http://www.karineriksson.se/blog Looking at the world with a designer's eye. Copyright 2012 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1055 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1055#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 10:50:13 +0000 Ceramics manos http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1055 Now they're not only in the shop, but also in the shop window and here on the blog! "Container Stories" is a project that Camilla and I've been working on and off with for several years. And as it often is with ideas that you mull over in your head ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1055 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1054 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1054#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:36:42 +0000 Ceramics manos http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1054 One of my customers stopped by with three pots of corn that she had planted for me! All I need to do now is to nurture and nourish them and I'll have my very own corn to put on the barbecue come summer. Now I'm going back to what I've ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1054 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1053 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1053#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:23:45 +0000 Eating and drinking Recipes http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1053 Make your own little paper plant pots with the wooden pot maker! I love finding something that makes my heart race just a little faster. Lately I've been browsing and reading a wonderful blog called Green Kitchen Stories. It's taken me a good long while to find it and now I've ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1053 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1052 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1052#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:45:29 +0000 Ceramics http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1052 Waiting for a kaffe latte in a café. I took the train to Gothenburg on Friday and spent the weekend with Camilla. What a nourishing and fun way to spend a weekend! We went to a couple of galleries, walked, ate Camilla's lovely vegetarian food, did some window shopping... We worked ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1052 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=445 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=445#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:24:13 +0000 Ceramics Jewellery Business Workshop http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=445 Bigger tools. I'm looking for a workshop assistant! Someone who wants to learn how to run a succesfull ceramics business - from designing and making to pricing, selling and marketing. You must be able to stay for at least three-four months. The position is non-paid, but I will teach you everything ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=445 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1051 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1051#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:43:24 +0000 Ceramics manos http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1051 Bigger detail. Creative chaos is ruling my workshop at the moment, you can't really tell from the above but perhaps a little more in this picture. I'm in a very productive phase right now - making all the pieces for my 2012 collection, making pieces for Camilla and my collaboration (I ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1051 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1050 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1050#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:03:46 +0000 Ceramics Music About me http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1050 This week it's Stockholm furniture fair and I notice that it's a more cosmopolitan croud than usual visiting the shop. I haven't been in every day as Leonard is starting kindergarten this week. We're slowly getting him adjusted to his new friends and surroundings and I stay close by the ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1050 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1048 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1048#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:12 +0000 Ceramics Magazines http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1048 Larger tulips. Erika came by and chatted the afternoon away, while flipping through magazines at my workshop table. I'm at the moment not only flipping, but actually reading Kinfolk magazine. I like this appreciation of the everyday, focus on smaller or larger gatherings where we take time to talk and listen ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1048 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1049 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1049#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:14:10 +0000 General Design Ceramics Paper Crafts http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1049 I went around Formex yesterday evening, it's the largest fair for nordic design. I wanted to visit a couple of stands: Konsthantverkscentrum, Axlings and Växbo Lin (whose products I sell at manos). But most of all I went to see Stylistgruppen in whose stand my work was represented with lots ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1049 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1045 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1045#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:38:09 +0000 Ceramics manos http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1045 It's really slow in the shop this week and a perfect time for mending tools and kiln shelves in the workshop. Last year was a bit rough on my kiln shelves with trying out new glazes and having a ceramic course in the summer with thickly glazed pieces that stuck ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1045 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1047 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1047#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:59:40 +0000 Eating and drinking http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1047 Caroline and Bruno came by with fudge from newly opened Pärlans Konfektyr on a neighbouring street. Delicious in every way AND the wrapping looks wonderful AND they come delivered in handprinted paper bags... Madame bigger. http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1047 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1046 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1046#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:13:09 +0000 Eating and drinking http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1046 From the Winter market in Jokkmokk Hello everybody! Long time no see, but here I am again hopefully on a little more regular basis. It seems to me this autumn has been filled to the brim and has gone by so quickly, I hope next year moves at a little slower ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1046 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1043 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1043#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:24:23 +0000 Events Ceramics http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1043 Chess pieces and a coiled vase. Summer ceramics courses at manos - so much creativity! It's been a varied bunch of participants which is a challenge and really fun for me. I want everyone to feel they've gotten the most out of the course - be it that they've been inspired, ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1043 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1040 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1040#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:04:25 +0000 Ceramics Stockholm http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1040 Midsummer day at Äppelfabriken. It's been aerily quiet in the shop today, it's a hot day and I hope people are sitting in the breeze on a boat or in the shade of an old beautiful oak tree... Like I did yesterday, in Hagaparken. It's such a splendid place, best lawn ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1040 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1041 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1041#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:13:27 +0000 General Magazines http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1041 A closer look. I love the blue of cornflowers - and the green of them too. So summery. Here's another image that feels like summer. Nature photography by Carl Fredrik Ekström. More nature by Tend Collective, via 3191. whip up's guide to e-mags Happy midsummer! http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1041 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1039 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1039#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 11:37:07 +0000 Events http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1039 Dress by the Japanese fashion label COMME des GARÇONS from the Sarah Moon exhibition at Fotografiska. Once in a while I get a newsletter from KIKI, the must-visit Japanese design store here on Renstiernas gata, and they always make me happy. The newsletter contain information about what's going on at KIKI ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1039 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1037 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1037#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 11:53:24 +0000 Events Textiles http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1037 jo mcdonald - at at Galerie la Tour this summer I just had a woman in the shop who has bought a little house in the south of France... It sounds so, I don't know - charming, romantic, chic, wonderful... ‘Vive La Tapisserie’, an exhibition of small format tapestries by Scottish ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1037 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1038 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1038#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 13:47:33 +0000 General Ceramics Magazines Business http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1038 The magnolia in manos back yard is in full bloom and the hackberry next to it smells wonderful. I finally got my tax return sent in after which I've been spending my days catching up on emails and admin work. I've also updated manos webshop with Lisa Vilhelmsons gorgeous hand- ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1038 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1030 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1030#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 13:07:14 +0000 General Stockholm http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1030 Still sunny and warm - even the wind is warm. Today I walked all along the waterfront in Hammarby Sjöstad and while Leonard was sleeping I read my book and dipped my toes in the water. Bliss. Filip has got some really good stuff in his webshop. Leva Kungslador looks like a ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1030 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1036 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1036#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 15:41:47 +0000 Ceramics Eating and drinking http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1036 After a couple of cold cloudy days the sun has been shining in through the workshop windows this afternoon in erratic spurts. While I took care of yesterdays throwing it was shining right in my eyes. I was packing a box of ceramics to send to Pomme gallery in Mornington, ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1036