Hair jewelry

Went to Våmhus today. Watched these women that made jewelry from human hair. It's fantastic. Doesn't even look like hair. 

I spent hours there, learnt so much. Great research for my upcoming project.

Leksand Sollerön Dalarna

On the way from Leksand to Sollerön

Insjöns Väveri

We visited the weaving mill in Insjön called "Insjöns väveri" while being in Dalarna last week. They are royal warrant-holders and they use the worlds oldest mechanical hand weaving machines in the world and everything looks like it's the 50's...but a bit more dust on top of it. I don't know that much about weaving, but this caught my attention and made me realise that weaving can be interesting...and of course, time consuming. Because I brought my friend Kat from uni and told the popele that worked there, that she was a student from England we got a private viewing of the place. I should use that fact a bit more often.

The warp is being threaded by hand and everything is being cut by hand. They use cotton and linen- and together it makes a stronger outcome and material.

En tid tillbaka

Hur kan det redan vara vinter och mitten av november när det precis var sommar och mitten av juni

The traditional Swedish folk costumes, Dalarna

Siljan

The midsummer pole

Photos from the midsummer day this summer back where my family lives.

Rain as usual during the day and then a lovely sunset.

Midsummer for me is better then christmas and my birthday...the best day of the year and best thing Sweden can offer !