http://www.karineriksson.se/blog Looking at the world with a designer's eye. Copyright 2010 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1002 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1002#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:15:55 +0000 Ceramics Fashion Sustainability Crafts http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1002 Last week a man from Holland came and bought a whole curtain of hangings which left my walls quite blank. I filled the gap with my new hanging flower pots. They're available in the shop now! Bigger. Here's some of the treasures at Skansens Klädkammare (clothes chamber). I'm lucky enough to know ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1002 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1001 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1001#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:07:00 +0000 Ceramics About me http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1001 These spiky cups will be in the shop soon. Read about my day at A Beat That My Heart Skipped! http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1001 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1000 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1000#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:19:51 +0000 Design Textiles Shop Sustainability http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=1000 My workshop. I'm finally ready with the compilation of my 2010 collection wholesale price list so now it's only the bookkeeping for 2009 remaining. Phew. Each year I say to myself that I'll do the bookkeeping continually over the year rather than saving it all... And still, here I am with ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1000 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=999 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=999#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:05:24 +0000 Ceramics http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=999 I'm putting together my collection pricelist 2010 and will post a few images each day on flickr. The price list will be sent out to all the shops that already sell (or want to) my ceramics around the world. I sometimes get the question which of my ceramics I like the ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=999 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=994 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=994#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:43:15 +0000 Ceramics Eating and drinking http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=994 Bigger and another view. I left Dreams part two in the workshop and went for lunch at Restaurang Jungfrusund, lovely to sit inside with this view outside. I get happy when I get a post card from Raymond Biesinger in the letter box. http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=994 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=998 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=998#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:59:51 +0000 Events manos http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=998 It is getting lighter with each day but at 4.30 it's this dark in the green house. Next week manos opens again after the winter rest and I'm bringing spring right in with greens and purples and pinks! Today it is 5 years since I started this blog - my first ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=998 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=997 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=997#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:19:37 +0000 Eating and drinking Sustainability http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=997 *THank you for all the well wishes!* Here's from a very nice lunch with Maria at Fröken Nilsson on Ålstensgatan, I ate a pasta salad with salmon, capers and chick peas. Afterwards we went shopping in the second hand shop where I always find something to cherish. My Friday assistant Josephine is ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=997 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=996 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=996#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:52:16 +0000 About me http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=996 Oh, what life has in store for me this year. This ultrasound is from the end of November and now we're already in week 21 and I'm wondering how far away from the throwing wheel my stomach will take me ;) These days you'll find me surfing around on sites ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=996 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=995 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=995#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:28:18 +0000 Things Crafts http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=995 Bigger. Another beautiful winter day and I received a bird in the post. It arrived in the most exquisite parcel! http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=995 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=993 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=993#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:13:42 +0000 Events About me http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=993 Thank you for your happy birthday wishes! It took me just a few seconds to figure out who was the messenger ;) New years eve is my birthday and this last one was no 40 and cause for a celebration. I have been pondering on what and how since the ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=993 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=992 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=992#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:02:48 +0000 General http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=992 Merry Christmas all of you! We have a white Christmas this year, yippie! http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=992 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=991 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=991#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:48:05 +0000 Eating and drinking http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=991 Bigger. Yesterday evening we braced ourselves for the wind and the snow and went out to a lovely little restaurant: Matkultur (food culture) at Erstagatan here in Stockholm. I ate wild char from Jämtland with goats cheese gratinated sweet potatoe, puré of pumpkin and a spinach salad with pine nuts. Delicious. Bigger. Almost ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=991 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=990 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=990#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:21:14 +0000 Books Music http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=990 The Christmas market was - despite the appalling weather - a great success. I think we've never had as many visitors as we did on Saturday. On Sunday Diana Baur came all the way from Italy to visit, you can read about her Stockholm experience on her blog. I loved ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=990 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=989 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=989#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:37:39 +0000 Events Ceramics http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=989 This weekend 5-6th December is the traditional Christmas market at Överjärva Gård with lots of handicraft, Luciatåg, pony riding and food. manos will be open extra long during this weekend, from 10-16. Welcome! http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=989 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=988 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=988#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:06:39 +0000 Books Events Garden http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=988 Bigger. What a gorgeous cold day today has been! I got an armful of conifer of my dad to arrange outside and inside manos. The top picture shows the left overs, some of them ended up on parcels. Conifer left overs on parcels. This coming weekend is the Christmas market at Överjärva Gård, ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=988 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=987 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=987#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:40:13 +0000 Inspirations Travels http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=987 Bigger. Going to Copenhagen for the day with four good friends is like a vitamin injection. Despite rain and storm we had the best day! We fell in love with the first shop we went into, Mooment shop is tucked in on a small street called Hestemøllestræde and filled with a ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=987 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=984 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=984#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:11:32 +0000 Shop Blogs manos http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=984 My new raspberry coloured mittens and a branch of European Spindle. I've been longing to tell you this news: manos now has a blog and a website to accompany the online shop! So that's where you'll from now on will find all manos related information. Here, it'll revolve more about me - work, ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=984 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=983 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=983#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:38:10 +0000 Events Ceramics http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=983 My bit of Come Darkness. Photograph by MAV. MAV has curated Come Darkness at Chelliswilson in which I'm taking part with a ceramic mountain ;) My friend Eva Wilsson who made the graphic design of my website now has a website of her own. She has also designed manos website... stay tuned. ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=983 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=982 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=982#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:41 +0000 Music Eating and drinking Shop http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=982 Homegrown lunch. The weekend was dedicated mostly to choir practise in preparation for the big concert on Sunday evening. Together with a wonderful orchestra and singers we did a piece by Mendelsohn and "God in disguise" by Lars Erik Larsson. The church was more than full and the concert went splendidly. ... http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=982 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=981 http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=981#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:50:55 +0000 Events Ceramics manos http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/index.php?p=981 Here's images from the current exhibition at manos, ceramics by Elisabeth Ottebring and the theme is compost. The earth under the glass is certainly from the compost. Lisa's ceramics will be in the webshop on Monday. See the images bigger here. http://www.karineriksson.se/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=981