Cornelia Dahlin Swedish, b. 1990

Cornelia Dahlin graduated at Konstfack University (MA CRAFT!) in 2023. During the last years she has been exploring braiding as a sculptural technique in clay. Fascination and wonder for the material, and how human beings relate to it, permeate Dahlin’s work. 

Dahlin’s work often represents strength by linking together, but at the same time underline the vulnerability of the material. Dahlin treats the act of braiding as a universal language that been practiced by women throughout history. It is an intimate language based on the closeness of the hand and the material, something she feels has gone missing in our age. 

Fascination and wonder about the material and how humans relate to it, permeates Dahlin's work. The work represents the strength of the intertwining, but at the same time emphasises the vulnerability of the material. Dahlin treats braiding as a universal language that has been practised by women throughout history. It is an intimate language of closeness between the hand and the material, something she feels has been lost in our time.

– excerpt of a text from Cornelia's recent exhibition at Kaolin.