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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013I am so excited! My friend and colleague Katrine taught me how to raku-fire pottery today. It´s something I´ve been wanting to learn for ages. And finally we found a day when we could get it done. Lucky for me, Katrine also took some photos, so now I can show you at least part of [...]
silkscreen experiment
Saturday, May 11th, 2013I really like the naked-rock-faces-silkscreen I made when I was in Bergen attending the fabric-printing and silkscreen-class. I tried out different materials and mixing colors when I was there, I´ve continued to experiment when I got home. Above is a print on matte, brushed aluminum. The paint is actually fabric-paint, but mixed 50/50 with a [...]
Siggjosong
Friday, May 10th, 2013I just made this poster for some musical friends of mine. Their music is all made by two of them with locally related themes. They named their group Siggjosong, after the biggest mountain on the island. I went with a theme loosely related to our maritime heritage and their songs, and to be honest, I [...]
ancester wall
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013I made this is a class with Susan Lenart Kazmer. Originally meant to be a big pendant for a necklace, it is a booklet, with pages to flip. In between are pictures of my grandfather, and his work-collegues at the factory where he was working. It´s a bit big for me to actually wear it [...]
I am sailing
Friday, April 19th, 2013My days are quite busy at the moment, so I haven´t been as eager to write new posts every day. An exhibition to prepare for, a big commission for a ship, a set&costumes for a dance-show. I have so much to share with you, but so little tine to actually do it. But you know [...]
Finnaas Kraftlag decoration
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013I´ve told you about the calendar I made for Finnaas Kraftlag, my local electrical company, presenting a month at a time here on the blog. They wanted some of the pictures from the calendar on the walls in one of their meeting rooms. So here are the four pictures they choose. First out is Siggjo, [...]
pale pink granite
Thursday, March 14th, 2013I made a silkscreen frame all on my own! Yes! This one´s motif is of the naked rock faces in pale, pale pink granite on the northern part of the most western/northern islands of Bømlo. After making the frame, it´s a good idea to leave it in the sunlight to fasten a bit extra. I´m [...]
making a silkscreen
Thursday, March 14th, 2013The day has come! Finally I will learn how to make a silkscreen! Remember this girl? I used the same girl on my screen, quite a bit bigger than the mini wooden version, and much more precise in the lines. Unfortunately I don´t have any photos from the dark room where I had the light-sensible emulsion [...]
trial and error
Saturday, March 9th, 2013Doesn´t this look like I´m whipping up a curry for dinner, mixing spices? I´m not. I´m mixing my very own golden yellow dye. But this “muffin-batch” of resistance IS actually edible. The dye is pure color-pigment, mixed with a potato-starch-based powder mixed with water. I can use it plain white or add color to it. [...]
mixing dye, mixing colors
Thursday, March 7th, 2013Dye-mixing-day! There´s quite a bit of chemistry and math involved in textiles, more than you might think. Very interesting. When it´s all new, learning the recipes, the names of the ingredients, it´s slightly confusing. But once I´ve actually DONE it, it sticks in a completely different way, than just by hearing it. I mixed a [...]
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