Love Birds for Christmas

Here is a little preview of my Christmas decoration design for LOD's Jul Utställning which opens on Saturday 3rd December. These little birds are avaliable in stainless steel and in brass and are inspired by the theme of 'Wings'. Here's an excerpt from the vernissage kort just in case you didn't get one in your letter box.

'WINGS'
Birds, airplanes, seeds and butterflies.
Silver wings, steel wings, angel wings........

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Rabbits in the snow

Driving back from Stockholm last night brought the first flurry of wet snow for this season. Not quite the powder white blanket snow encapsulated in this Christmas light, which was the second in the series.

Christmas is in the air.....

With all the preparations for the upcoming Christmas exhibition at LOD I thought I'd take a moment to share my Christmas candleholder from a few years ago. A simple yet effective design in powder-coated metal.

It's all birds and clouds on the bench whilst the sketches for this year's candleholder are still on the drawing board. It's looking promising if it can all come together.

Jag Flyger Till Dig

Christmas is fast approaching and yesterday 2011's tree decorations arrived in flat pack in preparation for the Christmas exhibition at Galleri LOD.

Our theme this year is 'wings' and I've chosen to make a little bird in flight. I'll be constructing these little creations later today and will let you see the result alongside colourful clouds for an inspiring twist to a traditional Christmas Tree.

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.

The significance of a dot

The dot can be a symbol for something or someone. One dot or several to represent family members or simply just a pattern?