Hildur Bjarnadóttir tag:fugl.is,2009-12-18:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8 2010-02-21T14:23:45Z Movable Type Pro 5.01 Website in progress. Last worked on February 21st, 2010 tag:fugl.is,2005:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.20 2010-12-03T18:26:31Z 2010-02-21T14:23:45Z Hildur Bjarnadóttir ]]> The spinning machine in Ólafsdalur, intervention 2009. tag:fugl.is,1997:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.21 2010-02-26T19:03:59Z 2010-02-24T17:20:09Z Hildur Bjarnadóttir

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.

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]]> Minjar 2009 tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.23 2010-02-25T23:40:31Z 2010-02-24T17:21:28Z 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... Hildur Bjarnadóttir
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.

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]]> Overlap. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery. 2006. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.113 2010-02-24T22:19:25Z 2010-02-24T22:41:39Z Hildur Bjarnadóttir Ground. The Living Art Museum. 2006. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.112 2010-02-24T22:03:42Z 2010-02-24T22:13:14Z Plain Weave 16/2. 2006. Linen, hand woven. 27 x 27 x 0,5 inches.... Hildur Bjarnadóttir panorama_nylo.jpg
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]]> Foundation. 2006 tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.111 2010-02-24T21:14:24Z 2010-02-24T21:26:42Z Dye-based ink on paper. 14 x 11 inches each.... Hildur Bjarnadóttir
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]]> Inclusion. ASÍ Art Museum. 2007. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.110 2010-02-24T17:32:17Z 2010-02-24T21:14:11Z Hildur Bjarnadóttir My Three Grandmothers, 2005. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.109 2010-02-24T15:45:58Z 2010-02-24T17:12:28Z Background. i8 Gallery. Reykjavík, Iceland. Svanhildur Ólafía Guðjónsdóttir, 2005. Porcelein 7,5 x 6 x 6 inches.Guðrún Bjarnadóttir, 2005. Porcelein 23 x 7,5 x 7,5 inches. Þóranna Guðjónsdóttir. 2005. Porcelein 7 x 7 x 4 inches.... Hildur Bjarnadóttir
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Svanhildur Ólafía Guðjónsdóttir, 2005. Porcelein 7,5 x 6 x 6 inches.
Guðrún Bjarnadóttir, 2005. Porcelein 23 x 7,5 x 7,5 inches.
Þóranna Guðjónsdóttir. 2005. Porcelein 7 x 7 x 4 inches.


]]> Gingham. 2006. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.108 2010-02-24T14:19:13Z 2010-02-24T15:45:25Z Hildur Bjarnadóttir i8_yfirlit_III.jpg
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Gingham, Phthalo Turquoise. 2006. Linen acrylic paint,  handwoven. 31 x 31 x 0,75 inches.
Gingham, Burnt Sienna. 2005. Linen akrylic paint, handwoven. 31 x 31 x 0,75 inches.

gingha_graent_gratt.jpgGinham, Sap Green. 2006. Linen, acrylic paint, handwoven. 31 x 31 x 0,75 inches.
Ginham, Pains Gray. 2006. Linen, acrylic paint, handwoven. 31 x 31 x 0,75 inches.

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]]> Background. I8 Gallery. 2006. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.107 2010-02-24T14:06:08Z 2010-02-24T14:18:10Z Hildur Bjarnadóttir i8_yfirlit_allt.jpg

]]> Mittens for my grandmother 2009 tag:fugl.is,2009:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.24 2010-02-24T10:42:48Z 2010-02-24T17:27:01Z 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... Hildur Bjarnadóttir
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arfi.jpgMittens 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.

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]]> Drawings 2009 tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.30 2010-02-23T22:08:16Z 2010-02-24T17:24:31Z Hildur Bjarnadóttir
Vintage cotton doilies, graphite powder.

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]]> Red Iron Oxide. 2006. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.104 2010-02-21T15:15:21Z 2010-02-21T15:23:45Z Linen, acrylic paint, hand woven. 25 x 25 x 0,5 inches, (65 x 65 x 1,5 cm)... Hildur Bjarnadóttir Linen, acrylic paint, hand woven.
25 x 25 x 0,5 inches, (65 x 65 x 1,5 cm)

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]]> Olive Green. 2006. tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.103 2010-02-21T15:04:05Z 2010-02-21T15:14:27Z Linen, akrylic paint, hand woven.23 x 23 x 0,5 inches, 60 x 60 x 0,5 inches.... Hildur Bjarnadóttir Linen, akrylic paint, hand woven.
23 x 23 x 0,5 inches, 60 x 60 x 0,5 inches.

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]]> 13 Portrett tag:fugl.is,2010:/listbloggarar/hildur_bjarnadottir//8.102 2010-02-21T14:39:04Z 2010-02-21T15:03:03Z Lint-roller tape mounted on plexy.6 x 4 inches each, (15 x 10,5 cm)... Hildur Bjarnadóttir Lint-roller tape mounted on plexy.
6 x 4 inches each, (15 x 10,5 cm)

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