tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16672011957056554102024-03-18T19:54:19.695-07:00slow creationsFast ideas, slow creations. Visual addict. slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-41680991995872689962013-08-07T13:48:00.000-07:002013-08-11T12:46:11.982-07:00Natural dyeing – a workshop with Jeanette Schäring and a glimpse of my personal journey<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeanette Schäring´s works of art and materials at the workshop (May 2013). Photo: slow creations</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeanette Schäring: shibori (resist-dyeing) at the workshop (May 2013). Photo: slow creations</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeanette Schäring´s works of art and materials at the workshop (May 2013). Photo: slow creations</span></td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As many others, I first encountered plant dyeing in the 70s and, for me,
80s. I clearly remember going with my mum to courses and afterwards starting
our own dyeing, boiling plants on the beach at the summerhouse on Gotland. I
remember the plant collecting, the smell from the cooking, the feeling of
community and of course the results (still have some yarns left…).</span></span></div>
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effects that conventional textile dyeing has on the environment and health of
the textile workers as well as wearers. One response to these facts is to take up natural
dyeing, an usually slow and transformative process. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">The methods of natural dyeing has been renewed since the 70s-80s. Many
artists and independent fashion designers (as well as a few highly commercial labels
such as <a href="http://www.procureddesign.com/2013/05/13/levis-made-crafted-mens-ss-13-lookbook/">Levi´s Made and Crafted</a> <u>(</u>as far as I can see focusing on indigo)
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and its mysteries to textiles and clothes. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US">Usually, rather mild mordants are
being used (in comparison to the earlier often harsh methods of the 70s-80s) and some doesn´t
use them at all, relying on the process itself and also maybe not in need of colour
fastness (for example in some textile art works) – or striving for that (instead
pursuing the process, patina and beauty of “aging” textiles). Sometimes artist
and designers also work with additions as rust (as in rust water or rusty
objects) and other matter such as bicarbonate and sour things such as lemon
juice that change and add to the colour effects.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rust as dyeing component. From a workshop by Jeanette Schäring. Photo: slow creations</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">My own old new interest and
fascination of natural dyeing began with inspiration via fiber artist <a href="http://abigaildoan.tumblr.com/">Abigail Doan</a>, one of the now active most important, generous and inspiring artists
for me, and her network, for example <a href="http://sashaduerr.tumblr.com/">Sasha Duerr</a>, founder of <a href="http://www.permacouture.org/who.html">Permacouture Institute</a>.
I started experimenting after buying Duerrs´s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Natural-Plant-Dyes-Blackberries/dp/1604690712/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375906289&sr=1-1">book </a>this winter. I also saw works
by Swedish artist <a href="http://www.jeanettescharing.net/">Jeanette Schäring</a> at the exhibition </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://hemslojden100ar.se/in-english/">The National Association of Swedish HandicraftSocieties 100 years</a> (see for example my previous <a href="http://slowcreations.blogspot.se/2012/06/hemslojden-100-years-national.html">post</a>) </span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">and was astonished. I just could not forget her art
works! They were truly mysterious, beautiful at the same time as they were a bit
strange and with a very special feeling. I dreamed of one day to have some sort
of contact with Jeanette... Little did I know what would happen as I this late
spring (May 2013) had the wonderful opportunity to study for her at a workshop hosted
<u>by <a href="https://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/">Etnografiska museet </a></u>(Museum of Ethnography) in Stockholm. Arrangers were Anna Lauri and Eva
Melldahl (from <a href="http://www.nfh.se/inenglish/thenationalswedishhandicraftcouncil.4.1b1cc8131331d1e167d80002431.html">Nämnden för hemslöjdsfrågor</a>) with the starting point in
the rich collections of the museum (especially the exhibition"<a href="https://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/etnografiskamuseet/exhibitions/aktuella-utstallningar/the-storage-an-ethnographic-treasure-trove/">Magasinet</a>") and evoking questions about collecting
practices and modernity versus ”tradition”.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span><br />
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show a little from that workshop which was intended for students at several
Swedish art and crafts institutions (as I´m not such a student I was very happy
to be allowed to participate anyway).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">In
connection to <a href="http://www.jeanettescharing.net/news/">her on-going exhibition</a> Matter in Motion and the mysticism of Nature´s colour</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 15.59px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">at <a href="http://www.gotbot.se/kulturvast_templates/Kultur_ArticlePageWide.aspx?id=56241">Göteborgs botaniska trädgård</a><u> </u>(until
22 September),</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"> Jeanette</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"> has said:<i> In my work I combine cultural heritage,
millennium-old, dynamic dyeing techniques with digital media and high-tech
analysis. By highlighting new opportunities and make way for the natural color
as an environmentally friendly alternative to our often toxic and, out of the
viewpoint of resources, impoverishing, synthetic pigments, we can take back a
forgotten craft tradition in a new way. Herbal colours offer an
environmentally-friendly alternative to synthetic dyes when it comes from
plants, that are renewable, non-toxic and biodegradable. (</i>Quote from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goteborgs.botaniska.tradgard">Göteborgs botaniska trädgård´s Facebook page</a>, translated by me).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Besides giving erudite, excellent, mind-blowing lectures on
the more theoretical part of natural dyeing and the environment as well as
opening up questions about both dyeing and cultural history and the future of
human existence itself in this time of extreme consumption, fast fashion, and
climate challenges, Jeanette Schäring first of all invited us to go out in the beautiful surroundings
of the museum to collect material (parts of plants). </span></span><br />
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cloth (mostly cotton) with plants tied up<i> (shibori) </i>and putting them in for example a tea
solution. One of the principles of new natural dyeing is to besides boiling/simmering
the dye stuff and textiles as in the older method, also pouring hot eater on the
plants in a glass container. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Ideally this could ripen over days and weeks in the
sun in a window (solar dye) or outside, adding some fresh air now and then to
the infusion which will take on its own life, still unexplainable for the scientists how it evolves and what really happens in the chemistry. As far as I know this is especially
suitable or effective for onion skins and red cabbage (something I´ve tried
myself with good results), but also other plants.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">One of the challenges of natural dyeing (especially
for me being a beginner) is the randomness nature and not having a guarantee
which is most exciting and thrilling, I think. Of course there are some
“recipes” (as in Duerr´s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Natural-Plant-Dyes-Blackberries/dp/1604690712/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375906289&sr=1-1">book</a> and also others, such as pioneer <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eco-Colour-Botanical-Beautiful-Textiles/dp/1596683309/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375907483&sr=1-1&keywords=india+flint">India Flint</a>) and rules but the individual processes and circumstances (which
water, temperature, plant stuff, eventual mordants and colour modifiers, which
material used, i.e. silk or cotton etc) are considered most important.</span></span><br />
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Work-in-progress at the workshop. Photo: slow creations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Like a birthday party, unpacking our bundles of plants and textiles... Photo: slow creations</span></td></tr>
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Unpacking my bundle with among others Japanese maple leafs<br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">In short, to be given the opportunity to attend this workshop
with Jeanette was one of the landmarks in my life in connection to creativity. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">My meeting with Jeanette evoked so much for me! Love and spirituality... inspiration and exchange of ideas on both a personal and professional level. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">My journey continues and some of the results of my work-in-progress and finished
pieces can be seen on my </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/slowcreations" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Facebook page</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">. Together with my artist and designer friend
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agnes-Nissen-Jewellery-Redesign/398813186820972">Agnes Nissen</a>, we have since spring (2013) been evolving a collaboration process.
