More mono:

Still really into the mono printing technique! Made a few more today, here is one of them:

Monotypi

Winter-knitting!

During the weaving course, I also found time to do some knitting. It´s snowing in Bergen now, and it´s been really cold this week. So I started knitting at school, mostly just to take a break from weaving, and it turned out to be a pair of wrist warmers and a hat! 100% wool, so even though I knitted with thin yarn on thick needles (which gives a really "airy" and rough texture) they actually are really warm!

Mini Bergen:

Last night I started experimenting with a technique in photoshop called tilt-shift. This is as way of making a photo look like a miniature. This is one of my tests, miniature bergen:

A new favorite?

This summer my mum and I found this dress in the attic. I´ve shortened it about 12cm, so now it´s pretty much perfect for me!
My mum wore the dress for my big sister´s christening in 1980/1981, and it´s just as nice today. A new favorite dress, I´m sure!

WEAVING:

On Monday we started a course in weaving. We are learning all about different weaves, techniques, patterns and so on.
It has been a very interesting week, and I really enjoy weaving! There are so many options, you wouldn´t believe it!
Thursday I started a small sample on the damask weave, weaving with silk. For this weave you make a pattern based on a grid with 41 squares, and because of the way the weave is set up the pattern will repeat and mirror itself. It takes a lot of time since the thread is so thin, but it gives a really delicate result. For my first sample I made "space invaders":





After the silk, I moved on to a weaving with wool. This time I used a different weave (we have 8-10 different weaves!) where I make up a pattern repeat on a computer. The computer deals with each row in the pattern when I press the pedal, so all I have to do is shift the thread and keep track of the rows really. Here is the sample I am working on now:

LIVING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF CHANGE:

The second week of the workshop with Rachel and Mathias we worked in groups, creating a big structure. The groups all worked on different subjects such as structure & space, atmosphere, animation and technology. I worked with the structure & space group, designing and building a huge structure out of fiberglass circles. An important keyword was "life", which lead us to the idea of creating a giant organ. We wanted to give the audience the feeling of being inside something living.
The last day we combined all the work from the different groups, resulting in a big structure with animated light wires, low frequent sounds and microphones where people could use their voice to create vibration and movement. Here´s some pictures from the process and the finished exhibition:

MAKING SOLAR CELLS:

I recently attended a two week long workshop with the London-based design duo Loop.ph. Rachel and Mathias showed a great deal of passion for their work, and they are very good at what they do! They certainly inspired me, and probably the rest of the group too. One of the things they showed us was how to make our own solar cells, with natural substances such as raspberries, blackberries and onion skin. Here´s some photos from the process:







The last picture shows a finished solar cell made with onion skin, and it really worked! If you want to learn more about making your own solar cells like this take a look at Rachel and Mathias´ SolarJam Workshop.