The textile tradition and folk costumes of Scandinavia are the topics of the books released by Duran Publishing. This relatively new and small publishing company has released two books and three more are in the making. The books are made in cooperation with museums and private collectors and are intended as popular description and inspiration to anyone interested in Scandinavian textiles and folk costumes.
Scandinavian Folklore Vol. I (2011)
Scandinavian Folklore Vol. II (2012)
The next book in the series Scandinavian Folklore is Vol. III. During the journeys from the arctic north and the Sami culture, to the shores of Norwegian Sørlandet and Swedish Scania, photographer Laila Durán brings you more of the great variation of bunads and folk costume tradition that are still very much alive today. With emphasis on the everyday life, handy craft and the local textile traditions she brings you yet another volume with more than 600 spectacular photos. Text and photo Laila Duran. In english, swedish and norwegian.
The book "Bunader fra Setesdal", “Bunads from Setesdal” will be released in autumn of 2014. This is a coffee-table-book with hundreds of photos of the bunads and people in Setesdal in Norway. Here you can see the life in the valley during one year from early spring until Christmas. Setesdal has one of the oldest bunad traditions in Norway and the photos shows a great variety of bunads used on both workdays and festive occasions. We visit farms, churches, old homesteads more than five hundred years old and even a steam vessel from 1867 still used on the Byglandsfjoren today. Text and photo by Laila Duran, in cooperation with Setesdalsmuseet.
Kronbruden (The Crowned Bride) is a book about the bride and wedding traditions of Norway and Sweden, and it is intended as inspiration to anyone wanting to add a touch of the past to their own wedding. Today more and more people choose to get married and many seek inspiration in the colorful and spectacular brides of the past. This book is a "coffe-table-book" with hundreds of photos of the most luxurious, colorful and exotic traditional brides of Scandinavia. A bonanza of richness from an area, long before anyone heard the expression; "less is more". Text in english, swedish and norwegian.
Norske Broderte Bunader (Norwegian Embroidered Bunads) are made in cooperation with Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo. The museum curator, Anne Kristin Moe, is writing the text using her master thesis on the subject and rewriting it in to a popular version. The photos of photographer Laila Duran and the old archive photos from NF will illustrate one hundred years of Norwegian bunad history. A history that are not only about beautiful wool embroidery but also a dramatic story about norwegian identity, feminism and politics. Text in english and norwegian.
Laila Duran (Duran Publishing AB) blogs at folklorefashion.durantextiles.com