On our journey together we did a small exhibition in June at Agnes´pop-up store <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/SwapShop/302957613129764">SwapShop</a> in Stockholm about natural dyeing
in our project called “Kitchen Couture Collab” (<a href="ps://www.facebook.com/events/206220116168526/">Facebook event</a>), a glimpse of our process up until then,
a process which hopefully will result in a blog and a bigger exhibition in the
future.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slow fashion (onion skins, Japanese maple leaf, red cabbage on second hand shirt). Dyeing and photo by slow creations</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen Couture Collab small exhibition (Agnes Nissen and slow creations), June 2013 in Stockholm. Photo: slow creations</td></tr>
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</span></span>slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-72865519016574725372013-03-30T12:23:00.000-07:002013-04-03T12:17:23.928-07:00Cirkus Cirkör: Knitting Peace<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 150%;">Yesterday I saw the show or rather the performance </span><a href="http://www.cirkor.se/content/knitting-peace?language=en" style="line-height: 150%;">Knitting Peace</a><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 150%;"> (originally
premiering in Marseille this January) by widely famous Swedish based contemporary
circus company </span><a href="http://www.cirkor.se/?language=en" style="line-height: 150%;">Cirkus Cirkör</a><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 150%;">. I went with my dad (82 years) and my son (soon 7).
My expectations were really high! This was actually the first time I saw Cirkus
Cirkör live. And after the performance we all celebrated by standing ovations! This post is my very small attempt at thanking Cirkus Cirkör for their endless work.</span></span><br />
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post will be very celebrating… because I am overwhelmed in a great way and also
my dad and son also found it astonishing. Cirkör <a href="http://www.cirkor.se/content/knitting-peace?language=en">says </a>it is “A performance that
asks the question: is it possible to knit peace?” This starting point and their
questions of “Can the desire for change create change? Can a worldwide knitting
for peace movement make a difference? It is easy to give up when confronted
with one´s own insignificance in comparison to the world´s greatness and
complexity” makes this performance complex but not complicated. For me, the
answer is yes and is given in the creative force that resulted in Knitting
Peace. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">The director,
also head of Cirkus Cirkör, Tilde Björfors, the <a href="http://www.cirkor.se/ensemble-1?language=en">performers </a>and <a href="http://www.cirkor.se/content/musicians?language=en">musicians </a>(and composer
<a href="http://www.cirkor.se/samuel-looptok-andersson-1?language=en">Looptok</a>) gives the audience a show that, in my opinion, is about life itself. It
is, for me, about human life´s fragility, evanescence, tenderness, connection, power
and strength, courage, frustration, fears, the thin line between sensitivity
and brutality, love and playfulness. It is above all poetic and very, very beautiful.
Although I could describe the <b><span style="font-weight: normal;">knitted
set design in words (white yarns in many forms, as skeins, threads and as knits),
I cannot of course mediate the feeling and the ingenious usage of the set
design, as an extremely essential part of the show that is in use all the time,
as the performers are using it in many ways. As the five performers are
well-educated circus artists, they excel in various circus arts (bicycle on a
rope playing a white violin, </span></b>aerial acrobatics</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> etc.) although for the first
hour I could not really applause this as I was so taken by the feelings the show
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<strong style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;">I can only recommend it
and am happy for you who haven´t seen it yet (it is said to tour outside
Sweden, but so far I can´t see any tour plan). I think if we all could keep in
mind and be aware of the vulnerability of human life, it would be easier to
make a change towards a more peaceful world. And for me, as well as for many
others, when I knit or crochet, my pace is slowing down, making me more relaxed
and hopefully in the end maybe a little more loving!</span></span></strong><br />
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contribution <a href="http://www.cirkor.se/call-knitting?language=en">to the call for knitting here</a> and as far as I understood it, no
deadline is set yet. Good for me who is a slow knitter….</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #bdcede; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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knits (and crochets) and some of them were used in the show as well as
exhibited in the foyer and auditorium of Dansens hus in Stockholm. Also,
children were given the opportunity to try circus arts under good educators
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things are maybe getting better! There
is something going on… slowly and strongly... Concepts like slow art, slow fashion and so on are
gaining more recognition, concepts and principles that is very far away from
the consumption stress and hectic life-styles of many of us. Maybe somewhat
provocative for some people, these concepts are about choosing to live with
respect for our environment and our planet, choosing to use your hands, materials
and time of your life, for maybe weeks, months or years to make one piece of art. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">One of the most creative and important artists in this field is American-born <a href="http://abigaildoan.tumblr.com/">Abigail Doan</a> who at the beginning of this year wrote "</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Slowing down is ironically a better way for me to examine my ideas about what seems essential for making headway in the studio and beyond." in her always fascinating and beautiful <a href="http://abigaildoan.blogspot.se/2013/01/a-slower-and-more-grounded-2013.html" style="color: #444444;">blog</a><span style="color: #444444;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I would like to pay
attention to an amazing, immensely well-curated exhibition at <a href="http://www.nationalmuseum.se/sv/English-startpage/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Slow-Art/">Nationalmuseum </a>in
Stockholm, Sweden. It ends on Sunday February 3rd so you would better hurry (if you are
in town). I saw information about it when it opened last autumn, but
nevertheless, I ironically ended up hurrying to see Slow Art just the other day... Nationalmuseum is
going to close for well-needed renovations (for some years) and the house is
filled with eager visitors of all ages. The atmosphere when I was there was
warm and nice</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The exhibition Slow Art shows
almost 30 pieces made of s<span style="background: white;">ilver, textile, glass, paper and ceramics, most picked </span>from the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>collections, and "celebrates <span style="background: white;">a contemporary
movement in fine craft where technique, materials and the work process are
considered especially important". And it really lives up to that. Most
of us cannot imagine how much time is needed to make these pieces. The immense
