The first West Nordic arts and crafts exhibition was in the Laugardalur Sports Hall in Reykjavik 20th to the 24th of November 2002. It was the largest West Nordic event that year and the West Nordic countries, Iceland, Greenland and The Faroe Islands, cooperated in making the exhibition as grand as possible, gathering together the best arts and crafts people of the three countries and inviting nine neighbour nations to participate.

The Minister Industry and Commerce, Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, opened the exhibition on Wednesday the 20th of November. In her opening speech the minister talked about the importance of the West Nordic cooperation, especially in arts and culture. She said that in the future the exhibition would be held alternately in the three countries and other nations would be invited to participate for more diversity. The exhibition is the result of the contact and cooperation of the crafts people of the three West Nordic countries, that has been developing over the recent years. The pupose of the exhibition is also to make a wider network of crafts people in the northern hemisphere and therefore people from Scandinavia, the Baltic countries and Canada have been invited.

Arts and crafts objects from twelve countries and regions were exhibited at Vestnorden Arts & Crafts 2002. The exhibitors came from Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Greenland, The Aland Isles, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Canada. 140 crafts people participated, and the greatest number came from the hosting nation, Iceland, 65 exhibitors. The exhibition was a unique event because this was the first time people from all the Scandinavian countries got together for the purpose of exhibiting arts and crafts and this was also the first time arts and crafts people from the Baltic countries were invited to an arts and crafts exhibition abroad.

At the exhibition diversity was the main theme and large and small objects were on display. There were handmade candles, ceramics, ocjects made of fleece, things carved of wood or bone, jewelry, leather goods, furs and knitted clothes, to name just a few things. All the things at the exhibition were for sale and the participants were quite happy with the sales and thought the exhibition was a good platform to present and sell their work. Some of the exhibitors had workshops and showed the guests how they made their objects and at some of the workshops the guest were allowed to try their hand at making things, for exemple making candles or clay pots. The largest object that was made in the workshops at the exhibition was a traditional row boat for four rowers from the Faroe Island. The boat was made by the boat builders Jóan Pétur og Marius Clementsen and the boat was sold in Iceland.

Anna-Lena Beckman  Textiles

Ann Granlund  Textiles

Annemieke Mulders  Handicrafts

Helga Isager  Knitting

Mai Hvid Jørgensen  Wood

Helle Mogensen  Skals Handarbejdskole

Thea Najsum  Jewelry

F. Björk Ottósdóttir  Skals Handarbejdskole

Inge-Marie Regnar  Wood

Mette Lise Rössing  Skals Handarbejdskole

Birthe Sahl  Ceramics, jewelry

Grete Westh  Ceramics

Ave Matsin  Belts

Maiken Mündi  Lace etc.

Silja Nõu  Knitting

Rait Pihlap  Musical instruments

Liivi Soova  Handicrafts

Valdur Tilk  Woodcarving

Igor Tõnurist  Musical instruments

Liina Veskimägi  Knitting

Jóan P. Clementsen  Wood

Marius Clementsen  Wood

Dania Danielsen  Knitting

Ása Hátún  Woolens

Poulina Jensen  Weaving and national costumes

Súsan Johansen  Knitting

Elisabeth Kruse  Woolens

Guðrun Ludvig  Skins

Finnur Olsen  Jewelry

Borgný Patursson  Knitting

Sjúrður Poulsen  Carving

Guðrið Poulsen  Ceramics

Dagmar Sörensson  Trolls heads

Poula Sørensen  Woolens

Inga Maria Vang  Clothes

Jórun Vang  Knitting

3-arin  Jewelry

Carina Nyman  Handicrafts

Marleena Vento  Handicrafts

Thue Christiansen  Objects made of sealskin

Inge Heinrich  Handicrafts

Dorthe Ingemann  Woolens

Susanne Möller  Handicrafts

Marie Nielsen  Skin and leather

Bodil Pedersen  Leather

Barbara Sillassen  Leather

Inge Lynge Skydsberg  Handicrafts

Aðalbjörg Erlendsdóttir  Silk

Anna B. Þorbergsdóttir  Ceramics

Anna Gunnarsdóttir  Skin & leather

Anna Kristinsdóttir  Textiles

Anna María Sveinbjörnsdóttir  Jewelry

Anna Sigríður Hróðmarsdóttir  Porcelain, ceramics etc.

