The metal saw, like most of the machines in the forge and nearby workshop, looks very dangerous. The rail, along with some construction steel and forged down ball bearings will eventually become the body of the sword. He grabs part of an old train rail and exits the forge, heading over to a metal saw in the outside workshop to chop off a sizable chunk of it. “My main project right now is a mechanical music box, but I’m waiting for materials to arrive before I can continue working on that. “Swords and such is not that representative of what I do here,” he says.
Shaking his hand leaves a dark smudge of ash.
He is a hard-looking man, sturdily built and covered in soot, small burns and scars, presumably from his work in the forge. In the basement of a secondary building is the school forge, where Master student Sven Undheim does most of his work. It’s very easy to get lost in the faculty buildings, connected by underground hallways. Round one corner and find an abstract 3D cardboard sculpture, round another and see a massive painting of a foreign galaxy, or maybe a troupe of young dancers, working on a routine. Wherever you go, you will encounter a different project in the works. The building has a very Hogwarts-esque feel about it. It is a school consisting of six departments, ranging from opera, to design, to fine art. Photography by Sarah Romsaas UggenĪt Grünerløkka, next to Akerselva River, is Oslo National Academy of the Arts, locally known as KhiO. As he goes through the process of fire welding a sword, he reflects upon his role as an artist versus blacksmith, and the dangers of working in the forge. Utilizing a craft that dates back thousands of years, young blacksmith Sven Undheim forges amazing, beautiful and strange art.
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