skill, and patience, that was need in making them, is paired with exquisite eye
for creation. That is, I mean, they are not only well done, so to speak. The
works are poetic and evokes feelings like tenderness for life´s fragility and
evanescent beauty but also of strength and often, even more astonishing, all of
this at the same time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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juxtaposing the objects, some of them shown without show-case. She also seem to
have a deep understanding for the creative process judging from the labels and
the catalogue that, besides being sold, is very generously free to down-load <a href="http://www.nationalmuseum.se/Global/Publikationer/NM_SlowArt_digital_fix_eng.pdf">here</a> (in <a href="http://www.nationalmuseum.se/Global/Publikationer/NM_SlowArt_digital_fix_swe.pdf">Swedish</a>). There is also an <a href="http://www.nationalmuseum.se/sv/Utstallningar/Aktuella-utstallningar/Slow-Art/Slow-Art-app/">app </a>in connection to the exhibition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Helena Hörstedt (b 1977). Broken Shadow. 2008. Silk, leather.</span><br />
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slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-10566111376120226262012-10-28T12:56:00.001-07:002012-10-28T12:56:55.616-07:00Recent works<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I´m sorry that so much time has elapsed since <a href="http://slowcreations.blogspot.se/2012/06/hemslojden-100-years-national.html">my latest post</a>! Well, this is a slow blog, but... I do want to post more often.<br />
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I here show a few of my recent works. I actually departed from my usual fields of images or textile crafts (in my case wearable items/fashion) to create something else. Fiber art?<br />
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This, I call "Monument" and I of course use my own images (printed on transparent paper from <a href="https://www.antalis.se/businessonline/public/home.do">Antalis</a>). I used organic yarns from <a href="http://www.huskroken.com/">Ateljé Huskroken</a>, my favourite store, to tie the images to a large branch that I found by accident when I was out with my son.<br />
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I got this idea that a monument doesn´t necessarily be of a hard, eternal material, but could be evanescent and brittle, like life itself, and eventually return back to the earth.<br />
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This image I took with my mobile camera. I like the bad technical quality of it... I printed on transparent paper and adorned it with yarns and cosmetics such as lipstick, eye-shadow and nail lacquer. The colours are a bit vulgar, I think. I will get back to the topic of pink (and my relation to it) in a later post...<br />
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Dan Svensson of <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=149330278&authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&authToken=wnaC&locale=en_US&srchid=bbf126e9-a661-4cef-b80f-8401dc1b8da0-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=29&goback=%2Efps_PBCK_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_Format+design_*2_C_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*1_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link">Format</a> made the rear side.<br />
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This piece (Now) is crocheted and sewn togehter with different fibers such as silk, linen and cotton. The outer rim is of paper yarn. I put it up using white pins.<br />
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In this case I took a picture in my neighboorhood and printed on thick paper with additions af fibers (mostly linen). Dan Svensson of <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=149330278&authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&authToken=wnaC&locale=en_US&srchid=bbf126e9-a661-4cef-b80f-8401dc1b8da0-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=29&goback=%2Efps_PBCK_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_Format+design_*2_C_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*1_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link">Format</a> made the rear side.<br />
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Of these four works, the tree somehow connects to tree as a phenomena. I have a deep connection to the symbol of trees but nevertheless was a bit surprised it showed so distinctly.<br />
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Recently, concerning the topic to proceed artistically, I started to learn the basics of digital textile printing at a fantastic course run by ultra-creative artist and designer <a href="http://www.joannabodzek.com/">Joanna Bodzek</a>. I find digital textile printing very creative and a bit demanding, and I am curious how things will evolve in this field were I have so much to learn!<br />
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Please have a look, and "like", if you like!<br />
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My ambition is not to make it just another ego project, but to highlight things I like and that interests me and hopefully others, alongside with my own images and design.<br />
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You can also have a look at <a href="http://slowcreations.tumblr.com/">my tumblr</a>, where I reblog others and post my own things.<br />
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<br />slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-34669990040558992422012-06-24T23:38:00.000-07:002012-07-09T10:57:49.645-07:00Hemslöjden 100 years/Hemslöjden 100 år: The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies 100 years Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">One rainy day recently I went to Liljevalchs to see "Hemslöjden på</span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Liljevalchs </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">(Swedish handicraft at </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Liljevalchs"</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">; see the movie <a href="http://www.liljevalchs.se/aktuellt/se-filmen-om-hemslojden-pa-liljevalchs">here</a>). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I must admit that although my expectations were fairly high, I was in a good sense overwhelmed by the exhibition.</span></div>
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</div>slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-57713509209106213052012-05-27T00:25:00.004-07:002012-06-12T12:32:13.499-07:00Re-use, buy and "folkfest": Återvinningsfesten - flea marketNow, today: time for <a href="http://www.100hus.com/en/hornstull/aktuellt/%C3%A5tervinningsfesten-27-maj">återvinningsfesten!</a> Flea market in Hornstull, Stockholm, Sweden (my hood) . Enjoy, buy and sell (I will sell photos :) Arranged by: <a href="http://www.100hus.com/bilder/Folder_100Hus_Low.pdf">100hus</a><br />
<br />slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-29629845286851516212012-03-28T13:27:00.008-07:002012-07-09T10:58:39.690-07:00Hemslöjden 100 years/Hemslöjden 100 år: The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies 100 years Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The power of folk art and crafts and handicrafts is immense also, or especially, in our time of digital and constant on-line life. The domain of crafts/handicrafts/folk art also is closely interweaved with fields like environment, sustainability and organic materials. <br />
