Exhibition

Again this year, I will be participating in the Art & Sales Exhibition MAX A5 in Gallery KONTOR Værnedamsvej 7A, baghuset, Frederiksberg

This year I will be entering these 8 new pieces:

 

 

 The exhibition will only be open Saturday, 11-17

:-)

perspective

Sunday Thoughts on Time (Includes Pie Chart. And Hat.)

Emotional Chaos to Clarity
Our Idiot Brother

The hat:

Sunday with Blixen

Left: »Karen Blixen in New York« Photo: Cecil Beaton. 1959.

Today my friend Henriette and I went to the Karen Blixen Museum; her house Rungstedlund. What a Lady. What a Place. What a Day. Thank you Henriette for a field trip finally coming true ;-)

In December it will be 100 years ago Karen Dinesen travelled to Africa to marry her fiancé, Bror Blixen, and run the Coffee farm—to begin with alongside of him, later on her own.

In April this year, the letters Blixen wrote from her seventeen years in Africa, was published in an unabridged edition; A book of four volumes. The Museum held a special exhibit with the story of, and excerpts from the letters.

Documentary on Karen Blixen.

»The Rooms« are private, and we weren't allowed to photograph in there. The only thing I could take a picture of was the basket of »footies« we had to wear (to spare the floors).

(They were in fact very nice footies!)
:-)

Karen Blixen's story, the private rooms, and her personal letters had quite an impact on me. On us, I dare say. What a Lady. What a Storyteller. What a Day!

New Project!

Thank you for your input on the previous post. I value your opinion greatly.

So. While I am a-thinking about how and where, I want to share recent new project. Yup! Patch It Up—this crafter is cuttin'em squares and sewin'em back together!

The four top fabrics are from Garn-iture – a small yarn-barn/fabric store on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen. A true gem.

Btw—do you know Frankie? It's a great mag with enough graphic yum-yum to make me pay a small fortune, but it was a great read too (which I consider quite the bonus ) -- I just fell for the layout! Happens all the time. Other bonus reads I bought for the covers: Jonathan Safran Foer, Philip Pullman and Tea Obreht. And we all know how those went. Mucho mucho Bonus.

Gotta go cut some squares now.

Listening to: Rebekka Karijord
Savouring the art of: Andrea D'Aquino
Looking forward to: meeting 12 Collage Artist next Saturday

Of Summer, and Thoughts on blogging

A perfect Summer vacation! No less. I hope your Summer has been just as wonderful, and that you've had time to enjoy time and loved ones.

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I haven't been posting much lately, not because I didn't find the time, but because I've been thinking ... Wondering—what it is that I'm doing here. I would like to start somewhere else:

We had a booth at the local flee market this Summer, and while we were selling our old stuff there, it struck me that the flee marked–»feel« had changed as opposed to previous years. Years ago, flee markets were special, you could make rare finds and bargains, but today, flee markets are everywhere, every weekend, Summer and Winter, good finds are rarer (and there are clothes everywhere).

Perhaps there are more sellers than buyers! 

I've been wondering if the same goes for blogging? If maybe, in the explosion of numbers of bloggers over the last couple of years, there are now more posters than readers? 

If I myself, have turned into more of a poster than a reader? (To be honest, I »read« Pinterest more than I read blogs!)

Time changes stuff. Stuff evolve. Shape into new shapes. 

I'm not opposed. Just considering how I fit into this. If I still fit. Or if it's time for me to change too ...

Sweet Dreams

for Christin's class on how to get better sleep.

Sweet idea from Sweet Paul Magazine: Dancing Family Cut-outs

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♫ Angus & Julia Stone ·· Paper Aeroplane

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose

I tried to soak rose leaves in almond oil, but it didn't work! The oil started to smell funny after a few days. Too many bacteria, I guess...

So I lay the rest of the leaves out to dry, and now I have a small glass of pretty little dried rose leaves. To mix in a sugar scrub, maybe ...

Paper heaven :: Upon A Fold
Love :: Augusta Atla

New illustration

for Christin Illeborgs Mindfulness class here in Copenhagen in August. I cannot say enough wonderful things about Christin—she's an amazing teacher and a great inspiration!

♫ Angus & Julia Stone ·· Private Lawns. Loooove this track. Check out their website -- and more music ...much more music ...

Abandoned

I used to play with the children who lived here ... a gazillion years ago. It was a small farm, with only about 15 animals. I remember those light brown, calm cows, and the milk running through a tube under the ceiling. I remember the smell and the sounds. Today, there was only whispers of time gone by.

Contemplating trinkets, and a small illustration ...

Elderflower Adventure

This weekend we went to our favorite elderflower spot for this years' elderflower syrup batch. It is sitting in the fridge now, in a few days it will be ready to be bottled—some we will savour right away, some will stay in the freezer. Come winter, we will defrost and drink—hot or cold—and taste Summer all over again!

You can find the recipe at Clemmensen & Brok.

Stamp

I have just spend the whole week looking at these stamps, trying one out from time to time :-) The box sits in my window, and I smile every time I pass by ...

In between, I've been working like crazy. Summer is upon us, and with it, the anticipation of vacation. We have much to do before we lock up for the holidays. Thankfully.

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Sketchbooks on Pinterest

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♫ Michael Kiwanuka ~ Home Again

Flees

Pernille & I met this morning at the flee marked to see if we could find inspiration and collage candy for the up-coming workshop season. Here's one of the treasures we found! Wooden stamp blocks aren't the best for stamping on paper, but it is doable, especially if the paper is damp. But the motives are glorious, and if not to stamp with directly, you can always use the patterns as inspiration for carving rubber stamps.

We also found some great paper goods (paper greats ;-) and plastic trinkets, which are going to be for sale in the pop-up shops during our workshops.

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I've added a new board to Pinterest—with collages and Art Journals. The pinned collages previously lived in the board "Loveliness", but needed their own space to play :-)

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♫ Kasper Bjørke ~ Doesn't Matter

Textile II

Marta Madureia, via Pernille

Textile