Playground

When I'm in the studio, I go where I find joy at the moment, where my curiosity is at its best, or where there is a story hiding. Sometimes, even my hands have a preference for what to work on.

Here is my jewellery playground. Sketches and prototypes. You can see it as my jewellery mood board.

 

Textile and metal

Textile and metal are almost opposite to each other. I like to let them mingle. Similar to jewellery, textile work has been part of human culture since the beginning, often carried out - and carried forward - by women, from generation to generation.

 

Metal and beads

I look for ways to combine metal with beads. Beads can fill up a space and create a shape. Beads from a vintage necklace can get new life. Beads on a string make me think of time, of days following each other.

 

Runes

I grew up close to rune stones, with stories from long ago. I think of the messages as Viking tweets. It's often about a brother or father who never came back home from a journey far away.

I take firm distance from right extreme movements and the way they use rune letters and Viking romanticism as part of their identity. That has nothing to do with the culture of the Vikings.

 

Rolling mill

The rolling mill is my best investment ever. It allows me to make imprints in metal, so that the metal literally mirrors the surface of something else. The possibilities are endless, the effects unexpected.