Portfolio
I've been painting and drawing for most of my life, but I've also taken photographs. As I scan my images of drawings and jewellery and other objects, I'll add them to the site. It's quite a bit of material, so it might take a while.
You may use the artwork for your own sites if you like, but please give me credit for it. If you would like a higher resolution image of any of the pictures here included, please mail me, tell me what you need it for and I'll send it to you.
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During my time at the arts & crafts school I made a pile of jewellery. Many of the pieces has been added to the jewellery galleries.
Lately I've also spent a lot of time doing wire and bead jewellery, and these pieces will appear here in time.
The materials i use for the jewellery pieces vary a bit. The older silver objects are made from silver plate in different sizes and thicknesses, while the newer ones are made from silver plated copper wire in thicknesses ranging from 0.6 mm to 1 mm and thicker, brass wire, and copper wire.
You can read more about the materials on my materials page, where I'll also try to add some descriptions of some of the objects.
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Most of the work here was made during my education on Hellidens Folkhögskola, and dates back to 1992 - 1994. Mostly tempera, some water colors.
- Water colors
- Water colors are water based and very thin colors that are laid down in layers on fairly coarse papers. When the color dries it "bites" the paper and creates interesting effects with thinner and thicker pigments.
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- Copper prints
- During a short week (too short) I was able to investigate the wonderful world of copper prints. This is the result of that very short week of printing. I really liked the technique and wouldn't mind doing it some more.
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- Oil paintings
- Oil painting is a very pleasant technique, but it requires patience. Despite that, I've managed to paint several paintings that I feel are pretty good.
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- Pastels
- Pastels are an interesting, if messy, technique. Soft colors and soft pigments make for very versatile ways of painting.
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- Tempera
- Tempera is my favorite. There's a lot of mixing involved, and the recipes are variable. It's more of a craft than a way of painting, since it involves preparation, and not just painting.
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I draw more or less all the time, although nowadays mostly in my head and on the computer. This is a pile of the drawings I've managed to make.
- Pencil drawings
- Pencil drawings I've made for a bunch of different purposes.
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- Photoshop and illustrator images
- Digital images that I've started with in my computer and finished by hand, or the other way around. Some are created entirely in the computer. Most of them I've used a wacom board to create
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- Ink drawings
- Ink drawings. Really just doodles, actually.
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The photos are taken during my time at Helliden, and right after. They're occasionally part of a project. Most of them are taken with one of my Konica cameras.
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A pile of images I'm not quite certain of where they belong, really. That's why the header says "other". Among other things, glass paintings and miniatures.
- Drawings
- Technical drawings made by hand and in illustrator. Really not that exciting.
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- Miniatures
- Yes, I paint miniatures. You'll also find some terrain here.
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- Glass paintings
- Glass paintings. Paintings on glass made with a plastic color that gives the surface some texture.
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- Textiles
- Textiles contain both textile print and crocheted objects. Being who I am is sometimes resulting in cute stuff.
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- Plaster experiments
- Plaster is a nice material, squishy in a good way, and very malleable. These are some of the experiments I've made using plaster of paris.
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- The Sketch pad
- A bunch of sketches and drawings that belong in the sketchpad. You'll find a lot of junk here. Mostly because sometimes I want to look at my old junk via the web as well.
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Tempera
Tempera is a quite amusing and versatile technique where you basically mix your own colors to get the right thickness and color intensity.
- Tempera recipe:
- One part egg
- Half a part linseed oil (boiled)
- Two parts water
- Some turpentine (a few drops to keep the eggs from spoiling)
Use matte latex based color as a base on the material you want to use. You can use anything from newspapers to old sheets and pieces of wood.
The pigment and the emulsion should have the consistency of yogurt when mixed. Use a paintbrush to mix the pigment into the emulsion, you'll crush any clumps that might have formed in the pigment.
If the pigment won't dissolve, add some turpentine to the mix. If there are many clumps in the pigment, you can sift the powder through a nylon sock.
