paper cuts and coffee stains

More products for Kaleido Konsthantverk!

The paper decorations are meant to hang in a window or a doorway. The sides fold out from the middle, I've sewn with green or red thread and they have a small tassle hanging down at the base :)

Below are coffee constellation cards. Made on good aquarelle paper with a Fineliner and then painted with instant coffee. I just love the warm brown color, effects – and smell!

sticky business

I'm testing making objects out of paper pulping - it's great!
In a few weeks I'm doing a 2-day paper workshop for ceramique students at Nyckelviksskolan. One day of papier maché and one of paper pulping.
The process of preparing the pulp was easy; shred paper into a bowl, soak over night, simmer on the stove for 20 minutes, mix in a blender, stir in some PVA... ready. Ideas are piling up inside my head...




My copy of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 7 finally arrived. It's a heavy, beautiful book filled with amazing, inspiring illustrations. There are sooo many talented people out there... Anyway, it's nice to see my own illustrations there on the page - they made it through the tough competition :)

featured illo

One of my illustrations made it to the 3x3 Professional Show No. 7! It will be featured in the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 7. I'm quite honored!


Bill from People I Never Knew I Knew.

small beings

other forms of life

mooore

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.

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).

blog action day

My contribution to Blog Action Day '09: Climate Change

I'm re-using this illustration I did last year. It's called Save, as in Save the fish, Save the oceans, Save the world. We really must do something. If everyone decides on making small adjustments in lifestyle, it'll make a huge difference.

invitation in progress

Mattias and I are having an exhibition in a few weeks. We're making the invitation card and poster together; I'm doing the text and he's making a tree around it. First family collab in this way, exciting to see how it turns out!

white dogs

Small black ball.
Made this a while ago, makes me long for summer, it looks nice and warm.



Two of Astas pals; Sigge and Nova (Westie and Jack Russell).
Spring is still far away... maybe we can make a snow dog this weekend!

Hope you have a nice weekend too!

check out

I have been featured over on Lou Lou & Oscars blog! I'm very proud of this, Lisa did a small interview and a pick from my images on Flickr. She's such a sweet, generous person and a very talented artist herself. Thanks to her blog I've found my way to many interesting, talented people. Be sure to check out her blog and her work!


I did this image and had a go with lots of layers and filters in photoshop - fun!

This evening I'm going to the Modern Dance Theatre in Stockholm to see The Porcelain Project. Inspiring I hope! Haven't been to see dance for years...

finally Etsy!

I've been meaning to open a shop at Etsy for a long time. A place where I can sell my prints, handbound journals, crocheted creatures. Now I've finally done it... phew, it took a while, but now I'm there! Just click on the link on your right, and you'll get there.

Thanks to ALL of you that have left comments on my #100 blog post! Thursday is the final day, then my girls draw the winner - so there's still time left if you haven't left your name yet :)

The following two days I will have bookbinding workshops at Sigtuna Folkhögskola. There will be paper, glue and string everywhere! I hope to take some photos and post later on.

Have a nice evening!

one hundred!

This is my hundredth blog post!

It's almost a year since I started blogging (March 3rd to be exact), and I feel the need to celebrate this in some way! I decided to do a small give-away, and I hope you want to participate in my celebration. Just write a comment (or only your name if you don't want to say anything), and next Thursday (Febuary 5th), after writing the names on pieces of paper and tossing them into a hat, my daughters will draw a winner. The winner gets Jöran, a crocheted jackdaw, made by me. He's 15 cm tall, and stands on a wooden base. And he's a worry bird - tell him all your worries, he'll keep them forever.
Good luck!

Attentive Designtavern, that interviewed me a couple of weeks ago, also noticed that I have a new website, you are welcome to check it out!

IF: pale

I made this pale, long-necked lady last week. I felt it suited the topic of this weeks Illustration Friday well.

IF: contained

An egghead for this weeks Illustration Friday.

Happy Holidays!

How about starting 2009 with a brand new wallpaper for your computer? You can download my illustration "the forrest" (without elf, snow and greeting in swedish) at IllustrateYourself.com.
With this I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New creative Year!

turning of leaves

Tomorrow is the last day of the term at school, and this year is soon over. Though I haven't spent as much time at the studio as I would have liked to, I'm so pleased with the processes I have gone through. Projects I have started there, that I don't think I even would have thought of in the studio at home. Summing it up: I've done around 22 self portraits, started my Cellula project, my People I never knew I knew project and last week, the Leaf project (maybe I'll think of another name). Here are the first two. And the latest portrait.