Play with thermochromics and lots of excitement: a perfect way of describing my two workshops last week. I work as a Textile Researcher a long side my illustration and print agency ‘House of Helmi’. I held a workshop at a nursery on Wednesday and Friday. The workshop was called ‘Smart Textillek för Små’ (‘Smart Textile Play for Wee Ones’), and was aimed at children between 3-6 years. …
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International Yarnbombing Day
It was International Yarnbombing Day this Saturday just past and of course this is something worthy of celebration ! So my family and I went to Ystad to take part in tagging their market square, through the event ‘Sätta färg på Stortorget i Ystad‘. I love the idea of Yarnbombing or Yarn Graffiti, to allow for the public and the more traditional domestic sphere …
In the Print Lab
This and last week have had lots of days in the print lab – and I love it! I really enjoy entering that almost meditative colour-mixing state, when your are printing new samples. All you need to focus on are; colours, tints and shades. I can see what goes well with what, what expressions in the colour change I want to create – a …
Vävpoesi & LundaPride
Vävpoesi Weaver in Action, Photo: Rosa Rydahl Just before start Thanks to everyone who came and shared your messages and expressed your thoughts about ‘Solidarity, Equal Value and Natural Affiliation’ (gemenskap, lika värde och självklar tillhörighet) at LundaPride and Stenkrossen last weekend. What a great day it was! – with lots of celebration and party-mood. Together, we created a substantial bit of Vävpoesi (Poetic …
Parenting Uncut has moved
My cartoons about how life will never be the same again has moved in at House of Helmi. You can now find all the published illustrations under the heading Parenting Uncut here at House of Helmi in the top menu. The webpage parentinguncut.com and the Parenting Uncut Facebook account will therefore close down in short. Enjoy!
Mitt yogaliv on Pinterest
The project ‘Mitt yogaliv’ has got its own Pinterest account this week – YEAY. We wanted to make it easy peasy for you to find all you favourite Mitt yogaliv pins. You can still of course find pins from Mitt yogaliv at House of Helmi’s account, I will still be publishing a selection of our illustrations on the board ‘Illustrations by House of Helmi’. …
Illustration Day
I have just finished yet another lovely day filled with hours of illustrating Mitt yogaliv illustrations, so keep a lookout at Mitt yogaliv’s Face Book page the up coming weeks to see what was created today 🙂 Enjoy! /Marie
COMPETITION with Mitt yogaliv
Check out the on-going COMPETITION with Mitt yogaliv, with refrigerator magnets illustrated by me as a prize. Just nu TÄVLING med Mitt yogaliv, med fina kylskåpsmagneter, illustrerade av mig, i vinst. Follow link to take part in the competition. Have a great Sunday. Enjoy!
Yoga World skriver om Mitt yogaliv
SORT TACK till Veronica Jäderlund och tidningen Yoga World för inlägget idag om mitt och Nellie Rolfs project Mitt yogaliv. Jätte kul att ni ville skriva om oss. Veronicas härliga yoga blog “Tala Ohm Yoga” och inlägget om oss hittar ni här. THANKS to Veronica Jäderlund and teh magazine Yoga World for writing about mine and Nellie Rolf’s project Mitt yogaliv Enjoy!
Love to the World
Thought I would spread some earthly love this Valentines Day with this heart-shaped globe – it makes love reach through all countries 😉 So to everyone out there, lots of love. And if anyone wants to make a ‘lovely’ globe, here is the how-to. How to make the bowls: The heart-shaped earth, with extra love to go around, is made from an old …