Embroidery made in September 2014, text inspired by Chief Seattle´s speech of 1854.
Embroidery, based on one of the illustrations from The Garden of Thoughts (Le jardin des pensées).
Eftertanke
Eftertanke (Reflection), embroidery made in October 2014.
Per aspera ad astra
Bag that I made for an exhibition in Japan, January 2011.
Per aspera ad astra
Detail; hand embroidery, silver thread on dark blue linen fabric.
The butterfly
Picture of my bags "The butterfly", in Tokyo in 2011 where I participated in a design exhibition called ”Tsunagaru”.
The bags are part of my "Carry-a-comic" project that started in 2004. The idea came up when I was working on a comic strip for a newspaper but had no idea about what story to tell, the creative block was total. The three empty squares in front of me on the paper desperately needed content. I then suddenly got the idea to add content oustide the squares instead - by adding handles to them. I really liked the idea to carry a story; imagine if you one day would meet someone carrying another part of your story!