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about the Stinging Nettle

Urtica dioica

Stinging nettle as fiber, nutrition, taste and visual image.
In the research, nettle appears as a substitute for cotton (before nylon took over), dream catcher, medicinal plant, emergency food for both people and livestock. The experimentation moves between textiles, paper and graphic prints. But also the nettle as a taste and of course the first impression: the sting. The plant that can be seen as a big problem or perhaps as a possible solution to several problems, ”Urtica dioica dissonantia”.

An ongoing projekt that was part of Southern Sweden Design Days 2023

SOURCES AND INSPIRATION FOR FURTHER READING:

Groups and organisations

Sällskapen Nellorna, har bland annat gjort boken “Brännässla – En älskad kulturväxt”, anordnar Nässlans dag och driver en facebookgrupp

Norskt projekt “Fra plante til plagg” https://www.nesle.no/blog

http://www.nettlesfortextiles.org.uk sida med bl a annat massor av filmer om nässelberedning.
”This site is a repository of all things nettle related, especially the sharing of skills and techniques that will help us best utilise this incredible resource for local textile production.”

Gustav Bredeman (1880–1960) ”was a German agricultural scientist and botanist. He is considered a pioneer of nettle research.” (Wikipedia, de)

John-Paul Flintoff – författare som gjorde kalsonger av nässlor (!).
Second skin: why wearing nettles is the next big thing – artikel av John-Paul Flintoff i The Ecologist 2009. (eng)

Textile

”Nettles are the fibre of the landless.”
Video with Alan Brown that takes nettle plants through, in order to extract a usable fibre for textiles. (eng)

Rep av nässelfiber direkt i skogen video “Make Natural Cordage in Minutes”. (eng)

Kan nättelsduk komma av nässla? https://brittakarolina.com/2012/11/26/nattelduk-bomull-och-nassla/ (sv)

Pangaia – innovativt företag som gör bl a jeans med en blandning av bomull, hampa och nässlor. Jeansen har sålts på varuhuset Selfridges i England. (eng)

Finsk textilproduktion baserad på nässlor www.knokkon.com

NFC GmbH Nettle Fibre Company, hampa och nässelfiber i Tyskland nettle-fibre-company.com/en/

VintageStyleStudio, Ukraina, säljer antika tyger mm på Etsy.

AppleoakFibreWorks, Irland säljer tyger och garner med 100% nässla från Nepal.
”The Nepalian nettle, Girardinia diversifolia, grows up to 3m tall. There, the Nepalese still harvest and peel the nettle by hand, then it is placed in a semi boiling wood ash bath over night, which is used later for fertilizing the fields. The next day, the loosened fibers are beaten across a stone several times and rubbed with clay to loosen the remaining plant debris.”

Nettle as food and medicin

“To Eat Raw Stinging Nettles” en 13 min lång film om nässlans förträfflighet efter 8 min tips på hur du kan göra för att äta den rå. (eng)

Livsmedelsverkets lista på näringsrikast grönsaker, nässlan på delad förstaplats. (sv)

Utförligare analys livsmedelsverket_10_gronsaker_och_rotfrukter_analys_av_naringsamnen.pdf (sv)

Näringsvärde, förvällda nässlor enligt livsmedelsverket (för låga siffror hävdar några) (sv)

Om nässlan från Örtsällskapet som mat, medicin m.m. (sv)

Video med Matti Veijola, finsk bonde i norra Finland som odlar nässlor som mat – Nokkosen viljely. Förväller (enligt egen hemlig metod) och torkar hela plantor för bästa resultat, då behåller de den gröna färgen och luktar fräschare jämfört med importerat nässelpulver, enligt Matti. (fin)

Marthaförbundet om nässlor på svenska https://www.martha.fi/vardagskunskap/kortkurs-plocka-nasslor (sv)

Martat fröknäcke med nässlor (fin).

Nettle ice! https://www.folketspops.se/product-page/nettle-pink-lemonade

Nässelchips https://undertian.com/recept/nasselchips/ (sv)

Nettle crisps https://www.foragingcoursecompany.co.uk/post/recipes-nettle-crisps (eng)

På Tanttulundens pizza
Allra vanligaste användningen av nässla hos oss är nässla på pizzan. Ena varianten är att vi mixar en nässelpesto av rapsolja, nässlor, ramslök eller vitlök, eventuellt solrosfrön och salt. Men oftast plockar vi bara topparna, svänger runt i olja och salt (som nässelchips) och lägger dem allra överst på pizzan.

Food for other plants

Nässelvatten https://gronarader.se/tradgard/nasselvatten/ (sv)

Nettle water https://www.sarabackmo.com/fertilize-with-nettle-water/ (eng)

jollygood project wall

Det Bränns at BISexSSDD

https://www.jollygoodfellow.se/nettles/ 2010 😉

By jollygoodfellow|2024-08-20T21:59:05+02:00August 20th, 2024|process|Comments Off

Ocean

A project that revolves around the sea, Malmö’s closest neighbor that connects us with the whole world.

