Mattias Adolfsson

My husband Mattias' illustration exhibition starts now on Saturday and runs until Sunday the 18th - welcome!

Kaleido workshops

Sorry all english speaking - this is an ad in swedish for my upcoming workshops in Uppsala :) 

Pappers-workshops på Kaleido måndag 5/3 & onsdag 7/3 2012

Papper är populärt och en av de hetaste trenderna just nu.
Cecilia Levys kaffekoppar och skålar av papier maché har redan synts på många ställen: i DN 21/1 2012 under rubriken "Papper är poppis", i Gokväll i SVT1 5/11 2011 och i massor av såväl svenska som internationella webmagasin, t ex www.zickermans.se och www.galomagazine.com
Två av hennes verk är inköpta av Nationalmuseum, ett av dem kommer att visas i sommarens utställning "Slow Art", www.nationalmuseum.se.
Sedan 2009 är Cecilia medlem i Kaleido där hon också hade sin första separatutställning hösten 2010. På Kaleido kan man köpa hennes handbundna anteckningsböcker och andra pappersprodukter.

"Att någon har läst, hållit och tummat pappret som jag använder tilltalar mig. Jag tycker om papper som har varit med ett tag, fått skrynklor och missfärgningar. Det har karaktär och personlighet, en levande yta". Av små bitar från gamla gulnade boksidor bygger hon sakta och metodiskt upp sina föremål och låter bokstäver och färgskiftningar bli subtila dekorationer. Hon har även experimenterat med pappersmassa där hon först mal ner gammalt papper för att sedan bygga upp nya former.

Båda teknikerna är en skön form av återvinning. Nu har du möjlighet att delta i Cecilias workshops och lära dig dem:

Gör en vacker skål i papier maché (fulltecknad)
Måndag 5 mars kl. 18.30-21.00
Med pappersbitar och tapetklister bygger vi skålar.
Avgift 350:- inkl material. Max 12 pers.
Anmälan (bindande) till cecilia@levyform.se

Gör en vacker skål av pappersmassa eller papier maché (platser kvar!)
Onsdag 7 mars kl. 18.30-21.00
Vi arbetar med nermalt papper och bygger skålar på t ex korgar eller plastbunkar.
Avgift 350:- inkl material. Max 12 pers.
Anmälan (bindande) till cecilia@levyform.se

Cecilia Levy kan nås på tel. 0706-54 39 65

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Kaleido konsthantverk
Godsmagasinet · Östra station · Roslagsg. 1 · 753 27 Uppsala
Tel. 018-10 32 20 · info@kaleido.nu · www.kaleido.nu
Öppettider: vardagar 10-18.30, lördagar 10-16, söndagar 12-16
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Nationalmuseum!

So finally I can share the thrilling news that the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has bought the Red bowl and Java cup!!! Needless to say I'm extremely honored and proud and feel a constant need to pinch my arm :)

These two pieces are now a part of their collection. The bowl will also take part in an upcoming exhibition there, titled Slow Art, starting May 10th. Here's an extract from the text about the exhibition:

In praise of slowness

More recently, however, our high-speed culture has come under fire for its downsides. Voices have been raised in support of the need to slow down. Concepts such as Slow Food (the opposite of fast food), Slow Travel, Slow Media and Slow Mail have been introduced. What the various Slow movements have in common is that their supporters advocate a more gently paced lifestyle, rather than a constant battle with the clock. There is also an ecological aspect to the Slow ethos, which is very much in tune with the goal of sustainable development.

Hear hear :)))

Have a great weekend!

paper pulp Nyckelviksskolan

 

 

 Day two at Nyckelviksskolan was devoted to paper pulping. The students experimented with color and form. And with mixing in coffee-grounds (second image from bottom).

workshop Nyckelviksskolan

I held a two-day paper workshop with the students at Hantverkspedagogerna ("Specialist craft tutor" programme) at Nyckelviksskolan last week. They unleashed their creativity and came up with some amazing results. First day was devoted to papier maché. I'm still curious about the shoe - did it come off the mold alright, I wonder?

wallpaper stories

One of my bowls made it into the trend report in Mr. Perswalls magazine!

I discovered another paper artist: Valerie Buess.

high lights

Sometimes it's the simple things in life that make a difference! I bought myself a new lamp for my work space - it's really quite ugly but my eyesight isn't getting better with bad lighting and this isn't the time to be vain. So I got myself an OttLite with "Natural Sunlight Illumination, a broad shade for maximum workspace lighting, a bonus magnifier and a pattern clip!" :))

What to do with scraps of leftover leather? I made strips that I glued together. Looks and feels like wood. Trivet or wall decoration?

Lisa Nilsson takes quilling to a new level. Stunning work.

I was interviewed by Brittany Mosely for GALO (Global Art Laid Out) Magazine, you can read it here.

kurbits and zickermans

Yesterday: beautiful weather, hot chocolate, oranges and ginger bread cake - a perfect day for skating on lake Mälaren.

I have been interviewed for Zickermans Värld - a swedish DIY blog - by Frida, who also did a post on me on her own blog Kurbits, one of the most reknown swedish craft blogs. You do need to know swedish though!

My website is down due to some technical problem over at the host :(  Very annoying. Hopefully fixed tomorrow.

in the paper

Dagens Nyheter (Lördagsdelen), featured one of my cups yesterday :)

bits and bobs

 We all made our own sketchbooks, filling them with our bits and pieces from the experimenting fase. Good to be able to go back and, together with instructions on paper, refresh my memory.

During the last hour of the course I suddenly realized exactly what I want to do with my new skills! I set off in a frenzy making collaged images and booklets. The coating of wax gives everything that special look I find so appealing. More... want to do more!

Ebbas beautiful doilies/cake-paper and 3-d "flowers"- made of waxed paper and trapped fresh flower petals

a mosaic of what the rest of the group made - bibs, a tie, handbag, gloves, dress and stilettos... all unwearable :)

the end! waxed pattern paper and book page

diving into paper

old Alice in wonderland - with Asta look-a-like!  (our dog)

Ebba, colleague from Kaleido (maker of hats and textile artist) suggested this workshop could be of interest to me - and ended up going too. Partners in craft!

The 3-day course Storybooks & Stilettos; Paper Craft took place in the Sackler Centre at The Victoria & Albert Museum. Paper artist Jennifer Collier was our teacher and she generousely shared her techniques and patterns with us. To begin with we had a look at some of the antique childrens books from the museum - only for inspiration. Then began some serious experimenting; cutting, glueing, bonding, layering, trapping, waxing... There are so many photos of our results, I will post them tomorrow.

Fantastic museum, although there wasn't time to see more than a fraction of it. Don't want to miss the Morris room next time, couldn't find my way there, it was like a labyrinth...