bye bye winter

Last  weekend in Luleå, up north. The frozen river is turned into a winter park, surrounding the city. Snow sculpting event in the park. This is the best time up north, when the light returns and the sun warms your face again.

Here in Göteborg the snow has turned grey and is slowly melting. We've had the first long winter since I moved here in the eighties, loved every minute. I choose snow before rain.

Life has been so hectic first two months of the year. Now I hope to have more time of my own again. And more time to enjoy what I'm doing!

Anna Sjons exhibition at Sintra is over...look here
Anna Sjons webpage

late last Stockholm Furniture Fair: Catarina Larsson

Final fellow exhibitor at the Stockholm Furniture Fair: Textile artist Catarina Larsson doubled, both in KHVCs stand and sharing a stand with Tony Abrahamsson. Catarina's large lightings also hang permanently in the exhibitors restaurants at the fair. Light and shadow, so clever.

Hope all is well with fellow bloggers!
Alexandra Hedberg's ambitious interviews about art as business.
Very interesting!

And so is David Karlsson! Swedish only: David hoppade av sitt uppdrag som sekreterare i Kulturutredningen efter ett år. Nu har han skrivit en mycket klok bok med utgångspunkt i det arbetet och som en alldeles egen och alldeles fantastiskt klok kulturutredning. Jag sträckläser och gläds. Beställ den här: En kulturutredning: pengar, konst och politik, Glänta förlag

Sorry for the break, I wasn't finished with co-exhibitors at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. A cold in combination with tax declaration came in the way, but here is two more of my colleagues at the fair:

Ceramic artist Åsa Berntsson's cobble stones silently speaks to you, sometimes raising a provoking thought and sometimes just reminds you to live. Lyssna = Listen. For us living in Göteborg the coble stone has it's own meaning, from the demonstrations and riots at the EU top meeting a few years back. A single stone can be used in many different ways, placed on the table of a companie's board meeting it can also be a reminder of different values.

Stefan Forsberg's oak bench makes you think about time as an important factor in the crafts. Oak, being so hard and difficult, and so strong and majestic.

Have a lovely weekend! I think we must say farewell to some of the snow now, maybe it's time.

fredrika linder at the furniture fair

Fredrika's glass walls are magical objects. Don't ask me how they are made, but the glass bubbles are hand blown and they shift in colours with some mystical lighting. See more of Fredrika's glass here.

If you are in Göteborg:
Tomorrow Tuesday Serena Holm gives a talk at Röhsska, about her jewellery "Wearable art".

Two little birds opened a combined café and craft gallery at the very best street Andra Långgatan no 5. First out in the gallery is Karin Esbjörnsson, ceramic. Organic coffee and up and coming craft artists, what a good combination.

irina my lindqvist at the fair

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Co exhibitor Irina My Lindqvist, glass artist and designer, showed unique glass sculptures, trophies made in the exclusive graal technique. She combines this traditional technique with a new expression of her own, much more to be seen at Irina's web page.

Peaceful Sunday morning, we are snowed in here. The world is all white and soft again.

tina l. frausin at the fair

Tina showed pieces of a commission, a mix of hand tufted textile and sand casted illuminated shapes. It's inspired by the coral reefs, and originally created as a commission for a hospital in Uddevalla. More photos from the big colorful piece to be seen at Tina's web page.

Konstepidemin's gallery is at a totally different fair; Supermarket Art Fair, 60 artist run galleries and such at Kulturhuset Stockholm. Seems a lot of fun.
www.supermarket.se

Åsa Maria Hedberg at the fair

Plaited clay! Åsa Maria Hedberg brought her ceramic stems from Östersund, where she lives and works. She has a blog where you can see how one is made for a specific site, 9,5 m high.
asamariahedberg.blogspot.com