His work is a tribute to human creativity and the timeless bond between people, tools and nature. This summer, you can enjoy Elias Elmström’s beautiful, ornate wooden crafts in the castle’s Stone Hall.
Wood is Elias’s primary material, something he learned to understand and respect from an early age. What began with building treehouses and crafting bow and arrows has over time grown into a form of craftsmanship he now describes as a combination of slöjd (craft) and folk art. He works almost exclusively with hand tools—no machines, just his hands and the knowledge he has gathered throughout his life.
Elias primarily creates functional objects, decorated using traditional techniques, but occasionally also produces sculptures of various kinds. The surfaces are adorned with decorative carving. Each cut requires thought and presence, and together they create a play of light and shadow that shifts with the time of day and the viewer’s perspective. Like the shadow beneath a tree, the pattern is never quite the same.
Elias has always had a deep connection to nature. Growing up in a house surrounded by forests and meadows shaped his relationship with the natural world and the materials around him.
