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Tormek Art Exhibition 2026
Behind the Edge - The Talent, the Tool and the Exceptional Outcome
Behind the Edge is an exhibition that shows what becomes possible when exceptional craftsmanship and artistry meets world-class tools with the highest degree of sharpness.
The spotlight is directed at the outcome, the art pieces formed behind the edge chipping away at the raw material. We also get to know the person behind the edge, the talented artist wielding their unique tool of choice. In the process, we are also familiarized with the tool behind the edge, and the tool maker brands as enablers of fantastic art.
In Behind the Edge, visitors are invited to explore the process, the craft, and the decisions involved in the making of physical art in mediums ranging from wood to metal, stone and more.
Shrink pot by Jögge Sundqvist
Practical Information
Location
Tormek Exhibition Space, Skogstorpsvägen 3A, 711 34 Lindesberg, Sweden
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Opening Hours
29 May:
Opening day, open 12:00-16:00
June:
Thurdays 12:00-16:00, (closed on June 18)
2 July – 7 August:
Tuesday-Friday 11:00–16:00
13 August – 25 September:
Thursday and Friday 12:00–16:00
Admission
Free admission. Open to the public during regular opening hours.
Press
Press contacts are welcome to reach out through media@tormek.se
Tormek's Annual Art Exhibitions
Tormek’s annual art exhibitions are a series of exhibitions held at our headquarters in Lindesberg, Sweden. Since 2023. The exhibitions have brought together artists, craftspeople, toolmakers, and visitors from around the world to experience what becomes possible with precision sharpness in the right hands.
Behind the Edge is a natural continuation of Tormek’s previous exhibitions, Sharp Makers (2023 & 2024), and In Between Trees (2025), broadening the conversation around material, form, and creation. It also adds another dimension by showcasing the sharp tools used to make great art possible.
The Talents, the Tools and the Exceptional Outcomes
1. Malmstens Linköpings universitet
Malmstens Linköpings universitet represents both the makers and the educational tradition behind these works. The exhibited collection consists of 26 stools created as part of a course in designing and building a stool, combining fine woodworking and upholstery craftsmanship. Each piece reflects an individual interpretation of form, construction, and material by students in the cabinetmaking and upholstery programs. Through generations of craft education, Malmstens has become one of Sweden’s most respected schools for furniture making and design, where traditional craftsmanship forms the foundation for contemporary making.
Not for sale
2. Annika Petersson
Annika Petersson of Inscriptorum is a Swedish letter-cutter and stone conservator working with traditional hand-carved inscriptions. Her piece, Giant Sundial Gnomon, combines stone carving and precision geometry to create a functional sundial inspired by ancient craftsmanship. She works with tools from R.H. & G. Travis and Son, the historic Sheffield manufacturer producing hand-crafted edge tools for professional stone carvers and craftspeople using traditional British toolmaking methods.
Price: 85 000 SEK
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3. Hans-Peter Rauber
Hans-Peter Rauber is a Swedish violin bow maker, one of only two journeyman-certified in Sweden. His piece, a handcrafted violin bow made from brazilwood, ebony, mother-of-pearl, silver, and moose antler, reflects the precision and control required in traditional bow making. He works with tools from Hans Karlsson Tools, the family-run Motala workshop producing hand-forged carving and woodworking tools since the 1980s.
Price: 30 000 SEK
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4. Urban Brötegård
Urban Brötegård is a Swedish woodworker who left office work to pursue slöjd full time, creating “modern craft with roots in tradition” using hand tools like knife and axe. His piece Julträd (Christmas Tree) reinterprets a historic rural Christmas tradition, with carved forms for apples, birds, and candles. He works with tools from S. Djärv Hantverk, a Swedish family maker forging high-quality hand tools in small series since 1989.
Price with apples: 15 450 SEK
Price without apples: 11 950 SEK
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5. Kim McIntyre
Kim McIntyre is an American furniture maker and artist whose work is shaped by both wilderness guiding and decades of woodworking experience. Her piece The Seven Spoons Collection explores hand-carved forms in green wood, leaving visible tool marks that celebrate the making process. She works with tools from Woodcraft, the long-standing American woodworking supplier supporting makers with high-quality tools and craftsmanship expertise for nearly a century.