Also, (the from the outset punk and post-punk) DIY culture can be seen as a part of the movement of folk art and crafts.<br />
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This year the Swedish organization Svenska hemslöjdsföreningarnas riksförbund ("Swedish handicrafts organisation" or The National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies) will celebrate 100 years. This will manifest itself as some very promising exhibitions! <br />
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One of the most exiting seems to be <a href="http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/Publication.asp?publicationid=15007&cat=148&catName=utstallningar&topmenu=148">Väv</a> ("Weave") at <a href="http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/category.asp?cat=187&catname=English&topmenu=142">Nordiska museet</a> (Djurgården, Stockholm). The museum was from the start created to hold many objects of folk dress as is reflected in the collections.<br />
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Väv will feature old textiles from the collection and invited students from <a href="http://www.konstfack.se/en/">Konstfack</a>, <a href="http://www.hvskola.se/english/">HV Skola</a> (Handarbetets vänner) och <a href="http://www.saterglantan.se/index_en.php">Sätergläntan</a>. There will also be looms for the public to use. Sounds very nice to me! Opening May 9th (closing September 30 th). <br />
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Don´t forget the permanent exhibition <a href="http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/Publication.asp?publicationid=13356&cat=187&catName=English&topmenu=142">Modemakt (Power of Fashion)</a> which shows clothing and fashion from 1780s, 1860s and 1960s (different social groups, for example "folk clothing", very nicely put in a context of fashion). I highly recommend the very well-informed and well-written catalogue written by curator Berit Eldvik (beautiful photos by Mats Landin). <br />
Last but not least, have a look at Nordiska museets <a href="http://textilgalleriet.nordiskamuseet.se/">Textilgalleri</a>, on-line and IRL.<br />
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On June 6th (until September 2), the art hall Liljevalchs in Stockholm will show the jubilee exhibition <a href="http://www.liljevalchs.com/utstallningar/hemslojden-100-ar">Hemslöjden på Liljevalchs</a> (<a href="http://www.liljevalchs.com/english/exhibition-programme-2012/">Swedish Handicraft 100 Years</a>). I remember the wonderful, joyful and colourful, exhibition Slöjden är här. Slöjden är härlig 1998 at Liljevalchs. I really look forward to this new big exhibition!<br />
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On display will be for example the collective work, "Can you see the leaves on the trees", which will consist of 2000 leaves created by people around the country. <br />
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This is part I of my posts about Swedish handicrafts and the jubilee of Hemslöjden. I wish to conclude this post with this picture from <a href="http://www.zickermans.se/">Zickermans värld</a> (from Lilli Zickerman, 1858-1949, one of the most important founders of the organized Swedish handicraft movement). <br />
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Check out the <a href="http://hemslojden100ar.se/">homepage of the jubilee year</a> for more info about the handicraft movement´s first 100 years in Sweden (at the moment, it seems to be only in Swedish, unfortunately). And look out for my next post on the topic. <br />
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Happy New Year!slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-91649043787557855962011-12-28T13:18:00.000-08:002011-12-28T13:18:57.257-08:00Painters: Twombly, Monet, Turner at Moderna museet<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cy Twombly at Moderna museet, Stockholm (detail)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Today I re-visited one of my favourite <a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Exhibitions/2011/Turner-Monet-Twombly/">art exhibitions</a>, <a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Exhibitions/2011/Turner-Monet-Twombly/">Turner, Monet, Twombly. Later paintings </a>at <a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/">Moderna museet</a>, Stockholm, Sweden, featuring Cy Twombly, Claude Monet and J. M. W. Turner. First, I must say that the photos are by me with one exception and not to be regarded as anything else than my own interpretations of the fantastic art works, which I of course cannot capture. So I decided to do my own modification of the images.<br />
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I was certainly not alone there, it was rather crowded... <br />
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But somehow a kind of peaceful as well as powerful atmosphere could be find amidst the many visitors. The paintings are so visually strong and, also, sometimes very subtle. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cy Twombly at Moderna museet, Stockholm (detail)<br />
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</tbody></table>As long as I can remember, I have liked Claude Monet, especially his more dissolved motifs of for example hay-stacks and cathedrals. As the exhibition shows later works, some were really intriguing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claude Monet at Moderna museet, Stockholm (detail)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I find the paintings by especially Monet and Twombly to be very sensual (but not in the usual tiresome sexual meniang, of course). This is really Painting in its own right, creating a new universe to become absorbed in. Something in it makes me think of surfaces, textiles, weaving and yarn. Well, I do often think of that... I admit, but this is really in the word´s right sense inspiring. <br />
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Reflections... <br />
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No pictures can show the light shining through Monet´s work...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claude Monet at Moderna museet, Stockholm (detail)</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Moderna museet has a very good and famous children´s and youngsters place called <a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Family/Holiday/">Verkstan</a>. It is wonderful and awesome to experience how young persons are treated with so much respect and that enough time and space is given to create for them. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Family/Holiday/">Verkstan </a>at Moderna museet by slow creations</td></tr>
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As is probably obvious, Twombly is the one that caught my eye most. I was not actually well aquainted with his work before this exhibition so I am very grateful for this.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cy Twombly at Moderna museet, Stockholm (detail)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shawl by slow creations (woven)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The exhibition <a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/Exhibitions/2011/Turner-Monet-Twombly/">Turner, Monet, Twombly. Later paintings </a>(until January 15, 2011) is created/curated by Moderna museet (Jeremy Lewison, assistant curator: Jo Widoff) and will travel to Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Tate Liverpool in late winter/early spring. A must-see. To be recommended!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the interior of the exhibition </td></tr>
