Minjar 2009. Gropu exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Kópavogur.
Re-give. 2009.
Rose patterned mittens plant dyed in Tea Leaved Willow.
In 1947 my grandmother aquired a pice of land from the fram Ferstikla in Hvalfjörður. On the land there was an old community house that my grandmother used as a summer house. Her mothers family is from Ferstikla and my grandmother was raised there. When my grandmother aquired the land it was completely barren and she quickly started planting trees, plants and vegetables. She has always been interested in plants. When I was growing up my family spent much time in the summer house in Hvalfjörður.
The piece "Endurgjöf" "Re-give" builds on a certain handcraft theme in my uppbringing and my relationship with my grandmother. My grandmother has always done a lot of handcrafts and we have often discussed our projects through the years and still do. It has been a tradition on every christmas that she knits a pair of mittens and gives to me as a christmas present. About two years ago I started turning this tradition around and starded knitting mittens to give to her. This piece shows the process of making one of the pairs of mittens. I have used leaves from Tea Leaved Willow that she planted in her land 30 years ago to dye the wool I use to knit and embroider these mittens. From the leaves you can get a mosse green, which was her favorite colour, and also endless versions of yellow and green shades.
Re-give. 2009.
Rose patterned mittens plant dyed in Tea Leaved Willow.
In 1947 my grandmother aquired a pice of land from the fram Ferstikla in Hvalfjörður. On the land there was an old community house that my grandmother used as a summer house. Her mothers family is from Ferstikla and my grandmother was raised there. When my grandmother aquired the land it was completely barren and she quickly started planting trees, plants and vegetables. She has always been interested in plants. When I was growing up my family spent much time in the summer house in Hvalfjörður.
The piece "Endurgjöf" "Re-give" builds on a certain handcraft theme in my uppbringing and my relationship with my grandmother. My grandmother has always done a lot of handcrafts and we have often discussed our projects through the years and still do. It has been a tradition on every christmas that she knits a pair of mittens and gives to me as a christmas present. About two years ago I started turning this tradition around and starded knitting mittens to give to her. This piece shows the process of making one of the pairs of mittens. I have used leaves from Tea Leaved Willow that she planted in her land 30 years ago to dye the wool I use to knit and embroider these mittens. From the leaves you can get a mosse green, which was her favorite colour, and also endless versions of yellow and green shades.
