- vs. very pale ones...
our pink capital(s)
- is now to be found at site...
new new studio
moving into new studio at "Godsbanen" in Aarhus. Sharing this space with three lovely ceramist ladies - Louise Gaarmann, Lea Nielsen & Nanna Damgaard
summing up scotland
- in raw beauty and traces of time
first few days
- in the studio
lybster lurking
Lybster - whereabout Northland Creative Glass is to be found (look for the red doors)
the road I live in...
and down the end of it
the road to the harbour
the harbor and lighthouse
and a few minutes up the hill and then this..
pure roughness
- and woolness
as seen through windows
- passing (scottish landscape) on the way further and further north
tower of tate
so, on the way up to northlands creative glass for a 2 week symposium, I had a few hours well spent at tate modern in london
enjoying a lovely paul -
- klee exhibition
leaving a long with three red, three blue coated people
lost & found 2.0
In connection with me receiving the Finn Lynggaard grant 2014 - a selection of my work - lost & found - is now being showcased at the Glassmuseum Ebeltoft
look lego
look, today this little fellow arrived safe and sound all the way from japan! Very good to have him home, as he is a gift from my classmates at tiga. He was requested made at jin hongo sen-sei's friday demonstration, and below a few pictures from this can be seen from this day.
the drawing proposal - with the danish flag on his belly. he turned out very close to this - yet even more friendly!
and from safe warm hands at tiga - to safe warm home in a cold cold country.
- thank you so much to - sei-san, tokki-san, sachan, anna-san, saku-san, kashi-san, chisa-san, tori-san, rui-san and jin-san.
work, reflection & wabi-sabi
my almost three-month stay in japan is now, sadly, over..
however, i have had a very special and memorable time, and got an unique chance to experiment and develop new work during my time as visiting scholar at toyama city institute of glass art, japan.
I applied for this residency with the aim of creating new work, inspired by the japanese term wabi-sabi. my interest and appreciation of wabi-sabi goes back many years, and I was thrilled to get the opportunity to go (back) to japan, and thoroughly study this in the spirit and land of its origin.
wabi-sabi is more a term of feeling and philosophy as it is a thing in itself. It can be quite difficult to define, even for japanese. It roots back to zen buddhism and the aesthetics of japanese tea ceremony, yet over the years it has evolved into an appreciation of a certain beauty of the imperfect, irregular, modest and unpretentious. this is put very shortly as wabi-sabi is greatly fragmented, and for me, is endlessly interesting and inspiring. Also because it in theory, is quite irreconcilable with glass - as glass tends to represent shiny, ornamented and lasting perfect shapes…
my approach has therefore been, not to create wabi-sabi directly, but to explore elements and feeling of wabi-sabi throughout my work with glass. the work - line of thought - is a result of this, appreciating a non-representational, intimate, murky and quiet expression.
the glass is made with iron powder, which defines the shapes with a rough and irregular texture. in its structure, change of intensity, direction and the creation of spaces, depths and traces - it has a reminiscence of “shodo” - japanese calligraphy and “suibokuga” - ink wash paintings - which I, along with wabi-sabi, have been appreciating and studying further during my stay.
i want to thank everybody at tiga for a wonderful time and experience, and especially jin hongo for his support, challenge and helpfulness.
under here, a few (ok. quite a few) glimpses from my stay of “true” wabi-sabi (or at least my understanding of it) is to be found…
last night in japan
view from ebisu tower, tokyo
a watched pot never boils
alley maroon
here we are!
“hygge” is a Danish way of having a relaxed and pleasant time in good company.
it is about taking a moment to relax and enjoy in a warm and friendly environment (most likely accompanied by good coffee, cake or sweets)
with twinkling glass ornaments and little candle lightnings, we have created a lot of “hygge” at Café 45 this december - please come and “hygge” in this lovely atmosphere!
/ itsuka & ida
- on december 22nd from 2-5 pm. we will be serving special “hygge” treats!
"hygge (ヒュッゲ)" はデンマークに古くからある言葉で、”のんびーりくつろいで気持ちのいい時間を過ごしているときの雰囲気”のこと。
ほとんどの場合はおいしいコーヒーとケーキやお菓子があったりして、仲間と温かくてフレンドリーな時間を楽しむことについていいます。
きらめくガラスのオーナメントと小さなキャンドルの光、私たちは４５cafeにたくさんの"hygge"を作りました。
ぜひ45cafeの素敵な雰囲気の中で”hygge”してね！
as time go by
...not much time left in toyama...
yuki
- snow...
melty side(s)
- then, it's nice and warm close to tokki & anna-san's hot melty sides..
tiga snowy side
today, first day of snow - i love it! (except when biking maybe)
in the dark
- i can always find my way home
- and in day i can always find my way to yama (mountain)