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Intriguing fashion/art and fiber projects like the label <a href="http://www.tatachristiane.com/">Tata Christiane Couture</a> by Julie Bourgeois and Hanrigabriel (Berlin) caught my attention in a new post at <a href="http://www.wearableartblog.com/">Wearable Art Blog</a>. This blog usally features nice stuff, some of it is organic/sustainably made or re-using materials. <br />
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The label often features crochet and patchwork like in this one:<br />
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For me, this seems to be a new turn on the age-old crochet technique, a funny and exciting design that surprise us in its material combinations and colours. The designers work with serial and unique pieces, costume design and cooperations in art performances, film, photography and music. Not very surprisingly, they showed in Tokyo this recent summer. <br />
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The label says it is "a vision of the street costume, it proposes an absurd and disturbing vision of beauty, with decline, maladjustment, extravagance and immoderation. It plays with the borders of elegance and bad taste, digging up our old memories, recycling the waste of our civilisation, and becoming a monomania, a machination and a monstruous and sublime unique piece." Wow!<br />
<a href="http://www.tatachristiane.com/?p=2274">Ambiguity</a> is the word.<br />
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Colours! Nice in autumn and always. Not so wearable, but always fascinating and very creative recent work by Abigail Doan features work-in-progress for Vogue in a post in one of her <a href="http://abigaildoan.blogspot.com/">blogs</a>. Also, often check her very active blog <a href="http://eccoeco.blogspot.com/">ecco*eco</a>!slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-58703551159163726072011-08-29T12:10:00.000-07:002011-11-05T11:34:04.800-07:00slow creations goes English...or Swe-nglish<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neck piece (knitting, crochet) from late spring 2011. Linen, buttons from an old loved 60s cardigan from my mother</td></tr>
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Yes, my intention is that my blog from now on will be in English (eh...Swe-nglish, I am Swedish). I took this, for me, big decision after having realized that, after all, Swedish is not the biggest language on earth...and as a tribute to my English-speaking readers. I have found that I seem to have some of them/you. <br />
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Anyway, some future posts may continue to be in Swedish, if I feel that it is needed. I have the ambition to gradually translate parts of old posts or at least old tags. I hope that my readers will have some patience with me... And any ideas or comments on how to translate certain words are highly appreciated as is, of course, any feed-back!<br />
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I will most probably continue to do "slow blogging", e.g. post when I have the time and wish to do so. Ideas are many, time is scarce. Besides working with textile design (much of it eco/organic yarns and fabrics) my time is devoted to taking pictures (and... working, etc...)<br />
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My last words today is that some of you may have seen that my favourite yarn shop and creative place <a href="http://www.huskroken.com/">Ateljé Huskroken</a> of course also has info in <a href="http://www.huskroken.com/English/Frame%20uk.htm">English</a>. <br />
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T-shirt by <a href="http://www.camillanorrback.com/Splash.aspx">Camilla Norrback</a>, bought at <a href="http://www.demcollective.com/">DEM collective</a>, Gothenburg</td></tr>
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See you in Autumn! I long for the darkness that is approaching up here in the North...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>In summer, the night. I need not write of the nights lit by the moon, but of the moonless nights, the fireflies' lights crossing in the darkness...</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Så skrev den kvinnliga japanska författaren Sei Shonagon på 1000-talet (</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pillow-Book-Sei-Shonagon/dp/0231073372"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pillow Book</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, som varmt rekommenderas). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ja, företeelser som får hjärtat mitt att klappa lite extra. Det är många grejer, det. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snygga bloggen eccoeco med t ex inlägget </span><a href="http://eccoeco.blogspot.com/2011/06/wires-100-collection-by-jantine-van.html"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Wires 10.0' Collection by Jantine van Peski</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Bloggens inrikting är "Ideas about Fashioning Self and Sustainability". Ständigt spännande grejer. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ingen bilvän, tvärtom... men estestiskt sett...har "Hundkojan" präglat mig sedan barnsben, då mina föräldrar hade en (turkos!). British Racing Green är nog snyggast. Hade jag körkort, skulle jag vilja ha en cabbad.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aaaah, garn. Yum, yum. Dessa är miljövänliga från </span><a href="http://www.huskroken.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ateljé Huskroken</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortsättning följer...</span>slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-36111564285862008922011-05-13T10:57:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:57:04.330-07:00Vårbilder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54vc0v4VnnMVS_nvuR6R6STOl62oUodx0ojvpvoGAnUFu4c9nstfYSYuCZRFbK95BCpzHmiRVzmK1_BcZGhKfLf0neOAaW8VWVi6SIeJqDOxywSR0KVJN-qTZEX4-w_iCiW_oAPQ0l6I/s1600/DSCN3395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54vc0v4VnnMVS_nvuR6R6STOl62oUodx0ojvpvoGAnUFu4c9nstfYSYuCZRFbK95BCpzHmiRVzmK1_BcZGhKfLf0neOAaW8VWVi6SIeJqDOxywSR0KVJN-qTZEX4-w_iCiW_oAPQ0l6I/s320/DSCN3395.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Dricker världen<br />
Livets flöde<br />
Våren rusar<br />
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Nej, jag kan inte skylla på våren, det är nog vi som rusar genom tiden förbi kvittret till någon annanstans. Men vi har chansen att fånga nu nu nu. Tiden är en chimär. Men våren kanske ändå rusar, i ögonblick brinner det i blodet. Trängtan. Våren berusar.<br />
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Lönnbladens plisseringar, <br />
bladen så mjuka, nästan sladdriga<br />
ömt vill jag ta dem i handen. <br />
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Omfamna varje skirhet <br />
innan den blir påtaglig, djupgrön och <br />
alltför självklar. <br />
Träden når ännu varandra<br />
ej helt utspruckna, <br />
alldeles strax är de solida former. <br />
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Våren drömde det var sommar<br />
25 grader redan i maj<br />
Ångande bilar<br />
En kille med mössa<br />
och Fanta-burk<br />
Cykelkö på Skeppsbron<br />
Vinden fläktar ändå lite<br />
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Moln av flygfän<br />
Försöker hålla munnen<br />
stängd<br />
i uppförsbacken<br />
