Author Archives: Kristveig

Künslerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany

04.07.´12 In July I am staying in Germany in the residency Künslerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop. Also staying here are these artists: Anastasiya Nesterova from Ukraine who makes artist books, Sofi Hagman graphic artist from Sweden, Jürgen Paas sculpture artist from Germany and Jens Brad composer from Germany. After looking around and taking pictures the first two days I have made these patterns, mandalas inspired by the area.

Oldwoven Textile Pattern

Old pattern from my great grandmother. This pattern was common in Icelandic weaving. This kind of tapestry was put on horses and the women sat on it when riding. The name of this type off weaving is “glitvefnaður”, a brocade with a colorful pattern on black base. My great grandmother, Kristveig Björnsdóttir (b.1881), from Skógar, Axarfirði in North-Þingeyjarsýsla, owned this tapestry.

Needle cushions, 2011

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The back side, 2009

The back side, photographs on aluminum, 27 pieces, 27 x 27 cm. Photographs of the back side of old embroidery. Exhibited at Textile museum at Blönduós summer 2009.

Round and round…, 2009

The exhibition – round and round History goes round and round, handicraft and human thought can barely be told apart; turning and trading past and present is the method used to improve and develop into a future, which will turn into the past before we know it. The Textile Museum in Blönduós has the good habit of regularly inviting contemporary textile artists and clothing designers for a rendezvous with the handicraft of earlier times. These meet at the banks of … Continue reading →

Licenses nr: 814

Four digital photograhps on aluminium plates. Size: 4 x 50 x 50 cm Solo exhibitoon at Start Art galley in Reykjavík September 2008

Well begun is half done, 2007

CRAFT AND TRADITIONS IN DESIGN, Gerðuberg, Reykjavík, Iceland Size; 6 x 29 x 43 cm Photographs taken during the costume making.

Sensitve landscape, 2006

The glacier, the river and the shore. Digital pictures, printed on crepe silk Size: 6 x 240 x 130 cm / 6 x 130 x 70 cm

Mental portraits, 2005

Mental portraits, 2005 Works done while on a course in Haystack, Main, USA. A series of 12 portraits. Size: 60 x 42 cm.

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Paintings, 2004

Acrylic paintings made while at the Herhúsið residency in Siglufjörður in Iceland and at the Haystack residency in Main, USA. Made mostly for the fun of it and as an experimentation.