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.

MY PLACE:

Finally, my room is pretty much finished. After a few months hunting for furniture and stash, I´m actually quite happy with the interior. When I moved in I only had a bed and a wardrobe, then I found my lovely armchairs! A real bargain from Fretex (Salvation Army´s charity shop), just 200kr each! The dining chairs from the 60´s are from the same shop, 150kr for the pair, they are so nice and practical as well. Today I bought a cupboard/shelf thing, also Fretex, for just 50kr and filled it with all my books. I also found an old table in the basement, it was really dusty and covered in paint stains. But it looks great with a nice piece of retro fabric on top (actually a curtain from a charity shop). So now I have a place to eat, and most importantly; a place to sew!!!!!







I put some stuff on the walls as well, finally! Two of my canvasses on one wall, mirrors and a cosy picture (a bit kitsch) i got at a flee market on the opposite wall. I´m really pleased with the mix of styles, and the layout of the room. I think it has a nice retro feel to it, as well as a modern touch.

I SHOULD GOOGLE MYSELF MORE OFTEN:

Yesterday I googled myself, in lack of anything better to do. Usually the result is less then interesting, but this time google surprised me! I found a really nice review of the work I exhibited at New Designers on Julie Pople Designs´website:

"What makes this show so wonderful is that it is raw. By the time trends hit the high street they are often watered down versions of the original idea. Of course, they are also practical, commercial, and hopefully profitable. All of these designers have talent, the ones who make it will also have the ability to refine their ideas so that they are commercial without losing the spark that makes them stand out. But for this show it is the crude, powerful, unrefined work that triumphs over the conventional. To that end, Elisabeth Petch who took the trend for urban art and made it even more urban stood out. Her large canvasses of grimy, industrial signage were wonderful."

Thank you so much for the kind comment about my work, it really made my day:)

FØRSTE UTSTILLING PÅ KHIB:

SURFACE PATTERNS BASED ON MEMORIES:

CHANEL THE HAMSTER

I´m taking care of my roomie´s hamster for a couple of weeks. This aggressive (believe it or not...) little creature is named Chanel, and is rather cute when she´s not biting my fingers... Chanel is asleep ALL day, and awake ALL night which means I´m awake most of the night as well...

I´M AN ART FREAK:

Right now I´m working on a project where I use memories as my inspiration. All the memories are connected to my grandmother, and I have tried to reconstruct one of them and also combined two memories to make something new and surreal.


When Hanne and I went to Bestemor to eat dinner we used to look for the bird hidden in the surface pattern on the plate. We covered it with food, and then the first one to find it won the game.


My tutor asked me if I could combine some of the memories, so I did. In a very strange way. I combined cross stitches and peaches. A weird combination, but somehow quite nice as well.