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</tbody></table>"You can find inspiration in everything and if you can´t, look again" heter en bok av brittiske designern <a href="http://www.paulsmith.co.uk/">Paul Smith</a>. <br />
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Har inte ens öppnat boken, men finner titeln tilltalande. Kanhända kan min tröja tolkas som inspirerad av vårvinterns nyanser i ett (just nu i Stockholm) bortsmältande vinterunderlag. Bitvis helt vitt, mer ofta skitigt gråbrunt och allt däremellan. Glitter och grus. Hur som helst finns i tröjan flera nyanser av vitt samt inslag av grått och svart. Den är vävd på <a href="http://svskogsbo.blogspot.com/">Skogsbo</a> med <a href="http://samtida.ownit.nu/weaving/">UllaCarin Lundh</a> som lärare. <br />
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Genom Ullacarin och dessförinnan Mariana Eriksson, sedan länge verksam som universitetslektor med inriktning mot vävning vid Uppsala universiet, har jag fått och lärt mycket. Marianas undervisning och <a href="http://www.adlibris.com/se/searchresult.aspx?search=advanced&author=Mariana%20Eriksson&fromproduct=true">böcker</a> har fått stor spridning. Hon har inspirat många genom hennes lite ovanliga närmande av i sammanhanget udda material och gamla tekniker. I boken <em>Väv som aldrig förr</em> från 2005 kan man hitta både bubbelplast, metalltråd och papper. Under min alltför korta tid hos henne fick jag enorma kickar.<br />
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</tbody></table>Personer med gedigna kunskaper i textila tekniker som vågar tänka fritt betyder oerhört mycket för studenter och andra. Det var alltså genom UllaCarin och Mariana som jag fick lära mig att använda en enkel teknik (tuskaft) och olika material med skilda egenskaper som sedan efterbehanldas. Därmed uppkommer helt nya effekter, delvis oväntade, kanhända med gott resultat. I tröjan är varp och inslag av kritvit entrådig ull (<a href="http://www.borgsvavgarner.se/product.asp?cat=15">Fårö</a>) och lin/viskosmixen <a href="http://www.holma.se/">Linvi</a>, numera sorgligt utgången, i äggskalsvitt. Dessutom inslag av bland annat bomull, ullgarner av oilka grovlek, små inslag av kassettband och julgransglitter från ett stort varuhus. Mycket av det rester från garnlagret, d v s hyfsat miljömedvetet.<br />
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Hur åstadkommer man detta? Enkelt. Ha kul och väv x antal meter (här ca 3,5 m). Klipp ner. Lägg i tvättmaskinen, kör på 40 grader. Öppna under viss bävan. Kolla in resultatet. Här snackar vi textilkickar på hög nivå, om det blir lyckat, vill säga.<br />
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Ja, bäst att göra prov först! Materialens egenskaper gör alltså att ullen krymper och annat i stort bevarar sin sträckning. Därav effekten. En del är rena naturmaterialpurister, så ej jag, fast jag eftersträvar naturmaterial (helst eko). Men det är ju så kul med syntetmaterialens effekter i detta sammanhang. Och några bitar syntet, kanske något som betraktas som lite lågklassigt har ju de flesta hemma. In med det bara och se vad som händer efter tvätt.<br />
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I <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1667201195705655410&postID=8584173429898319574">första inlägget</a> skrev jag om min fascination för japanska textilfirman Nuno och deras experiment, gärna med äldre tekniker i botten. En inspirationskälla jag har i bakhuvudet bland många andra är Nuno, men också andra. En del av dem, liksom Nunos desginers, finns i den läckra boken<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Surface-Contemporary-Japanese-Textiles/dp/0870700766/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300654461&sr=1-1"> Structure and Surface. Contemporary Japanese Textiles</a>, utgiven 2002 av The Museum of Modern Art, New York. I boken visas nära 30 japanska eller i Japan verksamma textil- och modedesigners. En del av dem har producerat tyg för kända modeskapare som <a href="http://www.isseymiyake.com/en/">Issey Miyake</a>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Osamu Mita. Washi & Wool, 1997. Jacquard double weave, felted. Manufacturer Mitasho Co.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Osamu Mita har arbetat för <a href="http://www.fashion-forum.org/fashion-designers/yohji-yamamoto.html">Yohji Yamamoto</a>. Bokens designers arbetar främst industriellt, men några även mer hantverksbaserat. I boken finns teman som Transparent, Dyed, Sculpted, Reflective. Kan varmt rekommenderas! <br />
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Och därmed en önskan om att gå loss även efter vävning/virkning etc, med viss kontroll och kunskap, för att överraskas i slutänden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Masaji Yamazaki with Yoshihiro Kimura. Japanese Paper on Velvet, 1993. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-7559629320262414542011-01-24T12:09:00.000-08:002011-03-18T15:25:46.080-07:00Yayoi Kusama - prickar och penisar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Med denna braskande rubrik vill jag på intet sätt förminska Yayoi Kusama (f 1929 i Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan). Tvärtom, jag och många med mig anser att hon är en av vår tids största konstnärer. De senaste 10-15 åren aktuell med många utställningar. För mig är det en oerhört fascinerande värld hon visar, som jag kan känna igen mig i. Inte minst hennes driv - besatthet är väl bara förnamnet, kan man ytligt tycka. Hon är känd för sina gränsöverskridande verk: måleri, performance/happenings, mode och tredimensionell konst.<br />
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I en intressant <a href="http://bombsite.com/issues/66/articles/2192">intervju</a> från 1999 säger Kusama: <em>My artwork is an expression of my life, particularly of my mental disease.</em> Om detta har ordats mycket och egentligen kan man undra varför det behöver nämnas ännu en gång. Men eftersom hon själv så tydligt tar upp detta, är det OK enligt min mening. Det råder oenighet om diagnosen och en <a href="http://www.migraine-aura.org/content/e24966/e22874/e24840/index_en.html">essä</a> nämner att <em>"migraine aura experiences, anxiety, and depression may account for all known facts of her medical history".</em><br />
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Kusama började måla redan som barn. Då fick hon också vad som har benämnts hallucinationer och som anses ligga bakom mönstren i hennes konst. <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><em>One day I was looking at the red flower patterns of the tablecloth on a table, and when I looked up I saw the same pattern covering the ceiling, the windows and the walls, and finally all over the room, my body and the universe. I felt as if I had begun to self-obliterate, to revolve in the infinity of endless time and the absoluteness of space, and be reduced to nothingness. As I realized it was actually happening and not just in my imagination, I was frightened…</em> <a href="http://postdash.com/blog/?tag=yayoi-kusama">Källa: </a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Hon reste från Japan 1957 för verksamhet framförallt i New York, men även i Europa, tills hon återvände till Japan 1973. Under denna tid kom hon att bli minst lika uppmärksammad som sina samtida konstkändisar Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, Frank Stella och Claes Oldenburg.<br />
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Man har försökt definera hennes verk som minmialism, feminism, surrealism, art brut, popkonst och abstrakt expressionism. Hon var även politisk engagerad (mot Vietnamkriget).<br />
