Lergrova is run by ceramicist Ida Persson, active in Agnäs, a village in Bjurholm municipality, in Västerbotten County.
In her ceramics workshop, Ida turns stoneware utility objects. Ida tells us that she likes the repetitive nature of utility objects and refining the craft with each item. The fact that the objects will then be used perhaps daily by someone motivates Persson extra much.
Sometimes, however, Ida nurtures her inner artistic soul and creates freer forms, and the clay is then shaped into individual objects and sculptures.
In her ceramics workshop, Ida turns stoneware utility objects. Ida tells us that she likes the repetitive nature of utility objects and refining the craft with each item. The fact that the objects will then be used perhaps daily by someone motivates Persson extra much.
Sometimes, however, Ida nurtures her inner artistic soul and creates freer forms, and the clay is then shaped into individual objects and sculptures.
Persson says that working with clay is in a way primitive but also very creative and stimulating. "All that is needed is clay, a pair of hands, and a fire to create beautiful and durable objects," says Ida.
This is how it has been done for thousands of years, the tradition is long, to say the least.
This is how it has been done for thousands of years, the tradition is long, to say the least.
The company name, Lergrova, is a dialect word from Agnäs. In the same dialect, "grova" means "large dug pit". In Agnäs, between 1940 and 1960, there was a brickworks and a clay pit. The large dug pit – the "lergrovan" – was located just behind the house where Ida grew up. The same house that is now the Lergrova workshop.
All of Ida's works are stamped with a clay stamp. The stamp is Persson's signature and depicts a spruce tree from the Norrland forests.