Decoration project for the children institution “Vingesuset”

My work is a play with materials. I have emphasized the use of the existing wooden materials in the house, used in the high panels and in the acoustic wall in the kitchen-living room. In addition, I use ceramics, thin tree, knitwear, textiles, fur, beads, etc. I emphasize the play, sensuality, lightness and wilderness that is found in the close nature. Just by taking a look at the ditch edge, just outside the house, you can discover a whole little world.

Many of the elements in the decoration refer to the very close nature on the ground, as well as the wildlife of the area. In addition, I have chosen to recreate a few recognizable landmarks from the area, such as the tower, the turquoise double hangars, the stork nest, the runway and the nearby bog, called Bringe bog.

The different materials of the elements can arouse the sensuality and curiosity of the children, and arouse the desire to create and play with materials and nature. The materials are very unpretentious, and reminiscent of things you can make yourself. You can sew or pull yarn through holes in ceramic, clay or wood. You can also draw on wood, or sew a stone out of fabric. Paste a piece of fur on a form and then it's a cow. Use beads for eyes, and thin sticks as legs. Or make an impression of a leaf by smearing color on. The motives from the close nature, right outside the door, can help to set the imagination in motion to create yourself based on what you find.

I disturb the many huge painted surfaces with organically shaped "wooden islands" on the yellow wall. The wooden islands are made of the same wood as the tall panels in the other rooms, on which I play with a wilderness of attached elements. In addition, I continue to play with the elements in the mobile above the stairs, where they play up against, and break the other colored walls. I work mainly with 3D objects that are attached to wood.

On the cave, which is made of wood, the objects are mounted directly on the surface. Since the objects protrude slightly from the surface, it appeals to touch. In touch height, I use only small areas with textiles, fur or knitwear, otherwise I play with ceramic surfaces , and wood. On the ground floor, I have chosen to decorate the cave's 3 large wooden sides, where the small children can immediately see and touch the fun shapes and materials.

The wall of the cave as you see from the entrance, and from the outside through the large window. On both sides of the cave I have played with shapes and objects that are found on the ground, leaves, branches, snails, insects, stones, straws, spruce cones, excrements m.m. These are located at the bottom of the cave where children can touch and recognize. Further up the cave, I have placed recognizable landmarks that define the landscape space. The twists and turns of the perimeter road break the clutter from the many objects The details, disturbs the very large surfaces in the room, while giving the children a lot to discover.

Cave wall 2: The wall of the cave facing the pink wall. The black circles are the markings of existing holes.

Decoration of the yellow wall on the 1st floor:

“Wooden island” on yellow wall with main motif by the bog of Bringe. The "wooden island" is carved from the same wood that is found in the wooden panels that are elsewhere in the house. Central to the plate is a hole cut out where the blue surface is textile. Around the lake, I have placed animals from the area. Cows, sheep, deer etc ....... straw in ceramics, the tower in the background, animal tracks Again I play with the sensuality of the many materials. The sheep which are made of ceramic have holes in them, just like the acoustic plates ..... through which I have sewn with white yarn, like a kind of wool. The only place I use paint directly on the wall is between the 2 ”wooden islands on the yellow wall. Here I use a map of the runway as a connection between the 2 islands.

“Wooden island” with bird motives. Birds from the area. The stork, the barn owl and the nightingale. Elements mounted on a wooden board carved from the same wood as the wood panels elsewhere in the house. Elements made of ceramic, wood, fabric and knitted elements. A few elements are also drawn directly on the wooden surface. Bird trails imprinted in white ceramic. Drawn spruce cone from twig, hangs down in real string.

Mobile above the stairs.

Mobile hanging in the ceiling, centrally above the stairs. All elements are attached to the “light blue cloud”, which is made of the acoustic wood from the kitchen, painted in light blue. The elements is made of ceramic, knitwear, wood and a stone sewn from soft textiles. The colors are matched to the colors of the walls, and the wood panels. Each element is hanging down from a string of the same color as the element. But of different material depending on the weight of the element. The not so heavy elements ones is hanging from pearl chains of small wooden breads, the heavier ones from thin ship rope. There is variations in the thickness of the strings. The elements of the mobile itself are more abstract, and the details mainly in the various materials. The elements are all present elsewhere in the wall decoration so that the children have the opportunity to find and recognize them. Is the blue shape a feather or a leaf? Is the yellow negative shape, a pair of glasses or the silhouette of the turquoise double hangar seen from the institution? And what about the green shape ... could it be a hot air balloon, like the more recognizable one on the "wooden island" with the bird motives? The mobile is hung in the hook which is set up centrally in the ceiling above the stairwell.