Paint-by-shadows

This sunday I went outside with my daughter to paint shadows in an impressionistic way. The shadows moved while we drew, almost impossible to capture. Time passing. The big mystery.

It takes two

Bye bye sun

The ceiling is deep

The gatekeeper

Black heat

Super, natural

Shadows, mirrorings

Small poetries of light and shadow.

Lace

A metalfence made into lace, seen in a shopwindow somewhere in the city. I like!

Tell me

Rise and fall

As above so below

Image from a series of landscape photos I´ve been working on for a long time. This photo consists of originally two photos mixed together, taken by me at the age of twelwe when I was travelling through Austria. More landscapes to come...

Camp fire

So. While waiting for the traditional Swedish spring fire, Majbrasa, I made one out of plastic beads and a magnet...doesn´t everybody need their own mini-camp fire?

Nu

This is a cushion made from vintage kitchen towls. I emroidered the word Nu, it´s the swedish word for Now. A reminder of time passing, a kind of Memento mori message or remember to live while you´re alive-message with a practical use. I was inspired by old embroidered walldecorations with different kind of proverbs that people used to, and still do, decorate their houses with.

Empty and abandoned houses

Annas place

I took some photos at my friend Annas place, I love the way she decorates her home!

Stuff

Notice boards

I just love stuff like this! Old scrappy, shabby things like these notice boards one can find all over the city. For me it´s visual poetry!

My corner of the world

Hi!
Welcome to House of Cowling! This blog is my corner of the world and my virtual studio of creative activities. Here I want to share some of my ideas and things that inspire me. I will mostly write in english but sometimes, perhaps when I´m feeling emotional, or just can´t find the words I might switch over to swedish, I hope you don´t mind...

I´m a designer and artist and I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I work mainly with setdesign, windowdressing, interior design and textile design. You could say that I work with interior and space in the expanded field. I like to cross the boarders between art, design and crafts. Please join me! xxL