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Washington Square Park and Tompkins Square Park, New York, 1967<br />
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Hennes happenings på gatorna var vida omtalade då hon ofta uppträdde med andra som hon bemålat, ibland endast iförda prickar. På de mer bestånde eller stillastående verken märks ett annat känt motiv: penisar och penisliknande former. Anledningen till detta är säkert genomanalyserat och Kusama har ju sina egna anledningar till detta. Själv kommer jag att tänka på den långa historien av falloskult i Japan, t ex i form av religiösa <a href="http://blog.mtviggy.com/2010/04/06/japans-kanamara-matsuri-i-e-giant-penis-festival-in-photos/">festivaler</a>. <br />
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<em>If it were not for art, I would have killed myself a long time ago.</em> Där ser vi, om vi inte visste det redan, att kultur och konst hör till "välfärdens kärna".<br />
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Förhoppningsvis kan vi snart se fram emot att få ta del av en ny <a href="http://www.kusamadocumentary.com/project.php">film</a> om Kusama. Slutligen, mitt favoritverk från <em>Japan idag,</em> Liljevalchs samlingsutställning från mitten av 1990-talet.<br />
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Visad på Liljevalchs mitten av 1990-talet</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Har en hatkärlek till mönster. Men när de flödar ur handen känns det bra. Mönstren och bilderna är en re-kreation, inte i meningen fritidssyssla, utan min reaktion och kreation. Där kan ett graffiti-klätt elskåp ge lika mycket s k inspiration som finkonsten. Tyvärr ägnar jag alltför lite tid åt papper, pennor och liknande verktyg. Går helst direkt på garn eller tyget med virknål, symaskin, vävstol och sådana redskap. Men särskilt på sistone har kameran flitigt använts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Kanske än mer än mönster är det särskilt strukturer och texturer som jag går igång på. <br />
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En del ogillar ordet inspiration och talar hellre om transpiration. Jag tror på båda. Olika faser i skapandet, möjligen. Antar att det är som livet: båda sidor behövs, som "öppna" och "stäng". Inspiration är för mig mottagligheten inåt för det yttre och det som stiger ur själens djup "av sig självt". Något flyktigt som sedan behöver ro att "bli" något (kanske genom hårt arbete?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Som barn ägnade jag mycken tid åt frenetiskt ritande och målande. Frenesi är väl inte bara av godo och jag kan ännu uppleva den. Numera får jag välja projekt med omsorg då tiden är knapp. Den sortens styrning kan vara bra. <br />
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När jag har gått vävkurs/utbildning var skisser viktiga. Men jag drog mig alltid för det. Mina vävlärare vet att jag även är skeptisk till att göra provvävar! Då det tar ett bra tag bara att sätta upp även en liten en väv, har ivrigheten tagit överhand mentalt och det har känts lite frusterande att provväva. Men jag vet ju att provvävar behövs. Särskilt när man som jag ofta experimenterat med efterbehandling. Då behöver man ha en aning om man vad ger sig in på...<br />
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</tbody></table>Krage i "patchwork crochet". Blandade material, mest ull och silke, något bomull, en del ekologiskt. <br />
Garn ur gömmorna. Detta är som knark (ska jag säga, som inte testat). Man vill bara göra en ruta till och en till... Vet inte om den är klar, men har testkört den, tycker den funkar redan nu. Kan kanske expanderas.<br />
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En svart säkerhetsnål får vara knäppning.<br />
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Konstruktionen är, som vanligt när det gäller mig, enkel. <br />
Bilderna kan förhoppningsvis ge en aning om variationen i glans - matthet på grund av de olika materialen. Jag kommer med säkerhet köra detta koncept i andra färger framöver.<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 utgav Ulla Persson och Kicki Trodin (</span><a href="http://www.huskroken.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ateljé Huskroken</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> i Ronehamn, Gotland) boken <em>Ekoull och gotländsk sticksöm</em> med inspiration från lärarinnan Hermanna Stengård i </span><a href="http://www.guteinfo.com/utflykter/rone.asp"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rone</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (sydöstra Gotland) som 1925 kom ut med boken <em>Gotländsk sticksöm</em> med fantastiska mönsterskatter ur den gotländska stickkonsten. Ateljé Huskroken gjorde också en mycket fin utställning som visades i butiken. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under tidigt 1980-tal kom ett par böcker med Stengårds bok som grund. Nu är det dags igen för Ulla Persson och Kicki Trodin och redan i juli fick jag tjuvkika på den nya boken <em>Gotländsk sticksöm. Plisséstickning</em> under ett jättetrevligt stickcafé hos Kicki. Jag fascinerades också av ett plisséprojekt i Kickis vana händer. Det var jätteroligt att få se det "live"!</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bokens tema, tekniken plisséstickning (med inspiration från en grön underkjol i Stengårds samling), visas i olika material såsom ull, men även papperssnören, som man kan sticka främst nyttoföremål i, t ex små korgar. Boken är härligt inspirerande och själv beklagar jag bara att jag är så usel på att förstå och följa stickbeskrivningar... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boken kan köpas på </span><a href="http://www.huskroken.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Huskrokens</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> hemsida och bl a på </span><a href="http://www.slojdmagasinet.nu/forsaljning_bok_stickning.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slöjdmagasinet</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kicki och Ulla skriver så här: "Så låt dig inspireras, släpp in nya naturmaterial i garnkorgen, utveckla och vidarebefordra vårt gemensamma arv." Själv kan jag bara ytterligare betona vilken kulturgärning som Kicki (och hennes man Rolf) gör med Ateljé Huskroken och nu med den nya boken, som förstås lyftes fram bl a på senaste Syfestivalen i Älvsjö. Tanken på mina besök på Huskroken på vår och särskilt sommartid värmer i dessa mörka dagar.</span>slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-71425882270341498962010-10-17T12:33:00.000-07:002010-12-22T12:43:45.798-08:00Rosaröd frestelse<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tiden springer när man har annat att göra än att vara textiltant... och bloggare. Jag saknar det enormt när jag inte kan sitta ner och arbeta med händerna. Fast idag har jag faktiskt hunnit sy ett par vinter-shorts. Men det tänkte jag inte skriva om nu. Den här kragen har jag jobbat med i två varianter i samma röda varp. Denna gång var jag otrogen med </span><a href="http://www.garnverket.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garnverket</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> och köpte ekologisk röd entrådig ull där. Den är mjukare än </span><a href="http://www.huskroken.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ateljé Huskrokens </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ullgarn, men jag tycker färgen och hela garnet känns mindre levande. Mjukt alltså, men ingen glans. Kanske olika färgningsprocess som lett till dessa olika resultat? Iallafall kan det då och då vara skönt att bara kunna gå in i en affär (i Stockholm och Linköping finns de) och handla, om man inte har tålamod att beställa på annat sätt... Inslaget är från både Huskroken och Garnverket. Det är Huskrokens läckra rosa nyanser. Den starkt rosa heter <span lang="sv">Eko </span>Häll (2 tr, 170 m/100 g). