frozen forms

Outside it's grey, there's a little snow but underneath it's icy and treacherous, it's slippery and difficult to walk. Wish it would snow a bit more so we could go skiing in the woods.

Made another self portrait at the studio, and I did a painting (!) with colors (!). Haven't done that in a looong time. I feel very unsure about it so I'm not posting it yet. If ever. But it was fun and I hope to continue. I am a graphic person, content with a limited palette of one to three colors, but sometimes I long for more.

ginger and iron

We were so late making the gingerbread house - we made it after x-mas - and so we were late eating it, too. We made Rapunzel in her tower, she was supposed to have looong hair all the way down, but we kept forgetting to buy string candy, so she stayed bald... Ate the last crumb last week. Asta didn't get any, but she did try to lick it a few times standing on her hind legs. I couldn't resist posting a photo, even though it feels totally out of place. Next year we'll do better!

I received one of those very nice packages in the mail. A necklace by swedish jewelry artist Carolina Claesson. I make invitation cards and posters for the jewelry gallery Hnoss in Gothenburg, were Carolina is a member, and this is how I get paid :) It's made of iron, two links in the back are gilded, it's heavy and surprisingly comfortable. I love it.

frosted looks

My latest self portraits. I look quite stern, but it's only from concentrating so hard.
I can't write anything more now, I'm soo tired. Good night!

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.

time to focus again

I was happy to go to the studio again last week, after the winter break. But of course it takes a little effort to get into focus again. My camera thought so too.

Forgot to post the last self portrait (at the bottom) I did last year. I find it a little scary, but I post it anyway - as it is part of my working process.

winter break

Hello again!
I took a break from blogging for a couple of weeks, but now I'm back!
The schools started today and everything is – finally – back to normal. I love holidays, but I'm just as happy when they're over and things go back to normal. I want my newspaper with my morning coffee for instance :) (in Sweden the paper's not delivered on public holidays, and there are so many of them this time of year...).

We spent the Christmas holidays eating, ice skating, eating, watching films, eating, ice skating, eating, etc...

The ice on the lake Mälaren came early this year. We went on the ice nearly every day – I haven't skated this much since I was a kid, and it fills me with happiness. I love being outdoors in the winter if the weather permits it, and it sure did these last weeks.

Hope you had a wonderful holiday too.

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.

bald and hairy

Two new friends, one with- and one without hair.

twins

For this weeks Illustration Friday (it's been a while...), the topic this time: similar.

tattoo and interview

I have been immortalized – behind an ear! Well, not me of course, but one of my drawings; worry bird. I know nothing of what it feels like, I have no tattoos myself, but I'm sure it must have hurt a lot...

There's an interview with me over at Designtavern, if you feel the need to know more about me ;)

the way out (vägen ut)

Third and last piece of art on book covers (I still have a fourth cover, don't know what to do on it yet...).
Exhibited at my solo show at Galleri Hedengrens Trappa in Stockholm in August, blogged here, here and here.
Fine liner, water color and sewing thread.

the simple and the difficult (det enkla och det svåra)

More art on book covers.
This is the second one. Exhibited at Galleri Hedengrens Trappa in August (blogged here), but forgot to photograph them then.
Fine liner, water color, sewing thread.

travels without destiny (resor utan mål)

Art on book covers.
I found a series of books by Swedish author Harry Martinsson. The covers were perfect to draw on. This is the first one of three. I exhibited them at Galleri Hedengrens Trappa (blogged here) in August, but forgot to photograph them then.
Fine liner, water color, sewing thread.