Textile and jewellery
About making silver jewellery in filigree, embroidery and knitting, travel and visiting museums
Textile and jewellery
This is a website about the joy of crafting. It is about my journey as a hobby maker, which has developed mostly after I retired from work. It is also about the surroundings where I live in Sweden.
Silversmithing
A few years ago I started silversmithing and it has become such a joy. I got inspiration from my son who had spent a summer at a workshop in Indonesia. He came home with the most amazing jewellary in silver filigree. Since that, I…
Wool embroidery
Wool embroidery is a freestyle embroidery where all kind of stitches may be used. The only thing in common is the woollen thread. There is a strong tradition of wool embroidery in Sweden, especially in the counties of Skåne and Dalarna. Craftswomen in the…
Tablet weaving
Last summer a new chapter in my creative life started. Tablet weaving, I had barely heard of it before. And now it has become almost an obsession! It all started with my son asking if I would like to make a historical costume for…
Medieval embroidery, a Viking exhibition and a few new things from the workshop
This summer I visited Uppsala cathedral, a magnificent church from the 16th century. I have wanted to go there for a long time, not just for the cathedral itself, but it hosts one of the finest collections of medieval embroidery in Sweden. Most of…
Tablet weaving and other nice things
It has been a long time since my last post. I can’t say that I am short of time quite the opposite. Like many people during this pandemic, I spend most of my time at home and meet few people in real life. Thanks…
Craftmaking in a TROUBLED TIME
The last months have been like nothing else in our lives, with a raging pandemic that affects the whole world. In a way, it connects us all in a new way, at the same time as we are more isolated than ever before, with…
Take a look at my webshop with a few items from the bench!
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