Halvor Skiftun Digernes finds a new life’s calling crafted from clay

At 41, Halvor Skiftun Digernes has held many roles: barman, cocktail champion, espresso store co-founder and, most just lately, ceramic artist. His experiences are actually converging in a collection of ceramic artwork collaborations with Norwegian and Japanese artists and companies.

The Norwegian artist, who beforehand frolicked in Japan to open and run the cafe Fuglen close to Yoyogi Park, will return from Oslo to host an occasion on Oct. 14 at Tokyo brewery Ol (which is pronounced like “pool” with out the “p”). There, he’ll debut handcrafted ceramic beer faucet handles produced from nepheline syenite sourced from the north of Norway, earthenware from the streets of Oslo, sheep’s head bone ash from the west coast and barley ash from Ol’s personal beer manufacturing, with Japanese steel coupling to repair all of it in place.