Lynx

Today it has been raining so I have been in the studio makeing my second painting for the exhibition "Swedish animals". This time I worked with the Lynx. Here are some pictures...

The Lynx

Some dirt, glu and paint...

And some more dirt...

and there is the lynx again

the lynx is going white...

but what color is it now??? You have to wait and see at the exhibition.

No reindeers but a lot of antlers

The sun was up and I started my day trip...

The first thing that I run into was

and 15 minutes later...

and 5 minutes later..

The life was good and I was very happy. I carried on..

But then I came across something that wasn't that nice. It is not everyone that feels that life is a party...

and it wasn't that easy for me all the time either..

Back to the happy time again... picknick time!!!

I'm feeling free and so inspired!!!!

and then it started again...

and..

and...

and...

I was very happy!!!!!

What a great day. A lot of inspiration, a lot of fresch air and a lot of antlers. And that is very good for my reindeer painting.

A picture that will go up on my inspirational wall..

A day of rock inspiration

Today it was beautiful weather again and I went up above the treeline again. This environment is so inspirational so I had a new idea of a furniture collection when I arrived home again. Here are some pictures from my day.

It is so interesting that this bug can float on his thin feet so I sat and study him for a while. He will definitely go up on my inspiration wall. My inspiration wall is a wall where I put up pictures that inspire me but they don't give me any ideas for new furniture at the moment but hopefully I can use them in the future.

This was the first spot of a new furniture idea that i got. It is so beautiful and it almost looks like someone have put them there in a pattern. So my mission of the day was to find beautiful rocks that worked well together.

Doesn't this look like a stair?

Just beautiful... are they handicraft?

Even under the water...

Just hysteric... bottom of a lake...

This is art!!!

That was some of my rock pictures that I took today and they are going up on my design wall. My design wall is a wall that consist of ideas of new furnitures. I will see if I have time to go further with this idea during this trip, otherwise I have it on my wall and can start the design process when the time is right.

The Swedish Elk

It has been a great day in the studio. I started making my elk painting. Here are some pictures from my day...

Starting picking out which sticks to use...

Can this be a part of a elk???

Or can this??

I finally decided which sticks to use..

and I started making them white...

To see the final result of the elk painting you have to come to my exhibition...

Sewing day!

It was today time for me to work with the sewing machine. The model was done and I now wanted to see if the chair would look more comfortable with some textile. So I started to sew. I came up with a lot of new ideés that would make the chair look more comfortabel and also ideas that totally changed the look of the chair. So I was satisfied. The chair was both working with and without textile and that is good for the production. My next step is to make a drawing of the chair and then send it to the producer to see what their reaction is! I going to cross one's fingers that they are going to like it as I do!

This was the tools that I have been working with today!

Tomorrow I'm hoping for some sun so that I can go to my beaver residence!

Workshop day

It has been a very windy day today so I didn't go to the beaver residence. I have instead been hanging around in my little workshop making different models.

My littel workshop with a beautiful and inspirational view over the lake.

It has been a very productive day with a lot of creativity. I have been running between the workshop and my drawingtable and at the end I came up with a small modell that I'm very satisfied with. Unfortunately I can't show it for you yet but hopefully you will soon see it as a real furniture.

This is my tools that I have been working with today + a pen and a paper...

If you look really carfully you can see the legs of the chair, but no more than that for now...

"Meeting" with a reindeer

My fantastic day at the mountain!
I left the safe and comfortable house to hike up above the three line for a day. I brought my camera and my camera equipment, my notebook and pencil, a map and some coffee and sandwishes. And I was of...

Do you see the snow??? In the middle of summer...

Mothers paradise!

Hiked through a area of big and beautiful cloudberries. Can I get some inspiration out of this? Can it maybe become a furniture? Who knows...

And there she was,The little reindeer!
We had some special connection...

Hello! Who are you?

Nevermind...

No wait... who are you?

nevermind... I go this way instead

hmmm... who can you be?

Nevermind...

Okey, one last glance....

Okey, I'm off!!


And then mother reindeer comes...

After this special meeting I hade to take a picknick break..

This meeting with the reindeer was very inspirational for me both for my art paintings but also for my furniture design. I have been drawing new sketches of furniture tonight from this experience... You have to wait and see what I have come up to... I have also desided that a reindeer will be one of the animals in my exhibit "Swedish Animals" .

Tomorrow my plans is to hike to a beaver residence to get some inspiration for my art paintings. One of the swedsih animals is hopefully going to be inspired of a beaver! So I hope the wheater will be like today, sunny!!