Auður Gísladóttir  Knitting

Axel Björnsson  Woodcarving

Ásta Björk Friðbertsdóttir  Objects made of hair

Ásthildur Thorsteinsson  Textiles

Birna Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir Ceramics, sculptures etc

Björn Björnsson  Woodcarving

Dagný Þrastardóttir  Glass

Dröfn Guðmundsdóttir  Glass

Dýrfinna Torfadóttir  Jewelry

Edda Magnúsdóttir  Objects made of fish bones

Eggert Jóhannsson  Skins and furs

Elísabet Pétursdóttir  Skin & leather

Elín J. Ólafdóttir  Knitting

Elínborg Kjartansdóttir  Glass, lamps and candles

Georg Hollanders  Toys

Guðmundur Sigurðsson  Woodcarving

Guðrún Hallfríður Bjarnadóttir  Textiles

Guðrún Jónsdóttir  Leather and fish skins

Guðrún Steingrímsdóttir  Horn and bone

Gunnar Eyjólfsson  Woodcarving

Hannes Lárusson  Wood and metal

Harpa Kristjánsdóttir  Jewelry

Heimilisiðnaðarfélagið  Weaving etc.

Helga B Jónasdóttir  Candles

Helga Einarsdóttir  Filigree

Helga Friðbjörnsdóttir  Textiles

Helga Magnúsdóttir  Wood

Helgi Björnsson  Woodcarving

Hildur Símonardóttir  Glass and ceramics

Hólmfríður Arngrímsdóttir  Ceramics

Holmfríður Ófeigsdóttir  Knitting

Hrönn Vilhelmsdóttir  Textiles

Hugrún Ívarsdóttir  Carving

Ingibjörg Kolbeinsdóttir  Iron

Ingveldur Bjarnabóttir  Glass and ceramics

Jenný Karlsdóttir  Pattern books

Jóhanna Haraldsdóttir  Toys and wood objects

Jón Marínó Jónsson  Violins

Jónína Óskarsdóttir  Ceramics

Karítas A Þórðardóttir  Textiles

Kristin Cardew  Knitting

Kristín K Þorgeirsdóttir  Icelandic Yule Lads

Lára Vilbergsdóttir  Paper and skins

Margo Renner  Glass and candles

María Guðmundsdóttir  Textiles

Ólöf Davíðsdóttir  Glass

Páll Jónsson  Wood

Ragnhildur Magnúsdóttir  Wood

Rannveig Helgadóttir  Knitting

Sigríður Jóna Kristjándsdóttir  Woodcarving

Sigríður Elfa Sigurðardóttir  Woolens

Sigrún Björgvins  Filt

Siiri Lomb  Skins

Snjólaug Guðmundsdóttir  Textiles

Soffía Magnúsdóttir  Textiles

Steinunn Helgadóttir  Ceramics

Þóra Gísladóttir  Knitting

Ilze Andresone  Handicrafts

Janis Keiselis  Wood

Anita Kovjazina  Traditional jewelry

Džeima Krike  Skin and leather

Vilnis Krikis  Skin and leather

Mara Kupla  Ceramics

Maris Maninš  Weaving

Dagmara Priberga  Lace

Signe Pujate  Handicrafts

Terese Jurkuviene  Handicrafts

Rita Pauliukonyte  Handicrafts

Jon Dahlmo  Wood

Arthur Johansen  Woodcarving

Arne Kettel  Leather

Torill Kåsmo  Hatmaking

Marit Løvhaug  Knitting

Åse Tangrand  Ceramics

Åsvard Tangrand  Glass

Gunvor Tangrand  Ceramics

Torgeir Thorsen  Woodcarving

Kirsti Tverå  Hatmaking

Göran Bäckman  Woodcarving

Yvonne Bävman  Woolens

Niklas Ejve  Silverware

Christel Khan  Metal

Jonas Larsen  Glass

Lennart Larsson

Elisabeth Palm  Ceramics

Nina Skoland  Knitting

Marta Trolin  Skin and leather clothes