Art and Handicrafts
Tøndermarsken is largely a cultural destination.
Tøndermarsken’s cultural heritage is evident. For example, there are 125 listed buildings and 10 buildings under preservation orders in Højer alone. There are castles and manor houses, historical environments, the border country and its history and, of course, the cultural landscape with its polders, dykes, sluices, pumping stations, etc.
However, Tøndermarsken is no less a cultural destination thanks to the many artists and artisans who produce art and handicrafts here.
This page provides you with a list of the many and varied artists and artisans in Tøndermarsken.
HANNE I HØJER V. HANNE B. SÖNNICHSEN
www.hanne-i-hojer.dk
Address: A R Kjærbysvej 8, 6280 Højer
Phone: 23 25 28 01
Hours of opening: Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 -17:00
Hanne i Højer is an art gallery, weaver’s workshop and crafts shop that offers visitors high-quality art & handicrafts. Hanne weaves, knits and sews in fur. She also draws and paints watercolours. Her favourite material is wool but she also works with other sustainable natural fibres.
She produces housewares and decorative articles, including woven wall-hangings. Hanne also stocks products that are handmade by other artisans, including haberdashery, buttons, yarn, clothing, scarves, slippers and much more besides.
BODIL ARBJERG LUNDBY
Address: Nørremølle 14, 6280 Højer
Phone/e-mail: 51 21 61 78 / bodil@arlu.dk
Hours of opening: Tuesday and Thursday, 14:00-17:00, when the sign is out, or by appointment.
Bodil Arbjerg Lundby prefers to work in and with the natural environment. While well known for her stone sculptures, she also produces charcoal drawings.
Bodil’s working with charcoal and stone is not fortuitous. Bodil Arbjerg Lundby loves nature, natural forces and natural materials. As media, charcoal and stone are both raw and uncompromising. Bodil’s working processes brook her no qualms. There’s no crying over spilt milk!
Bodil Arbjerg Lundby regards achieving mastery over nature’s materials as a challenge. She seeks to play along not only with material limitations but also with the broad palette of opportunities they afford.
NINI LARSEN DUNCAN
www.niniduncan.com
Address: Storegade 37, 6280 Højer
Phone/e-mail: 52 32 35 39 / mail@niniduncan.com
Open by appointment only.
Nini Duncan is a painter who, in 2003, willingly left Copenhagen to settle down surrounded by sheep, birds and people who said hello to her in the local dialect: Mojn!
She paints in many different styles, although her art, she believes, has to keep her on her toes.
Visitors must have a good sense of balance when climbing stairs when they visit her workshop.
Please call in advance.
ATELIER MB ART
mbart.dk
Address: Møllegade 3, 6240 Løgumkloster.
Phone/e-mail: 53 65 62 61 / marit@mbart.dk
Hours of opening: Thursday and Friday, 14:30-17:00, Saturday 10:00-13:00.
Marit’s artistic practices flow from an innate impulse to express natural experiences in an artistic context. The artist is fascinated by the light at the Wadden Sea, and how the ebb and flow of the sea affects the natural environment and bird life. Everything here is in a constant state of flux.
SKULPTUR OG KUNST / KURT SCHMIDT
www.kurt-schmidt.dk
Address: Østermarkvej 2, 6280 Højer
E-mail: kurt.schmidt188@gmail.com
Hours of opening: Monday – Saturday, 10:00-17:00
Sculpture and art.
Take a look Kurt’s work. It is striking how the many details tell the story of the sculptural piece.
If you wish to watch Kurt at work, you are very welcome to pop in to Østermarkvej 2.
JYTTE LYSGAARD
www.jyttelysgaard.dk
Address: Skolegade 13, 6280 Højer
Phone/Mail: 30 56 01 68 / Mail@jyttelysgaard.dk
Hours of opening:
Monday – Thursday 10:00 – 17:30
Friday 12:00 – 17:30
Saturday 10:00 – 12:00 or by appointment.
Jytte opened her workshop and gallery in Højer in 1986.
