My 2012 Silver Manifesto

By On 17. February 2012 · 1 Comment

Being a silversmith is to me, first and foremost about communicating ideas about what role silverware plays in contemporary society.

I believe, silverware as we know it from grandma’s drawers, have had its time, and I think its a unfair struggle to try to redefine and develop the trade in it’s original form. The history [...]

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Mingling with celebrities

By On 15. December 2011 · Leave a Comment

Last week I went to Copenhagen to receive a grant from Ole Haslunds ArtFund. That’s me with one of his descendants Peter Haslund – who came all the way from California to participate in the gathering.

Here’s a bit about Ole Haslund  story – he was a promising artist in the beginning of [...]

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How to restore the matt surface on my silver pieces

By On 18. November 2011 · Leave a Comment

Finally I got around to making the video of how you can easily restore the matt surface on one of my silver pieces.

All you need is:

Scotch-Brite Soap Here’s the video: If you liked it & know someone who could benefit, feel free to share it!

I’m still in amazed by the amount of [...]

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How to make a piece in silver in 7.50 minutes

By On 19. October 2011 · Leave a Comment

Last Friday I received the  ’Silversmith of the Year’ prize at Koldinghus Museum. At the same time the retrospective exhibition of my work through the last 8-9 years opened as well.

Here’s a photo of me recieving the prize.

As part of the exhibition, you can see a short film of me making the [...]

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Silversmith of the year

By On 24. September 2011 · 3 Comments

Now that it’s official, I can finally tell you that I’m going to be Koldinghus Museums Silversmith Of The Year.

On October 14th 2011 I’ll be presented with the Karl Gustav Hansen Prize at Koldinghus Museum and from 15th October through 20th November there will be a retrospective exhibition of my work.

At the moment [...]

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The top two craft fairs you don’t want to miss

By On 18. September 2011 · 1 Comment

I love this time of year, not only because of the high blue sky and supposedly warm indian summer, but because this is the time of year when all jewellers and silversmiths are working like busy bees to get ready for all the craft fairs.

As I’m not doing any craft fairs myself this year [...]

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Would you like to join me in my workshop?

By On 31. August 2011 · Leave a Comment

I’ve got an email from the restaurant Geranium, saying they would like an extra pair of top candle stick holders for the candle sticks I made for them last summer.

I’d like to invite you to join me in the workshop to see how I made them.

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Cleaning Your Silver is as Easy as Polishing Your Shoes

By On 11. August 2011 · Leave a Comment

Imagine you just spent a fair amount on a very nice pair of boots. You really love your new boots, and can’t wait to put them on.

But the lady at the shoe shop said you had to protect them with something you can’t quite remember what was – because you were too excited about [...]

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British Silver Month at The Scottish Gallery

By On 22. June 2011 · 1 Comment

Celebrating silver for a whole month – that sounds like something out of dream to me. But it’s exactly what they are doing at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh for July 2011.

Some of Britain’s finest silversmiths and enamelers will exhibit work at the gallery for British Silver Month. And you can get a [...]

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Archetypes #2

By On 26. May 2011 · Leave a Comment

I must admit this brief has caused a lot of sleepless nights. Just to recap if you haven’t read my first post about the ‘Archetypes’ exhibition at Koldinghus this June, all the Danish Silversmiths are designing and making a piece of silver for an Archetype. And I’ve found it quite hard to [...]

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