subjects: art; clay; proximity; senses; North; forest; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/6/13/2; Visual arts and design; Arctic; Ounasvaara; Rovaniemi; Lapland
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/7ecd5eae-be1c-4037-bbed-8e86ae0e2ebb; https://doi.org/10.24981/2022-RN#9; https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/26176349/RelateNorth9_WEB.pdf

It is September 2020, the first day of autumn. With anticipation, I am heading to Ounasvaara forest. My backpack is filled with clay, wooden boards, rolling pins, matches, and a vision of today’s art-based experiment of creating and re-connecting with the forest. (Extract from Kravtsov’s field diary...