From my dream came my name
I had a dream. I dreamt about kingBIRD. He was half bird, half prince. I was very much in love with him. I couldn't live without him. But one day many tourists came. They took lots of pictures of him. kingBIRD was very shy, so he was frightened by the many flash lights. He ran away. I tried to find him, looked everywhere, but he was gone. I woke up and felt very sad for several weeks, because something was missing. kingBIRD was missing, so I took his name.
Who am I? I am fragile and vulnerable, I am wild and rebellious. Therefore – in my art – I long for safety, beautifulness and goodness. Everything that can “cure” my fragility and vulnerability. I seek comfort in beautiful things. I am very much aware that I will not live forever, that my body and life is to wither away. Therefore, I seek, celebrate and offer you; enjoyment, temptation, mystery, sweetness, wildness and colourfulness – while I am here!
What is my mission? I have several missions. Most importantly, I want to make ”beautiful” art – for you and for me. You are more than welcome to reflect upon my art when you see it, but you are also very welcome just to enjoy it for its immediate nature without searching for any deeper meaning. In my art, I also long for a place to merge with the universe, to find a place where the world makes sense. That place – to me – is in my art. For you, it might be a completely different place and that is fine, because the most important thing is that you have such a place.
What do I do? I work in ceramics expressing longiness and sweetness. Some of my art is small and some of my art is large. Some of my art has lots of colours and some of my art is toned down. It depends on what is right for a specific work or idea. Longiness and sweetness is to be regarded as double-sided. Sweetness can be delicious and at the same time delicate, vulgar and bittersweet. And longing can turn into an obsession, not living up to your expectations and - if an object possessed not fulfilling your desires. Sometimes the chase is sweeter than the catch!
How do I work? I get inspired by things close to me. I like to question whether the everyday life is as pale as many seem to regard it. Perhaps the everyday life is dramatic in itself? To me it surely is. When I work with longiness and sweetness it is as a state of mind or as a term of life – not as an event. In that perspective, my practise of working with something close, near or domestic to me is inspired in form and content by the traditional still life. In my art, I use myself. I do not want to exclude myself from my art, but instead be completely honest of what is on my mind. Therefore, my art tells my stories, but you see them through your eyes and that might give them a different meaning, something that makes sense to you. I am cool with that!
