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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013A playful collage before the next project Tomorrow I´ll be posting from the theatre…
from sample to passport-purse
Sunday, March 17th, 2013It ´s high time I make myself a new passport-purse. I use them everyday, so wear and tear makes them last about a year. I´d had my present one for a year-and-a-half… So I used another one of my samples form my screen printing-workshop, and made a new purse. I prefer to keep them relatively [...]
birdhousing with the kids
Thursday, February 28th, 2013My favorite kids have been here on their winter-holiday, and of course we have to do some serious painting! “Everyone should have a Grand-dad!” is the title of a popular Norwegian song, and these kids are pretty lucky, since they have the best one of them all! He helped make a birdhouse early in the [...]
Pink week for Penelope
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013Today is pink. Pink is feminine. Feminine is power. Power is equal rights. Equal rights is independence. Independence is strength. Strength is confidence. Confidence is happiness. This year Norway is celebrating it´s 100 year anniversary for women´s right to vote. Even though Norway is amongst the best countries in the world regarding equal rights for [...]
Valentine
Thursday, February 14th, 2013Happy Valentine´s day! Valentine´s Day is a rather new tradition in Norway. So new, you can´t really call it a tradition yet at all. But I do remember when we just had moved to the States, I was 11, and experienced my first Valentines. My classmates gave me Valetine-cards, and was a bit baffled by [...]
mellowyellow
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013One more tip for cheering oneself up in winter: dig your fingers in some paint! I´ve been painting today, with my fingers, sponges, stamps, layered acrylics on watercolor paper, making backgrounds Giving them names like “mellowyellow”, “palepeace”, “jealousyellous”, “gloomygreenish” and “circlecircledotdotdot” Now I´ll go put them to use!
from wine-box to rally-shelf
Friday, January 4th, 2013A wooden wine-box I found in Stavanger…. A vintage rally poster from Monaco… A cute little boy who soon has his first birthday…. Acrylic paint, watered down and layered…. A cabinet-door-knob in the shape of a car… A racing-pattern around the edges…. And Voilá! A rally-cabinet is made! The top-part will be made into a [...]
Mozart-painting
Saturday, December 29th, 2012I had a pleasant evening painting in my journal tonight. First collaging (mainly paper, but also silks), then painting with acrylics. It´s been a while since I´ve done anything in my journal, so it was high time. And making a little memory from the Mozart days, was not such a bad idea, I think. Last [...]
yet another new calendar book
Friday, August 3rd, 2012It´s that time of year again. August 1st and I needed a new calendar-book. I made the same accordion-style book I´ve made for the past couple of seasons. This time with the softer, more muted colors of autumn. Lady Grey is guardian of the cover. Freestyle machine embroidered appliqué. The pages are painted with acrylics, [...]
a little gift…
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012… to a friend of mine. An accordion-book with an appliqued lady, brushes, tape & crayons.
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