small beings

still cold

I don't mind the cold! But the weather forecast is promising more snow and this I think is unneccessary, we've got plenty already. Asta loves the snow but hates skiiers, ever since one "chased" her with flailing arms. She ran for her life. The other day she actually (!) caught a field mouse while digging in the snow. And I had to bury the poor thing...

other forms of life

Kaleido

Here are some photos from Kaleido, the arts and crafts cooperative I joined in December. I sell handbound sketchbooks and journals, artcards with envelopes and small accordion booklets with my drawings.

Kaleido consists of around twenty craftsmen who work with ceramics, textiles, blacksmithing, art jewelry, bookbinding and more. We run a store and gallery in a turn-of-the-century warehouse by Uppsala’s central train station. A nightclub, café, boutique with designer clothes and more are found under the same roof. Don't miss a visit if you're in Uppsala!

mooore

icicles

We've had the most wonderful winter so far! The first snow fell in November, and it just kept falling and getting colder. And stayed beautiful for ever. Not like in the rescent years - snow, melt, freeze, snow, melt freeze... But I can do without the lowest degrees, -22°C...

ooooo!

More of my one-a-day's

one a day

A drawing a day!
This is my new years resolution for 2010 and here are the first 5. I will keep on doing these small circles - never know what will turn up on the page.

New year!

The whole family had fun with the Plastilina clay we gave the children for x-mas. Each family member made their own portrait. Mattias had to assist Asta in the making of hers though :)

Looking back, 2009 was an eventful year for me, for us. There were ups and downs – the downs mainly in our economy – but so many really, really good and positive things happened; my one-month stay in Greece, Mattias' and my art show, becoming a member of Kaleido arts and crafts cooperative, running Göteborgsvarvet..!

Hope you all had a great holiday and wishing you all the best for 2010!

congratulations!

Our oldest daughter, Olivia, turned teenager yesterday!
Thirteen years ago she brought the first snow along. Yesterday the fog lay like thick whipped cream instead, although the sun popped out long enough to say congratulations. It's hard to believe, the girls are growing so fast...

Her grandparents treated us all to a deluxe cake buffet, (eat as much as you wanted) which we all enjoyed (but our blood sugar went roller coasting).

more art in the mail!

Two more pieces from the Art Exchange in the mail for me! So far, art has been sent to me from the UK, the US and France. Feels like x-mas every time I receive a package!


A pin cushion, textile brooch and a handmade card with a sweet note
from Julia Laing, UK

Watercolor from Kenny Cole, USA.

in my bookshelf (I wish)

work by Anna-Karin Sjöblom, Monica Langwe, Adam Larsson, Cecilia Levy, Ebba Stålhandske, In Every Tree (Maria Larsson and Maria Olevik), Lina Nordenström and Elisabet Berg (photo courtesy Kaleido)

From December 1st I become a proud member of Kaleido, a cooperative containing around twenty craftsmen working with ceramics, textiles, blacksmithing, art jewelry and more. The store and gallery are situated in a warehouse by Uppsala’s train station. I'll be selling handbound journals and notebooks and other papergoods.

But first, this coming Saturday November 28th, an exhibition opens at Kaleido called Ur bokhyllan (From the bookshelf), where members and specially invited guests interpret what a book is. I'm participating with different bookobjects, the one in the top right corner is Resor utan mål (Travelling without goal) mixed media on a re-used book cover. The exhibition runs until January 3rd 2010.

Welcome!

last chance!

This is the last weekend of our show – and today the sun is shining! Since we're also hosting a Sketchcrawl during the day the weathers perfect. I'll post photos from that later.

for cold times

I have new mittens, lovely warm, grey ones. Made a swop with Ivar - he got a handbound book and I got these beauties. Happy hands.

art exchange delivery!

Look at all these mail goodies I got in the past few days! Wow. In these dark November days, it feels like pure sunshine coming out of those envelopes. Thank you friends!


from Lizzy Stewart - love the bears and the houses and... well everything


from Shannon Rankin - breathtaking, check out that link


from Émilie Boudet - love the little artist book dtrames


... and Catherine Schnoebelen.

Happy November!