Hrafn Ólafsson
a geothermal town in Iceland's Westfjords
Hrafn Ólafsson has lived his entire life amidst the geothermal mist wrapping the Westfjords. Each morning he devotes his hands to the art of both nurturing life and immortalizing death, whether it's planting seeds in his steam-kissed greenhouse or meticulously preserving animals at his taxidermy workshop. His life is a spiraling cycle of creation and preservation, driven by a fierce loyalty to his land and the life forms who share it.
About
Obsession
Feeling the warmth of a once-living creature in his hands.
Voice
Hot steam on your skin.
Artistic Medium
Sea salt and volcanic clay
Technique
Wet-moulding bones into clay
Influences
The hissing geysers of Gufudalur, his grandmother's lamb stew recipe, and the haunts of forgotten seafarers.
Materials
Clumps of salty, black clay and bleached fish bones
Scale
The span of a lupine ribcage
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