cuckoos nest

Voilá my contribution to the summer exhibition at Kaleido Konsthantverk. I call it Cuckoos Nest. The eggs are made of book pages and glue, I used the folded part from stitched books, thereof the folds and small holes that remain. Of course only one egg differs from the rest.

I enjoyed making the nest, although I wonder how a jury of experts had judged my work... Speaking of which, Mattias and I are totally absorbed in the activity around our bird feeders outside our kitchen window. We have a perfect view and have counted 13 different species; Bullfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, and Hawfinch amongst others. It's not been good for the work discipline, running to the window every now and then to check who's there...

bye bye hello hello

Longing, mocha set made of book paper

Species Litteras Q, wooden box containing handcut letters of various fonts, pinned down with insect pins

Two of my larger pieces were sold last week and have now left me for new owners... I usually don't feel that strong attachments to my work - of course I'm fond of my work, but usually very happy to let go, too. These proved a bit harder to part from... especially Q, which was part of my degree project from 1996 (!). Well, I'm over all that now and extremely happy to know they're in good hands. Longing will be exposed in a public place in Uppsala municipality and Q will hang in the private home of a doctor of literature (doktor i litteraturvetenskap - I'm not sure how to write that in english...).

Now I'm totally into the next project: making paper eggs. This is for the new group exhibition at Kaleido; Med näbbar och klor (= With beaks and claws). Show opens next Saturday June 9th. More photos will follow....

businesscard beauties

My businesscards from Moo! For the first time ever, I'm really proud to hand over a card!

extra extra!

My exhibition at Sigtunastiftelsen is extended with one week, so you can see it until Tuesday, May 29th if you wish.

Welcome!

art excursion

Sven-Harrys (konstmuseum)

Carl-Oskar Linné

Meta Isæus–Berlin

Meta Isæus–Berlin

Dan Wolgers

Gunilla Lagerbielke at Galleri Inger Molin

Lisa, Ebba and Elisabet

Once in a while I get out of the studio and go on excursions with my Kaleido colleagues. We spent a day visiting Sven-Harrys (konstmuseum) and Galleri Inger Molin, before trotting off to Nationalmuseum (I'm going back in time - see previous posts).

It was my first visit to Sven-Harrys, definitely not the last. The exhibition Ett riktigt hem – en replik på en replik (A real home - a replica of a replica) was interesting, intriguing and inspiring.

Slow Art, my selection

Eva Hild

Helena Hörstedt

Helena Sandström

Jane Reumert

Janna Syvänoja

Karen Bit Vejle

Mafune Gonjo

Tore Svensson

A small selection of pieces from the Slow Art exhibition. Twenty-nine artists in total are participating and every piece is of course excuisite. But I've made a choice here of only 8 - a few of my absolute favourites. Just realised, while uploading; my choice is within a very narrow range of colors..! 
 Links to all names so you can check them all out.

And my bowl is in very good company :) 

Slow Art at National museum

 

To see my little ol' paper bowl in there is quite overwhelming :)

bowl in magazine

 

Thank you Allt i Hemmet for adding my paper bowl (beside the 3) to your News, Trend and Design page!

Looking forward to tomorrow: I'm going to a special sneak preview at The National museum to see the new exhibition Slow Art - where one of my paper bowls will participate! Going with my husband Mattias and a couple of good friends/colleagues from Kaleido. But first we're visiting Galleri Inger Molin and then Sven-Harrys konstmuseum which I'm really looking forward to as well, never been to the latter. Might as well cram as much in as possible when we're at it! Hopefully I can take some good photos of it all.

organizing my s(h)elf

Twice a year the nineteen members of Kaleido move around and rearrange our places in the shop, which makes it feel new and updated. My shelf is now next to the counter. This is where I sell my handmade paper products; notebooks, art cards, posters etc... and now I've also brought in a few of my paper art objects. I'm so pleased to have found the ultimate storage for these objects: glass bell jars! Found the two larger ones here, the smaller one is second hand. Haven't had paper art for sale in the shop before - dust from the central station and the surrounding area, which is under reconstruction, made it impossible.

 

care for a coffee?

bowl Minerva

Eternell - everlasting paper flower

Species Litteras "g", character collection

letters cut out by hand and pinned à la entomological collections

Species Litteras "Q", character collection

accordion folders with different illustration themes

coffee constellation cards and gift tags

leather and mocha necklaces

Welcome to visit Kaleido when in Uppsala! The shop is situated in Godsmagasinet, next to the Central station.

Opening hours:
weekdays 10-18.30, Saturdays 10-16, Sundays 12-16 (closed Sundays during the summer)


 

young artist

Our eldest, Olivia - one of the twenty-odd contestants in the ninth graders art show - beside her piece "Stillhet" (Stillness). Coal and acrylic on paper.

I am one proud Mama!

sisters (Rosa in back)