17.mai fane!
By Janne | May 5, 2009
I går gjorde eg ferdig banneret til Moster Skule. Her er bilete av fram- og baksida.Â
Framsida har bilete av Siggjo, den nesten-vulkanske fjellet på Bømlo, med Moster i front. Hovudmotiv er to viking-ungar. Moster Skule hadde i mange år ein viking-leir rundt Mostra-spelet. Her lærte ungane gamle teknikkar som spinning og smiing. Mønsteret i bakgrunnen er frå gamle Moster kyrkje og kyrkjeklokka.Â
Den andre sida viser ei gammal sølv-nål frå viking-tida, funnen på Spissøy, like ved Moster. Den er sjeldan, og eg syns den passar godt inn i det eg syns er typisk for Moster: historie, kultur og religion.
Over er ein link til Moster skule si nyhende-side, der det står om den nye fana deira.
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Mariannes-hjarte
By Janne | May 4, 2009
… berre ein liten tjuv-kikk på deler av belte til Marianne sin brudekjole…
Det kjem meir seinare 🙂
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Eidesvik reception
By Janne | April 30, 2009
Eidesvik Offshore wanted to repaint their reception, and asked me if I could make something for two of the walls. So here is one of them, the other one is still in my head. I usually install the art myself, but since I was away, the pictures went straight from the printers to the framers to the new owner. The top two ones are actually reprints. I never do that, but this is the company who owns the originals, and together we thought it would be nice. The children you can see vaguely in the background are the two previous owners of the shipping company. Father and son, Lauritz and Simon. They are both dead now, but have done a tremendous job in building the company and a community around it. Securing the people in Langevåg not only jobs, but a lot of extra benefits as well. A couple of years ago, they built a huge culture-house for the community, just so people would like living there better. I have a huge respect for them, and of course the people who run the company now. They have a policy of supporting their local community, and this has given me the chance to develop as an artist. They have given me decoration-jobs for over a decade now. Something I am truly grateful for.
The bottom picture I made new, to complete the story. The piece is actually called “Vision”, and is partly inspired from a traditional Norwegian folk-song. About how a man looks out over the rocky shores, and “sees” that he can have a future her, decides to build his home (company) here. Slowly and steadily, building, one rock on top of the other, until one day he not only reaches his vision, but gets so much more. So the bottom picture is of course the rocky shore, the top left is first generation, top right is second generation with two rock-towers, even taller than in the left/first generation. It´s a very symbolic piece, and I think it´s easier to understand if you know the song.Â
Oh, and the rock-towers are stacked “live”, not in photoshop 🙂 I have a good friend I went to teachers college with, who has this boulder-beach not far from her house, and some Sundays, she goes to the beach, and makes these little pieces of everyday-art, and leave them for others to enjoy.
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Banner-dragon
By Janne | April 29, 2009
I´ve been working on the banner, and not been completely satisfied, but I realize that this is because I´ve only been working with the background, and it needs something… more! So today I made a big ornament on one side of the banner It is an old viking silver broach  found in an archeological dig some years ago, not far from Moster. The dragon was a popular motive in the old viking-ornamentation, and since Moster has a very strong, national viking-history, I thought it was natural to bring in this element.Â
First I made a huge copy of the broach to transfer onto the silk fabric. Then I machine-embroidered it on to the background.
And since it looked kind of flat, I decided to paint it.
I used a mix of acrylic and fabric-paint, and certainly hope it will hold! Iredecent blue black acrylic that hopefully will give a nice shimmer, and opaque white fabric paint, in different mixes. It still doesn´t look as if it is hammered in silver, but it isn´t as flat any longer. I can´t remember doing this before, so it was kind of experimenting as I went along.Â
The fun thing, is that it changes in the light, and from what angle you look at it. which is one of the reasons I love silk!
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Banner
By Janne | April 27, 2009
I am currently working on two wedding-dresses. But in addition to that I am also working on a 17th of May (Norway´s national day) banner for a local school. There are probably strict traditions on how to make these, and I will try to keep some of them, while just as eagerly try to re-new others.Â
It will be about 100 x 75 cm, all in duppion silk. Applique and machine-embroidery, and a  fabric-paint stamped pattern. Here are the colors I can play around with:
The stamp I made in two sizes, out of fun-foam, was based on a piece of decor I found on the old alter in Norway´s (probably) oldest stone-church (ca. 1030 A.D.) Which by chance happens to be in Moster, my neighbouring “town” (and also where the school is,  who wants the new banner). Anyway. So far I have decorated two of the fabrics, and cut out the silhouette of the volcanic mountain on the island (Siggjo), and part of the scenery from Moster.
