the woman on the island

this artist and architect Caroushka Strieffert exhibits in the archipelago of Stockholm

at an museum called ARTIPELAG

She lives in periods on an island with no electricity and water from a pump outside her house/studio

she constructed her house from the ambition to work in it.

The studio is to die for, the space, the outdoor feeling, the view, the openess between inside

and outside.

She is herself a part of her art.

She makes art from what she finds on the island and with a lot of work with her hands, she

transforms things to art and beauty.

Below you can see a few of the pieces.

pieces of paper

these are capsules from bottles

little twigs sanded down and oiled

(looks like snacks to me)

a lot of colour makes me happy

a creative cake with a creative topping. made by two young boys

part of a larger wallhanging for a special occasion

this used to be my daughters dress in the late 90´s

                                          this RED car used to be mine in the 90´s!!!!!!!!!!!
                                                         still a beauty if you ask me

flowers

Flowers for springtime

accordion book

Blanket

 a blanket in wool, with a little

emboidery

No I did not make it myself but I bought it some

twenty years ago.

a small-sized blanket

looking back

this is a quilt I made years ago but still find loveable.

inspired by a part of Sweden where the woods are a big part of the picture.

this is another house. 

Its winter and the house has been burning.

It is an illustration of a song text by the swedish writer Mikael Niemi.

spring

so fun to build a house on pieces of fabric

                                                           spring flowers to love

a baby

what did I come up with these last months?

some work on paper

tiny embroidery collage

But most important the quilts....

working on this baby quilt that my little granddaughter to

be will have.

when i got the news i got lots of energy to create and

my hands were suddenly busy from morning to night

found this almost finished little hexagon quilt among other 

unfinished pieces, 

finally a handquilting project again

knitted, quilted 

glad to have my international atc-group which is pushing me in

different directions.

these are the envelopes on their way

finally i can use my little granny squares to 

warm a little baby girl this winter......

long long long time

been away from blogging so long now.

Left this beautiful world of winter in late april.......

this is really my childhood world and i get more and more

homesick as years go by

But.......

soon this will be my reality. Summer has always been the westcoast for me.

as a child we travelled through the long long country of Sweden to

get to our summer house. it took a couple of days but once there

we had a long summer in paradise.

As a grown up, I am blessed to have a place called my own

on the spot I grew up in summerholidays. And to have family all around.

soon this will be my everyday 

and this......

For you MAM. this is a little space called Maryland, from the previous owner.

It´s a privat little place to go in the very salt seawater when you need to cool down.

with a little seat on the rock to meditate.

                                                 enjoy!

still snowing

snow and wind

working on this when inside. taking breaks for skiing

a winter morning