At LOD

I took the chance between customers to take these photographs of LOD's Christmas Exhibition, complete with our own traditional 'Julbock'. That's the little goat made of Christmas tree branches, braving the winter chill outside. There's a lot of beautiful, unique jewellery and candle holders this year. 

Engraving with Pierce

We had a wonderful engraving course at LOD last weekend. What an inspirational day! Engraving was a really satisfying technique and very direct - like drawing but slower and more controlled.

That's us learning how to sharpen the gravers and how to pick the tool up so that it's held correctly when engraving. Oh and that's my first bit of engraving there.

Corresponding Graphics In Unexpected Places

I've been noticing beautiful graphics all over the place of late and in quite unexpected locations. This little bottle top stood out on this drenched forest trail whilst we were out walking at the weekend. Someone's trash is another's treasure. A little beacon of nice design.

Göteborg

I moved to Göteborg at the start of the month and have been wanting to share some images of the city and its surroundings. On Saturday we walked through the town and up to a hill overlooking the port and then we drove out to the archipelago as the sun was setting. Bitterly cold, but beautiful images.

I have taken some time off from LOD at the moment to pursue different opportunities in Göteborg. I'll still be a familiar face at the gallery in Stockholm however as a 'vilande medlem' and I'm already I'm looking forward to participating in the up-coming 'Engraving Workshop' in a few weekends time with Pierce Healy. Check out some of his work at this link: http://www.velvetdavinci.com/artist.php?aid=127

Currently I am working on some new collections at studio SJU, http://www.sju7.se/ alongside the talented 'Jewellery Artists' who trained at HDK. It's always really interesting and beneficial to get the chance to work alongside different designers, share opinions and live in new cities. It's all about exploring.

And if you're in Stockholm this week you should take a look at Erik Tidäng's latest exhibition at Gallery LOD.  I had the chance to see the exhibition pieces whilst they were still in progress. Here's a link for those of you who aren't going to be able to swing by the gallery whilst the exhibiton runs http://lodmetallformgivning.blogspot.com/2011/09/delarna-gor-helheten-utstallning-pa-lod.html.

Behind the scenes at Solviksbadet

We are preparing for the next exhibition at LOD and took the opportunity to do a summer photoshoot on one of Stockholm's most beautiful beaches. The exhibition is all about necklaces and setting the scene of summer at LOD, so it's been pretty busy in the workshop in the run up.

It was such a breath of fresh air to come to the tranquility of Solviksbadet and we had a lot of fun creating a series of stunning shots for the exhibition. Although the true credit must go to our fantastic model who was a chameleon - literally changing character for each piece of jewellery and to Christian who was behind the lens capturing the magic.

In these shots it's Petronella and Pernilla's necklaces that are being modelled. You'll just have to wait and see the results with mine.

A Dash of Colour and the Ascent of Spring

The light tonight was just fantastic. I thought I'd share it.

Welcome the Night

With the darkness, comes the light, of a different nature. Patterns and graphics emerge from the darkness into the stillness of the night. Minus 25 degrees, a streetlight and humidity in the air created this lantern to be enjoyed for only a solitary few nights.

Recently working with lights and the atmosphere that they create has become something that I have been exploring.