I have always had the urge to adjust my close enviroment to my taste. I studied interior design, but the freedom to produce my own ideas, not bound by the custumers wishes appealed more to me. I travelled a lot in afrika, the far and middle east, and could express my inspiration in my lamps.
Along the way I got more and more interested in the properties of the materials I worked with and the possibileties they offered. I also started to develop one idea to its perfection, instead of making all unique pieces. This led me more in the direction of being a designer.
For me design is the urge to create objects for daily use that cares the senses, it is intricitly connected to the perception and conception of beauty.
From the beginning I have only been designing lamps. The light brings an extra dimension, and there are less ergonomical limits than with other furniture.
I have worked with metals, ceramics, wood and cloth which I all like in their own way.
Recently I have mainly been exploring the possibilitys of cloth streched over bars in different forms, and it remains very challanging.
Originally my fascination for arabic culture was my source of inspiration, I gathered inspiration travelling, but for long it is my own work that inspires me, to try out the next possibility.
My designs develop in a very organic way, since I work directly with the material without drawing. The design results out of the interaction between the idea and the natural limits of the material. Therefore the forms resemble natural forms, like shells or flower petals.
I usually do have an image in my head, but ofcourse it is quiet vague. I have to make it and see what it looks like from different view points, and how the electricity etc. can fit in. Since I make single pieces to sell, I usually make it for a while, to get to know the form better, and when I think it is right, I can have a mould made of it.
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