A Newborn Foal, Part 3: The Pattern
Now that the foal’s body has got its final shape, it is time to create the pattern that it will place on its body. For this little guy I want to do something called a caleidoscope cane, it is called … Read More
Now that the foal’s body has got its final shape, it is time to create the pattern that it will place on its body. For this little guy I want to do something called a caleidoscope cane, it is called … Read More
This weekend I arranged a creativity workshop where all eight participants were working in polymer clay. And all eight persons made completely individual and in completely different ways amazing things. I believe that most people have the creativity within, but … Read More
Finally – after many hours of work the Roxen Moonlight Dress was ready. In the photos you can follow how I used rubber thread to fasten the circles, how I sew the dress in black fabric, how I attached the … Read More
Hundreds of small circles…
Time for the horses!
Now I add black in the water and black leaves to the trees at the sides. The pasta machine is, as always, a very useful tool.
All creations start with an idea, or I would rather say a lot of ideas combined together. Creativity is to make order out of chaos. This chaos consisted of lake Roxen, northern lights, of horses and of a wonderful moonlight … Read More
On the ring around the eight-legged horse I wrote the story of the norse god Oden’s beloved horse Sleipner. I wrote it with runes, and the English translation would be something like this: ”Sleipner can gallop faster than any other … Read More
To create a kurbits-like pattern for ”The Depressed Dala Horse” I made some polymer clay canes that I could use for different parta of the pattern. I had made a skech of how I wanted the pattern to look like … Read More
Now on to the next idea. The Dala Horse is one of Sweden’s most well-known national symbols, and Dala Horses are always depicted in much the same way. They are usually red or blue and have special hand-painted patterns called kurbits. I … Read More