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Ida Vikfors is a Finnish artist with a background in pattern design and artisan textiles. Idas work has a minimalist expression with a focus on creating different dimensions, allowing the viewer to explore various shapes and shadows that take form over time, depending on the light in a space or a persons mood.
“Shapes in constant motion with no beginning and no end, truly allows you to be present. I wanted to create a surface where you can experience different dimensions, and in this process I let myself loose control and let the shapes decide the texture of the surface.”
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“When I create art, I need to be calm, from the inside out. Meditation is good for me, to find that creative state. I often get ideas when I am stressed and have a lot going on, or when I need to process something that has happened. But I carefully collect all those ideas and make small samples, so when I find that state of mind where I am most creative, I have something to get inspired by. In the end, it may turn out completely different, but it is an important part of the process.”
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Ida is both fascinated by and frustrated over the techniques she works with, she explains:
“My artworks are living their own life and I can’t decide exactly how I want them to be, but that is also the part I love most.”
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“As I quite recently started creating art, there are so many things I have yet to discover and develop, but my background in pattern design and textile has played a big part in my aesthetic expression and how it has developed. Ever since I was little I have created in some type of way. I have worked with many different materials and techniques, always exploring new methods. With my artworks there was never a plan, it just came naturally to me and I think that gives them more of a genuine feeling. My work is a continuous development of my own leaning process. New materials gives new opportunities.”
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We all need a solid ground, a place to feel safe and to find stillness. This series of artworks is an expression of Idas experiences with her own mind, where she has created a place for you to find your own solid ground, to choose to leave something behind or to enter something new. Sculptural lines create a surface that the eye can rest on, a surface that changes depending on the light and what you want to feel.
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