Price: approx. 200 - 400 SEK
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6. Jenny Soddu
Jenny Soddu is a Swedish woodcarver whose work centers around hand tools, green wood, and the direct connection between maker and material. Her piece Min hand (My Hand) is carved from fresh birch using saw, axe, and carving knives, shaped as a reflection on the importance of the hand in both craftsmanship and human creation. She works with tools from Morakniv, the iconic Swedish knife maker whose carving and outdoor knives have been trusted by craftsmen and woodworkers for generations.
Price: 40 000 SEK
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7. Mark Sanger
Mark Sanger is a British professional woodturner creating textured and sculptural forms inspired by nature and Far Eastern aesthetics. His exhibited hollow form in locally harvested sycamore combines woodturning, airbrushed color, and surface texture influenced by Japanese Raku ceramics. He works with tools from Crown Hand Tools, a third-generation Sheffield manufacturer producing precision-engineered woodworking and woodturning tools rooted in British craftsmanship traditions.
Price: approx. 5 800 SEK
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8. Karesuandokniven
Karesuandokniven represents a tradition of northern Swedish craftsmanship shaped by climate, necessity, and Sámi heritage. The exhibited collection The Essentials – the axe Metsämies, the everyday knife Tundran, and the mushroom knife Zwampe – is designed for life outdoors, combining natural materials, durable steel, and functional design refined through generations of use. Through Instagram account @mungatorpen, Agnes Theberg presents the tools in the context they were made for: everyday life close to the forest, where tools are not decorative objects, but trusted companions used, worn, and relied upon season after season.
Price: 6 385 SEK
9. Fredrik Spåre
Fredrik Spåre is a Swedish bladesmith combining heritage craftsmanship with modern metallurgy to create functional and expressive knives. His piece Örebro Bunka reinterprets a classic Japanese blade profile using Swedish Masur Birch and Damasteel’s Bluetongue™ patterned steel. He works with Damasteel, the Swedish family-owned steelmaker producing high-performance Damascus steel through powder metallurgy for over 300 years of steelmaking tradition.
Not for sale
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10. Roman Slaný
Roman Slaný is a Czech master woodworker, restorer, and educator specializing in carving, woodturning, and furniture making. His piece Moravian Cuckoo Clock continues a South Moravian folk tradition, featuring hand-carved grapevine motifs sculpted from linden wood. He works with Narex carving tools, Czech-made chisels known for combining traditional craftsmanship with modern steel technology for precise and durable carving performance.
Not for sale
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11. Jögge Sundqvist
Jögge Sundqvist (surolle) is a legendary Swedish slöjd craftsman working in green wood with traditional hand tools. His piece De fyra väggarna (The Four Walls)is a shrink pot in birch and bird cherry, where each side represents materials, tools, tradition, and folk art. He works with tools from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, a Maine-based maker of high-quality woodworking hand tools since 1981.
Price: 14 000 SEK
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12. Jonte Ramsten
Jonte Ramsten is the 2025 recipient of the Tormek Scholarship and a cabinet maker educated at the Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies bachelor’s program. His piece Black Box is a cabinet inspired by theatre, creativity, and craftsmanship traditions, where the dark exterior symbolizes unknown potential while the richly detailed interior references historic altarpieces through intricate marquetry. Created as part of his journeyman’s test, the piece earned the highest possible score: 5.0. He works with Tormek sharpening systems, developed in Sweden to provide precise sharpening for fine woodworking and cabinetmaking tools.
Price: approx. 350 000 SEK
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13. Nils Ögren
Nils Ögren is a Swedish blacksmith and YouTuber known for his hand-forged axes and Damascus steel projects. Since starting his smithing journey in 2017, he has built an international audience by documenting traditional forging techniques and experimental builds online. His exhibited piece is a hand-forged pair of scissors in raindrop Damascus steel with a copper rivet, created after unexpectedly receiving a Tormek scissors jig in the mail. The project became one of his most viewed works, reaching over 1.4 million views on YouTube. He works with his Tormek sharpening system to deliver precise and repeatable sharpening for the tools he forges.
