‘travelling box with butterfly eggs’ (ALABASTer, wood and GLASS). FRom the JUBILEe exhibition at SØRLANDETS KUNSTMUSEUM (Now KUNSTSILO), KRISTIANSAND 2015-2016.
butterfly eggs carved in marble, Guest exhibitor SØRLANDSUTSTILLINGEN, BOMULDSFABRIKEN KUNSTHALL, ARENDAL 2015
‘butterfly eggs’, SVARTDAL old schoolhouse, part of project ‘SOGEVEGEN OM NUTHEIM’ 2022.
Four butterfly eggs of endangered species: Reverdin´s Blue, Niobe Fritillary, Black-veined White and Woodland Brown. Carved in Carrara marble for Sørlandsutstillingen 2015, shown in Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall in Arendal. These four, and a Travelling Box with nine smaller butterfly eggs carved in alabaster, were purchased for the project ‘Sogevegen om Nutheim’ in Telemark, mounted inside and outside of Svartdal Old Schoolhouse. The Travelling Box travelled in Germany, Denmark and Norway before reaching its final destination in Svartdal. The marble eggs were enhanced with new plinths in Iddefjord granite. Inaugurated September 2022.
Svartdal Old Schoolhouse is situated in an area famous for its rich diversity of species, with rare plants and butterflies. The restored schoolhouse will function as a village hall and a Literature House, focusing on the poet Ingebjørg Kasin Sandsdalen (1915-2003) who lived near by and who described the unique landscape.