Højer lies behind the dyke in the marshlands. The marshes, the sea and the seemingly unending sky encourage us to rest a while and contemplate. This is Jytte’s personal haven.
The sky, the sea, the wind, the birds and frequently harsh weather conditions are an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
HØJER ANTIK OG LIVSSTIL V. AASE-LENE LYSGAARD MADSEN
www.bymadsen.dk
Adsresss: Storegade 6, 6280 Højer
Phone: 21 93 46 86
Hours of opening: Monday, 13:30 – 17:30
Art and handicrafts, dresses, shoes and antiques.
BIRGITTE VALENTIN ATELIER & GALLERI
www.birgitte-valentin.dk
Address: Nørregade 17, 6280 Højer
Phone/e-mail: 2122 1697 / gallerivalentin@gmail.com
Hours of opening:
1 March – 31 October:
Open daily, 11:00-17:00
From 1 November – 28 February: Wednesday – Friday
12:00-17:00
Changes will be posted on the website.
Birgitte works in a variety of pictorial art genres and produces sculptural works made of frost-proof ceramic and wood. She sells the work of other local artists’ and artisans, including paintings of the marshes and hand-turned wood.
Visitors welcome – No obligation to buy.
INGER HOLST SØRENSEN
www.ingerholst.dk
Address: Østergade 11c st., 6240 Løgumkloster
Phone/e-mail: 24 82 56 95 / ihs@mail.dk
Open by appointment only.
Inger is passionate about creating with textiles. She gathers inspiration from her surroundings and develops her design expression from there. The final creation is the result of experimentation and endless patience, energy and enthusiasm.
GALLERI KUNSTART BY DAISY DAHL
www.daisydahl.dk
Address: Nissumgade 18, 6780 Skærbæk
Phone/E-mail: 25 13 92 91 / daisydahl@outlook.dk
Daisy is fascinated by houses and architecture, and the symbolism associated with such structures. A house is the foundation for our life as we live it. Each of us is from our HOME and of our HOME. Our home is where we belong. Using contemporary artistic methods, Daisy portrays your home as your haven in life, often with a twist of the vernacular. She may include a mill, water tower, beacon or other elements that are of significance to you and your surroundings, or that are part of our common cultural heritage.
Daisy is fascinated by the play of colour and light in her local area. She expresses these in her more abstract works. Her paintings are beautiful and laden with meaning.
GALLERI OG VÆRKSTED JANE BOES
www.janeboes.dk
Address: ’Strandhotellet’ Emmerlev Klev 8, 6280 Højer
Kontakt: 28 88 90 18 / jane@gammelbygaard.dk
Open by appointment only.
Jane Boes’ workshop and course centre are located on the shores of the Wadden Sea at Emmerlev Klev. The premises were once a beach hotel. The location is as close as you can get to the natural environment, with views of the Wadden Sea, dyke and marshes. Jane Boes runs art classes for groups, large and small.
She is the mastermind behind popular nature hikes, including Mother Nature’s Pantry, Colours in the Landscape, Mindful in the Marshes and her MARSH TRAIL SPECIALS:
Digital Detox – Hiking & Meditation, Hiking with Højskolesangbogen (a best-selling Danish songbook), and Hiking with a Sketchbook.
GHITA BECK SVENSEN
www.ghitas.dk
Address: Strandvej 2, 6280 Højer
Kontakt: 61 10 34 25 / mail@ghitas.dk
Open by appointment only.
ALICE OG SVEND KRÆFTING
www.kraefting.dk
Address: Nørregade 5, 6280 Højer
Phone/e-mail: 74 78 23 15 / aogs@kraefting.dk
A & S Kræfting is a creative carving enterprise, founded by Alice and Svend Kræfting in 1963.
The company is located at Højer, the south-westernmost town in Denmark, behind the dykes and close to the Danish-German border.
Alice is a pictorial artist who is inspired by the marshes. Svend carves in wood. He makes hope chests, etc.