Price: Bids over 10 000 SEK can be considered.
Watch the video of how it was made -> External link, opens in new window.
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14. Christopher Warwick-Fisher
Christopher Warwick-Fisher is a British woodturning artist and the UK’s only totally blind accredited professional woodturner, creating entirely through touch. His piece Deco Archipelago is a pedestal fruit bowl inspired by Art Deco design and the natural world, combining carved textures and vivid teal and burnt orange finishes. He works with Henry Taylor Tools, the historic Sheffield toolmaker hand-forging professional edge tools since 1834.
Price: approx. 3 200 SEK
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15. Tärnsjö Garveri
Tärnsjö Garveri (Tärnsjö Tannery) represents both the maker and the material behind these handcrafted leather pieces. The exhibited works – a 3-in-1 Briefcase together with a dog collar and leash – showcase traditional saddlery craftsmanship shaped for everyday use and longevity. Founded in 1873, Tärnsjö Garveri is one of the world’s few remaining tanneries producing vegetable-tanned leather entirely under one roof in Sweden, combining traditional tanning, hand tools, and skilled craftsmanship built to last for generations.
Price 3-in-1 Briefcase: 17 000 SEK
Price dog collar and leash: 3 200 SEK
16. Galip Ağirkaya
Galip Ağirkaya is a Turkish woodcarver and artist known for sharing his handcrafted work with a wide international audience online. Combining traditional carving skills with exceptional precision and attention to detail, he creates expressive works entirely by hand. His piece Wilhelm is a hand-carved portrait of Kirschen founder Wilhelm Schmitt, inspired by a 19th-century illustration and created as a tribute to more than 165 years of toolmaking tradition. He works with tools from Kirschen, the historic German manufacturer producing chisels and carving tools in Remscheid since 1858, known worldwide for their craftsmanship, durability, and high-gloss polished finish.
Not for sale
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17. Michael Schwienbacher
Michael Schwienbacher is an alpine woodturner and designer whose work is deeply rooted in the raw material and landscapes of the mountains. His piece The Alpine Heritage on Four Feet was created from a tree felled by human hands 150–200 years ago and rediscovered above 2,200 meters in the Alps. Turned directly from the end grain, the work preserves the natural edge and untamed character of the wood. He works with tools from Stubai, the Austrian manufacturer known for producing professional carving and woodworking tools shaped by generations of alpine craftsmanship traditions.
Not for sale
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18. Gianluigi Zeni
Gianluigi Zeni is an Italian sculptor from the Dolomites whose work combines traditional woodcarving with contemporary environmental commentary. Trained in sculpture and fine arts, he creates expressive works that confront pollution, consumerism, and humanity’s impact on nature. His exhibited works, Suspended Ecosystems and Toxic Legacy, contrast warm carved wood with industrial and plastic materials to reflect the fragility of marine life and the environmental inheritance left to future generations. He works with tools from Stubai, the Austrian toolmaker known for producing high-quality carving and edge tools for professional craftsmen through generations of alpine metalworking tradition.
Price Suspended Ecosystems: approx. 50 000 SEK
Price Toxic Legacy: approx. 55 000 SEK
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About the Tormek Exhibition Space
To celebrate Tormek's 50th anniversary back in 2023 we wanted to be able to invite the sharpest community in the world to our premises, and to tell the Tormek story.
Tormek's Museum
The museum Tormek – A Sharp Story presents the inspiring journey of Torgny Jansson and his vision of a low-speed, water-cooled sharpening machine – an idea that grew into a multinational, market-leading innovator in edge sharpening technology. Discover Tormek’s evolution from the first prototype to today’s patented solutions.
Tormek Mini Concept Store
We want to offer our visitors the full Tormek experience – so we opened the Tormek Mini Concept Store right next to the museum. Here you’ll find the complete product range: from machines and jigs to accessories and even some sharp-looking merchandise.
Tormek Exhibition Space
As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we invited Tormek users from around the world to showcase their work in the exhibition Sharp Makers 2023. What began as a one-time event has since grown into a cherished summer tradition, drawing visitors from across the world to the small town of Lindesberg.
Press
For press images or interview requests, please contact: media@tormek.se