Below is rough draft, just by placing the cut fabric in place.
And here is a picture of the text I´m printing. It´s also a copy from the old church, this time from the old bell that now is stacked away in the attic. It says:
AVE.MARIAGRACIAPLENADOMINVSTCVM
and is an old catholic prayer. Spelled the old way too, apparently.Â
The three pictures below are actually one and the same. Amazing how the light “colors” the fabric.
I should really be done with this by Friday, so I need to get started on the embroidery tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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making a fun-foam stamp
By Janne | April 27, 2009
I use stamps that I make out of fun-foam for different purposes. Â They work well with fabric-paint on fabric, with acrylic on paper, and probably other surfaces as well. They are easy to make, and easy to use.Â
Below you can see the process, as I am make a stamp inspired by a decoration on an old alter in an even older church. Here is part of the alter:
Make a photo-copy of the image you want to make a stamp of. Draw with a soft pencil around the edges. Turn the copy, place it on the fun-foam (mose-gummi) and rub hard against the back of the paper. This should transfer the pencil-line unto the fun-foam, so you can see where you want to cut.
Oh, yeah, the best option for fun-foam is the 9 mm. It is thicker than the ones you´ll find in the play-section, and while it is more of a job to cut it, you reduce the risk of spilling paint where it shouldn´t be.Â
Use a sharp knife, and by all means, a hard surface underneath the foam. Hardwood or a hard-plastic. Something you´re not afraid of getting marks in. Also, when cutting in thick foam, try cutting only half-way down first in the fine detailed areas. This will make it easier to get the lines nice.Â
When you´re done, glue it onto another piece of fun-foam with a strong glue. I use a special shoe-glue (!), but I am sure other types of strong glue will work too.Â
And then, I am ready to give it a try. This time on fabric.Â
You can see the finished result on my blog in a week or so, for this particular stamp.
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Kjerstins dress, part 2
By Janne | April 23, 2009
I just had to post a couple more pictures of the black lace I am making for Kjerstins wedding dress. I was slightly nervous about the peacocks, but think it worked out nice. And it wasn´t as difficult as I feared.Â
I made a rough pattern on baking-paper…
…pinned down the white, fine tulle I sow the lace-pieces on to, and started the puzzle.
work in progress…
still some more…
…and done!
I have to make the dress in different pieces or part, and can´t put them together until next time Kjerstin is here for a fitting. Want to make sure it fits, as I dread it is impossible to undo when it is done.
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Mariannes wedding dress
By Janne | April 21, 2009
Here is a peak of what will become Mariannes wedding dress. The fabrics are silk crepe de chine and silk chiffons. And she made the glass beads herself! I always like asking the bride to contribute in the making of her own dress, and this is perfect!
She is very into symbols, and the wide waistband will be covered with them. Some common and some special to her and her future spouse. That will be the big creative challenge on this dress: to translate all her interest visually into symbols in a relatively small area. So far i know there will be at least two mountains and a boat  in addition to the glass-pearls around her waist. This could get interesting!
I just had to add a picture of her lovely shoes she got in Singapore. They are designed by Christian Louboutin.Â
The design will be kind of Marilyn-Monroe in-the-white-dress-ish, but not quite. I will of course post pictures as the progress moves along. So far I´m working on the mock-up to make sure the pattern fits.
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Making lace fabric
By Janne | April 19, 2009
My friend Kjerstin arrived today, and I finally got started on her wedding-dress. She wants a white dress, knee-length, lots of tulle over the skirt, and over that a black peacock-patterned lace kind of dress. A very Alexander McQueen-inspired design. Sounds weird? Its gonna rock! A relatively big job, but who doesn´t like a challenge?!!
I made the under-dress in Dupion-silk, fitted it, all it needs is a zipper. And moved on to the lace. The bride was put to work, cutting apart different lace-fabrics, then I pieced it all together again, pinning it down, and machine-embroidering it down. I use a white fine tulle to sow it on to, and slightly stretch it as I work, otherwise it will all crumble when I sow.Â
I´ll show you some pictures, this is a panel from the skirt:
This is just the beginning, I´ll post more pictures as the process moves along. And of course of the finished dress.
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Eidesvik resepsjons-utsmykking
By Janne | April 9, 2009
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