Lately we have spent a lot of time with the sea and we are interested in the sea as a resource for a sustainable future from various aspects. Seaweed is something that we pay a little extra attention to, such as food, fertilizer, oxygen producer and exciting material.

We made a film about the process – the collection of information, the experimentation, different perceptions of the sea and how the fanzine Ocean takes shape.

The project was first shown at Southern Sweden Design Days 2022 – a new international design festival in Malmö, Sweden.

We printed the fanzine with our Risograph, a whole new experience for us to collect and develop information, work with the graphic form and then print 36 pages with a machine that lives its on life ; )

Printed with Risograph
Paper: Munken Pure 90 g
Size: A5, 36 pages

By jollygoodfellow|2022-12-13T18:50:11+02:00December 13th, 2022|diverse, process|Comments Off

Southern Sweden Design Days 2021

Utfall

In printing, ”utfall” or bleed is the extra space that will be trimmed off at the end of the printing process. Occasionally, these paper strips (the bleed) have also been experimented with. There have also been experiments with layer upon layer on test prints. In this exhibition the primarily focus is on the discarded pieces which get a new chance in the limelight.

The exhibition was situated at Form/Design Center during the very first edition of Southern Sweden Design Days 2021.

By jollygoodfellow|2023-09-23T22:40:30+02:00September 22nd, 2021|diverse, ON WALL, process|Comments Off

Skånsk Design och Formgivning

So happy to be a part of the nice group exhibition at Hässleholm Kulturhus the winter 2019.

By jollygoodfellow|2024-03-11T17:55:32+02:00January 27th, 2020|diverse|Comments Off

Kronetorps Möllan

In May we took part in a local group exhibition at the old wind mill just outside Arlöv. What an honor to be a part of this, to exhibit in a room that is like a piece of art in itself and to do it together with these good people/artists. Hope that this will be a new tradition!

By jollygoodfellow|2020-04-17T11:17:24+02:00May 21st, 2019|ON WALL|Comments Off

Meet us 2019!

Here is a preliminary list of events that we take part in this year, we will update it further on.

And if you want to visit us is in the studio and print shop in Arlöv when it’s not jollygoodlördag, just send an email or call so you know for sure that we are here.

Januari

Exhibition Ab SMÅLAND, Malmö

Februari

Exhibition On the Fly at manos, Stockholm

March

2/3 #jollygoodlördag open studio, Arlöv

April

2/4 #jollygoodlördag open studio, Arlöv

21-22/4 Exhibition Kronetorps Vårsalong, Arlöv

May

3/5 Malmö Open Studio at KKV Grafik Malmö

4/5 #jollygoodlördag open studio, Arlöv

September

1-2/9 showUP trade show, Amsterdam

October

#jol lygoodlördag open studio, Arlöv

November

#jol lygoodlördag open studio, Arlöv

10/10 Design market Helllo Handmade, Hamburg

23/10 Exhibition ”Skånsk formgivning och design”, Hässleholm

December

#jol lygoodlördag open studio Arlöv

By jollygoodfellow|2020-04-17T11:17:24+02:00April 8th, 2019|notes|Comments Off

On the fly

During the Stockholm Design Week 2019 we had an exhibition with hand-dyed fabrics/sound absorbers and paper craft at manos, our absolute favorit store/workshop in Stockholm run by ceramic designer, Karin Eriksson.

We have long thought about textiles in interior design, they have a great ability to soften and to dampen sound. In our home we like to have as much light as possible, so we skip curtains, instead we choose to hang the fabric on the wall. Some years ago we started to experiment with natural dyeing, now we have combined it with screen printing. The theme for the first collection of textile prints is birds. The motif is based on our print “Flying V” but this time the flock is printed spontaneously over the textile, as the title of the exhibition hints. This makes all the prints unique.

The fabrics are dyed with: wine, acorn, black bean and hollyhock.

All the ceramics are made by Karin Eriksson, the potter with green fingers ; )

By jollygoodfellow|2024-03-11T17:54:14+02:00February 22nd, 2019|ON WALL|Comments Off

Jollygoodfellow at Ab Småland

Some years ago we discovered a new store in Malmö. We are not that much into shopping but this place was something more than a place for shopping. Inspiring settings, good coffee, exciting products with high environmental awareness, a place of activity and a place for rest. It’ s called Ab SMÅLAND, we have been back there many times, and now our prints are there all of December, it’s a big honor for us. And yes, they even let us screen print on the wall ; )

By jollygoodfellow|2024-03-11T17:56:59+02:00December 12th, 2018|notes, tips|Comments Off