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"Valleys - Hills - Handcrafts", Group exhibtion in the old agricultural school in Ólafsdalur, in west Iceland.
The Spinning Machine in Olafsdalur, intervention. 2009.
The spining maching in the old farm school in Ólafsdalur has been unused for 50 years. My pice for this exhibition was to fix the spinning machine so it could be used to spin yarn again. I dyed the yarn in Njóli, a plant widely found in the west of Iceland and knit a pair of long johns. In the exhibition I showed the progress and product from this action.
The Spinning Machine in Olafsdalur, intervention. 2009.
The spining maching in the old farm school in Ólafsdalur has been unused for 50 years. My pice for this exhibition was to fix the spinning machine so it could be used to spin yarn again. I dyed the yarn in Njóli, a plant widely found in the west of Iceland and knit a pair of long johns. In the exhibition I showed the progress and product from this action.
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.
Volcano Lovers, group show at ISE Cultural Center in New York.
Vattarsaumur mittens.
Mittens knit from various plant dyed wool. Weeds from upstate NY, weeds from Brooklyn, plant from Portland, OR and plants from my grandmothers land in Hvalfjörður, Iceland.
Rose patterned mittens. Pland dyed with Tea Leaved Willow that my grandmother planted 30 years ago in her land in Hvalfjörður.
Mittens knit with wool, pland dyed with Birch leaves from my grandmothers land in Hvalfjörður.
Vattarsaumur mittens. 
Mittens knit from various plant dyed wool. Weeds from upstate NY, weeds from Brooklyn, plant from Portland, OR and plants from my grandmothers land in Hvalfjörður, Iceland.
Rose patterned mittens. Pland dyed with Tea Leaved Willow that my grandmother planted 30 years ago in her land in Hvalfjörður. 
Mittens knit with wool, pland dyed with Birch leaves from my grandmothers land in Hvalfjörður.
Þræddir þræðir. 2009. Group show. The Árnessýsla Art Museum. Hveragerði, Iceland.
Vintage cotton doilies, graphite powder.
Left: 13 cm, 5 inches, plus frame. Right: 15 cm, 6 inches plus frame.
Drawing. 33 cm, 13 inches diameter plus frame.
Drawing. 26 cm, 10 inches in diameter plus frame
Drawing. 28 cm, 11 inches in diameter plus frame
Vintage cotton doilies, graphite powder.
Left: 13 cm, 5 inches, plus frame. Right: 15 cm, 6 inches plus frame. 
Drawing. 33 cm, 13 inches diameter plus frame.
Drawing. 26 cm, 10 inches in diameter plus frame
Drawing. 28 cm, 11 inches in diameter plus frame