The quay and market area seen from above

↳ Kunstløypa mellom bruene · festival day 5 September 2026

Photo archive

Market, workshop, procession, fire and concert — the whole festival day along the Porsgrunn river, seen through the lenses of Dag Jenssen and Stina Glømmi.

On Saturday 5 September 2026, Kunstløypa mellom bruene filled the quay, the streets and the rock with craft, clay, brass band and fire. Here is a selection from the day — and from the night before, when the self-firing sculpture Bro bro brille was lit.

Photographs: Dag Jenssen and Stina Glømmi. The photographer is named in the caption when you open an image.

↳ The craft market on the PP-brygga · 22 photos

Visitors between the stalls at the craft market
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Market stalls along the riverside promenade
Photo: Dag Jenssen
An exhibitor shows jewellery to a visitor
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Ceramics for sale at one of the stalls
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A table of crafts and prints
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Freshly baked bread in baskets at the market
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Stalls by the river with Porsgrunn behind
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A ceramicist at her own table
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Close-up of a crackled ceramic vase
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A row of ceramic vessels on the market table
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Handmade bowls laid out on a long table
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Ceramics in various glazes on the exhibitor table
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Large ceramic forms at the front of the stall
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A jewellery exhibitor at her table
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Detail of an openwork metal sculpture
Photo: Dag Jenssen
An artist beside their metal sculpture
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Ceramic figures on one of the tables
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Julius Karoubi showing his mosaic panels in the open workshop
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Julius Karoubi explaining the technique at the workbench
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Visitors in the studio at Porselensfabrikken
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Visitors looking at works in the studio
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The stall stays open in the rain
Photo: Dag Jenssen

↳ Ceramics workshop for children · 7 photos

A full table of children and adults in the ceramics workshop
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A boy shaping a figure in clay
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A ceramicist shows the children how to shape the clay
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Hands in clay around the worktable
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The workshop seen from above, children at work
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Concentration over the clay figures
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A child and an adult shaping clay together
Photo: Dag Jenssen

↳ Works along the trail · 9 photos

The Bro bro brille sculpture with visitors around it
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Visitors feeling the surface of the sculpture
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Detail of the incised surface
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The sculpture left standing after the firing
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Leiken Vik · tile work laid out across the rock
Photo: Dag Jenssen
PORSGRUNNSÆLVA raised on the hillside
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The artist in front of the letters
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The letters seen up close
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The work seen from the riverbank
Photo: Dag Jenssen

↳ The procession and the ceremony · 17 photos

The procession sets off from Porsgrunn Porselen
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Vestsidens musikkorps leading the procession
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The procession through the streets of Vestsiden
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The banner of Vestsidens musikkorps
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The band playing by the river
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The audience gathered at Lysthusåsen
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A moment during the ceremony
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A participant during the wake
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A reading by the rock
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The company on its way up to Lysthusåsen
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The audience gathered around the work
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Conversation down by the river
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A bouquet held aloft
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A large part of the audience on the slope
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A speech at the quayside
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Opening words outside the red house
Photo: Dag Jenssen
By the sailing ship in the rain
Photo: Dag Jenssen

↳ People, food and weather · 13 photos

The sailing ship on the Porsgrunn river
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The grill going in the market area
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Serving from the long table
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Food served in the rain
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Coffee from Farstad & Co
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A bouquet from the market
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Umbrellas out at the stall
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Rain over the market street
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Rain ponchos and good spirits
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Together under the umbrella
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Colour in the grey weather
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Ice cream in the rain
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Shelter under the tree by the river
Photo: Dag Jenssen

↳ Bro bro brille — building and firing · 29 photos

The sculpture under tarpaulin before the firing
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The tarpaulin is drawn aside
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Wood stacked under the tarpaulin
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The sculpture seen through the tarpaulin
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The finished form among the trees
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The woodpile ready beside the sculpture
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Wood is split before the firing
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The fire catches in the opening
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The stoking opening lights up
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Smoke rising at blue hour
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The sculpture smoking at dusk
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The firing is tended through the night
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Flames breaking out of the top
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The sculpture burning against a blue sky
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The firing watched at close range
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The flame seen from the river side
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Wood is fed in at the base
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The flame standing out of the opening
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The sculpture glowing in the dark
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The fire against the town lights
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The fired sculpture the next day
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The surface after the firing
Photo: Dag Jenssen
A toast beside the sculpture
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The artists and helpers gathered
Photo: Dag Jenssen
By the river after the firing
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The Bro bro brille sculpture takes shape under the tarpaulin
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The artists working on the surface of the sculpture
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Firewood stacked around the sculpture before the firing
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Fire burning in the kiln opening
Photo: Stina Glømmi

↳ KLANGKRAFT · concert and dance performance · 21 photos

The amphitheatre built from pallets in the courtyard
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Stage and seating ready before the concert
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The sail stretched between the buildings above the stage
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The porcelain percussion instruments being set up
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The audience finding their seats
Photo: Stina Glømmi
A full amphitheatre just before the concert begins
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The audience gathered in the courtyard at dusk
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Mika Takehara at the marimba
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Virpi Pahkinen in a pale costume by the tree
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Virpi Pahkinen dancing across the stage
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Virpi Pahkinen with outstretched arms before the audience
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Percussionist playing the porcelain bowls
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Virpi Pahkinen in a dark costume, bent towards the floor
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The dance continues as darkness falls
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Close-up of the porcelain instruments in play
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The sail glowing blue above the courtyard
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Virpi Pahkinen in blue light with raised arms
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Dancing in blue stage light
Photo: Stina Glømmi
Virpi Pahkinen reaching towards the sail
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The performers take a bow after the performance
Photo: Stina Glømmi
The empty stage with candles after the concert
Photo: Stina Glømmi

↳ From the air · 8 photos

The quay and market area seen from above
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Porselensfabrikken and the boats in the river
Photo: Dag Jenssen
Vestsiden with the town behind
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The river with the factory buildings
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The Porsgrunn river seen from the air
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The roofs of Porselensfabrikken
Photo: Dag Jenssen
BergerudUstad's temporary rig in the courtyard at Porselensfabrikken, seen from directly above
Photo: Dag Jenssen
The courtyard with the rig and the tree, seen from the air
Photo: Dag Jenssen

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