Specials
haptik – Gallery of Applied Art
In March 2024, Kathrin and Thorsten Held founded the haptik gallery. The gallery presents a curated selection of emerging and established craftswomen and workshops. All objects – whether made of ceramics, glass, wood or natural fibres – are one-offs or produced in very small batches and serve a practical purpose. They always combine aesthetics with functionality.
One of the gallery’s main focuses is on contemporary Japanese ceramics, which the couple purchase directly from the artisans whilst travelling through Japan. Kathrin and Thorsten know the national and international artists they represent personally and enjoy the creative exchange with them.
haptik operates as a traditional gallery with regular exhibitions and events in Flensburg’s historic old town, as well as an online marketplace at haptik.de. haptik is a place for everyone who loves aesthetics, individuality and high-quality functional art. And life.
WHZ Faculty of Applied Arts Schneeberg
Master program Textile art & Textile design / Research project "ConFiTex"
Situated at the intersection of design, craftsmanship, art and applied research, the works on display address a wide range of contemporary, timeless and forward-looking themes, the responses to which find expression in textiles. They speak the language of technologies and materials, exploring physical and social spaces. Amidst the distinct individual design positions formulated – and communicated – in the final projects on display, the element of inquiry and exploration serves as a constant unifying force, placing textiles and textile practices in dialogue with social phenomena.
In this context, the interdisciplinary research project ‘ConFiTex’, based within the AKS’s textile design programme, opens up space for in-depth interdisciplinary processes of thought and work, in which the skills of textile design are combined in a unique way with the natural sciences and engineering.
- Katharina Jebsen-Plättner
