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The starting point in this work is the fascination I have for the daily and private life, the lives people live and the
things they surround themselves with. All those things which together create and give shape to the spheres in
which people live. For me the interest is however on a more general than personal level. It is so obvious that
people are different that that in it selves becomes uninteresting. What interests me more is the common and
general quality of the personal, like personal items, clothes, textiles, furniture etc. Everything that together with
the person makes up the daily and the private.
I have in this work visited a number of women in their domestic environment and using the camera sought to
capture the specific mood and feeling surrounding each woman. Revisiting the photographs I then tried to find
elements in them that in some way moved me.
It could be anything from the appearance of a dining table set, to a dirty lamp fringe, or just the stiff way a
crocheted cloth hangs over the end of a table; for me such qualities are woven into the women's personas.
All these observations and peculiarities are the essence of each piece of jewellery; every piece is a direct result
and an interpretation of my specific observations.