new passion

I rediscovered papier maché!
I'm working on an idea for an exhibition this coming fall. More will follow.

back in one piece

My trip to Gothenburg went fine - the train was delayed both ways, but the workshop wasn't affected. And I'm back in one piece, so everythings fine.

Now I just have to repack my bags - going to Stavanger in Norway for a lecture and a two-day workshop next week.

re-use fun

Barbro Fagerlind is our exhibitor in the Kaleido gallery this month. She works in metal such as tin cans etc. Last week she held two workshops - they were fully booked immediately. I was lucky to be one of the participants and had a ball; cutting, hammering, punching away at my tin cans I had brought along. Couldn't finish it off there though, time went so fast.

I'm off to Göteborg to hold a bookbinding workshop at HDK (School of Design and Crafts) tomorrow. The train traffic situation is chaotic because of all the snow that has fallen in the past days. It's usually a 4 hour train ride, but people have been stuck for hours in the middle of nowhere because of snow blocking or rails freezing. Hope I get there - and hope I get back home after the workshop tomorrow evening...





Barbro's wonderful creations.





And my unfinished attempt at a light bearer :) It was harder than I thought, but fun!

on and on and on

More of the "one-a-day"s.
I've started coloring some parts black. Always starting in the center and working my way out. There are endless variations to be made!

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...