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Om någon hade sagt till mig när jag var yngre att jag skulle använda rosa hade jag skrattat högt. När jag var yngre tyckte jag att rosa var för gulligt och kvinnligt. Men nu gillar jag det! Ålderstecken? Eller kanske tecken på mognad? Särskilt bra i kombination med illans rött, tycker jag. Då gränsar det till "too much" och det kan ju kännas rätt. Förutom att italienska desigern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Schiaparelli">Elsa Schiaparelli </a>var en av de första att lansera "shocking pink" har jag hört att Yves Saint Laurent, aktuell i dessa dagar med filmen Yves Saint <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laurent - den stora kärleken</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span> på <a href="http://www.biosture.se/">Bio Sture</a>, ibland blandade just chockrosa och rött. Jag har dock inga likheter med dessa storheter... </span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till och med imorgon (26 september) pågår en mindre utställning med verk av </span><a href="http://www.agueli.sala.se/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ivan Aguéli</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (1869-1917) på </span><a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/sv/Stockholm/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moderna museet</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> i Stockholm. Det var nära att jag missade den, men lyckades se den igår. Det är en oerhört intressant </span><a href="http://www.modernamuseet.se/sv/Stockholm/Utstallningar/2010/Ur-samlingen-Ivan-Agueli-Bill-Viola/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">kombo-utställning med Bill Viola</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Briljant att kombinera dessa två storheter, som båda har gett mig så mycket. Jag minns inte exakt när jag började uppskatta Aguéli, men troligen i övre tonåren. Jag läste tidigt Axel Gauffins <i>Ivan Aguéli - människan, mystikern, målaren</i> I-II (1940-41) och har även läst </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ekelöf Gunnar: <em>Ivan Aguéli. Göteborg, 1944.</em> Sedan dess har ju några andra skrivit om honom, men har faktiskt ej läst det.</span><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Varför tycker jag så mycket om Aguéli? Hans bilder är ofta ganska små, men de öppnar sig som en värld att insupa, meditera över. Bilderna känns genuint "moderna", närvarande och jag vill bara stanna i dem. I dessa dagar är det dessutom spännande att uppmärksamma en svensk som blev muslim för över 100 år sedan... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Han reste i flera länder och vistades bl a länge i Egypten. Huruvida det finns/fanns någon som helst likhet mellan det verkliga landet och hans bilder spelar mig ingen roll. Det är ju konst, inte verklighet, eller ska jag uttrycka det som att konstnärer och andra kreativa är de riktiga "verklighetens folk"? Det må låta krystat, men de som skapar uppenbarar världen, den synliga eller den osynliga, för oss. Självklart menar jag att vi alla är skapare (eller potentiella sådana).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tack, Aguéli, för vad dina bilder har gett mig!<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-63349851323756233592010-09-11T12:34:00.000-07:002010-09-11T12:38:39.429-07:00Svart och svartvitt<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Nog för att jag försöker se tillvarons gråskala, men jag älskar svartvitt! Och svart... Klyschig färg, men snygg. Så många nyanser det finns. Här är en halsduk (vävd på Skogsbo) med tunt silke i varpen. Teknik: tretrampsväv. Min vävlärare <a href="http://samtida.ownit.nu/weaving/">UllaCarin Lundh</a> på <a href="http://svskogsbo.blogspot.com/">Skogsbo</a> lärde mig att använda tekniken, som jag gillar mycket. Enkel, men blir ändå något annorlunda än min favorit tuskaft. Inslag: många olika restgarner mest i ull, men även silke. Alla är ful-garner (ej eko), men halsduken har miljömässigt varit "hållbar" ändå, dvs ingen slit-och-släng. Bara slit-och-behåll. Har använt den i ganska många år. Som synes. Har tänkt att den nog är för trasig, men kanske att jag tar fram den igen... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halsduk, samma varp (silke) <br />
Foto: Ingrid Hellberg 2010<br />
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</tbody></table>slow creationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402479872772441287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667201195705655410.post-90291125800332955882010-09-01T13:47:00.000-07:002010-12-25T02:10:51.946-08:00Alberto Giacometti - en husgud<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teckning av Alberto Giacometti</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kanske inte verkar så textilt, men skulptören, målaren Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) är en av mina favoriter. Dessutom råkar jag ha varit i den lilla schweiziska ort där han avled, Chur, när jag var barn. Jag tror att jag gör som många andra, tar inte in och "inspireras" av enbart det textila fältet utan av vad som helst. Det visuella är vad som griper mig, det som kommer in genom ögonen så att säga. Fast egentligen är för mig hela kroppen och själen liksom involverad i upplevelsen, känslan bakom (konst)verket influerar ju hela ens väsen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Albatross. Diego och Alberto Giacometti</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Jag såg Giacomettis skulpturer på <a href="http://www.louisiana.dk/">Louisiana</a> i Danmark när jag var barn och det gjorde starkt intryck på mig. Om du inte har sett dem, åk dit! Gärna en dimgrå dag då regnet hänger i luften.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cerise krage design 2009<br />
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</tbody></table>Min första krage av denna typ fick kortare "flärpar" än de senare. Den är virkad i ekologiskt bomullsgarn och ekologisk entrådig ull, båda från <a href="http://www.huskroken.com/">Ateljé Huskroken </a>på sydöstra Gotland (Ronehamn). I mitt tycke bästa garnleverantören (ull, bomull, lin). Kicki och Rolf Trodin borde få kulturpris för sin gärning! Bakom arbetet ligger veritabel forskning för att få fram de otroliga garnerna. De använder enbart ekologiska garner som de färgar enligt Naturskyddsföreningens <a href="http://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/gron-guide/bra-miljoval/textil">Bra miljöval</a>, dvs med minimalt miljöpåverkande färgämnen. Ullgarn och bomullsgarn enligt både "Bra fiber" och "Bra beredning", lingarnet enligt "Bra beredning".<br />
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</tbody></table>Ullgarnet är i grunden alltså från ekologiskt hållna, "närodlade" får och Kicki och Rolf utgår från fyra naturliga grundtoner som sedan färgas i samma färgbad. På så sätt lyckas de med att få fram mängder av fantastiska nyanser (som inte bilder kan göra rättvisa). Både ull-och bomullsgarnerna består av vardera mellan över 50 och 30 olika nyanser! Dessutom finns både ull- och bomullsgarnerna i olika kvaliteter - entrådigt, tvåtrådigt, både tunnare och kraftigare (ullen) och enfärgat samt ikatfärgat (bomullen) i flera varianter. Söker du det ultimata i garnväg, rekommenderar jag Huskroken. Dessutom en otroligt skön plats att vara på!<br />
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