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Even our sky is filled with patterns. To our eyes
the star constellations do not make any detailed
composition. I often like to think that this is
because we are too close. any satellite ever has
been, then the stars and the solar system are maybe
just a little part of a beautiful patterned covered
fractal, perhaps even reflecting other units on the
far side of the universe.
The fractal geometry has been a great source of inspiration
to me. Fractal implies that the unit is reflected in
the details or that every tiny little detail is
carrying information which is reflecting the unit.
We can see the effects of fractals in nature, for
example in a leaf of a bracken plant, in a bird's
feather or in the way a cauliflower is created.
Knowing that the universe is infinite and even is expanding
is an overwhelming thought. To me, it is however, as
overwhelming that a tiny little fly has got some
30000 identical facet eyes, the phenomenon that a
green color appears on one's retina after
having stared on a red surface for a while makes me
feel that there is a mysterious dualistic principle
in the universe. If this is the case, then the
universe might at well expand inwards infinitely at
outwards.
But what we do know for sure is that every material whether
solid, fluid or in gaseous state consists of an
unbelievable complexity of patterns and
compositions. This fact also fills me with wonder
and inspiration.
Looking at clay through microscope lenses shows us molecular
rhythms and patterns. When fired, other microscopic
ornaments and compositions come into being. Northing
is stable, everything is changing constantly except
the fact that patterns and compositions will always
create the basis for everything there is.
Since being a little child, patterns and ornaments have
always fascinated and inspired me . All the
different combinations that one single ornament is
able to create is something that I almost find
magical.
Geometrical rhythms and repetition have always been a
structural principle throughout the history of
crafts, and the repetition of ornaments carries
within the imagination of the infinite, never ending
eternal questions. However my fascination with
geometrical rhythms, fractions and structural
patterns is perhaps not so far away from the
Pythagorean thought that the underlying universal
principle is numbers.
I want my pieces not only to be decorative, but just at
important, to be visually challenging. In my work I
wish to create a room for magic and wonder, a room
in which the spectator can be pushed to experience
and explore some of my fascinations involving our
magical and complex nature. The closer one gets to
the pieces, and the more time one spends, the more
details are waiting to be discovered.
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