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Finally Simon and I have reached the production pa

Finally Simon and I have reached the production part of this Public Art project. Simons Father the renowned Blacksmithing Ingvar Westling AKA “The Walrus” has graciously opened his fantastic workshop and smithy to us and our alien ideas.

We work long hours while Ingvar pops by to help one of Simons brothers, Erik Westling @woutdoor.dalsland with Kajak holders for his wildlife startup business.
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@simon_westling @tbirgersson
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#kajak #westling #family #forge #smithy #workshop #simonwestling #tobiasbirgersson #metalart #hangingart #publicart #comission #dalsland #sweden #westcoast #greasepit

Finally Simon and I have reached the production pa

Finally Simon and I have reached the production part of this Public Art project. Simons Father the renowned Blacksmithing Ingvar Westling AKA “The Walrus” has graciously opened his fantastic workshop and smithy to us and our alien ideas.

We work long hours while Ingvar pops by to help one of Simons brothers, Erik Westling @woutdoor.dalsland with Kajak holders for his wildlife startup business.
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@simon_westling @tbirgersson
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#kajak #westling #family #forge #smithy #workshop #simonwestling #tobiasbirgersson #metalart #hangingart #publicart #comission #dalsland #sweden #westcoast #greasepit

Finally Simon and I have reached the production pa

Finally Simon and I have reached the production part of this Public Art project. Simons Father the renowned Blacksmithing Ingvar Westling AKA “The Walrus” has graciously opened his fantastic workshop and smithy to us and our alien ideas.

We work long hours while Ingvar pops by to help one of Simons brothers, Erik Westling @woutdoor.dalsland with Kajak holders for his wildlife startup business.
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@simon_westling @tbirgersson
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#kajak #westling #family #forge #smithy #workshop #simonwestling #tobiasbirgersson #metalart #hangingart #publicart #comission #dalsland #sweden #westcoast #greasepit

The building stands in the middle of the chaos tha

The building stands in the middle of the chaos that is a building site, but it all ready has a beautiful blue and a certain proud majesty.
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@simon_westling and I caught Gothenburg on a fantastic sunny day.
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#woodenhouse #westcoast #gothenburg #sweden #publicart #simonwestling #metalart #tobiasbirgersson #bluewall #woodpanelling #architecture

It is a really tall wall...But don’t compete for

It is a really tall wall...But don’t compete for the commission unless you’re willing to do the job....I guess.

Onsite with my partner in Art @simon_westling
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#woodenhouse #westcoast #gothenburg #sweden #publicart #simonwestling #metalart #tobiasbirgersson #bluewall #woodpanelling #architecture #clouds #sky

Finally Simon and I won the Publc Art commission.

Finally Simon and I won the Publc Art commission. So road trip to the site where the building now stands, almost done, at least on the outside.

It is a really big scale jump from our tiny model
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@simon_westling @tbirgersson
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#publicart #publicartwork #gothenburg #metalart #simonwestling #tobiasbirgersson #woodenbuilding #huge #blue #cranes #architecture

“Public Art competition” This is probably clos

“Public Art competition”
This is probably closer to the way this piece will be viewed if it finally gets to be mounted at six and a half meters height a little bit down from the roof at eight and a half meters. (Sketching process with Simon Westling)
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#publicart #simonwestling #tobiasbirgersson #metalart #scalemodel #maket #wireart #aluminumcasting

Simon Westling and I needed a way to understand th

Simon Westling and I needed a way to understand the building we were working with. The building didn’t exist yet so we had to scale our minds down to our scale model enthusiastically built by @simon_westling
(The House will eventually need to be blue)
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#publicart #scalemodel #mdf #commission #metalart #tobiasbirgersson #simonwestling #imagination
@publicartfund

Simon Westlings mini model just prior to our prese

Simon Westlings mini model just prior to our presentation to the Public Art Commission in Gothenburg. It might be small but it is expressive and gets the job done. IRL the pillar is 8 1/2 meters high holding up a part of the building we competed for. (Can you spot the cast Aluminum buds?)
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@simon_westling @tbirgersson
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#model #metalart #steelart #model #maket #publicart #competition #presentation #tobiasbirgersson #simonwestling #castaluminum #buds

Many months ago Simon Westling and I Teamed up and

Many months ago Simon Westling and I Teamed up and competed for a public Art Commission. Our Duo started with 2D and 3D sketching. My first focus was on studying different tree buds.
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@simon_westling
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#treebuds #redpencil #scetch #tobiasbirgersson #metalart #publicart #commission #competition

Many months ago Simon Westling and I Teamed up and

Many months ago Simon Westling and I Teamed up and competed for a public Art Commission. Our Duo started with 2D and 3D sketching. My first focus was on studying different tree buds.
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@simon_westling
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#treebuds #redpencil #scetch #tobiasbirgersson #metalart #publicart #commission #competition

Simon Westling and I Teamed up and competed for a

Simon Westling and I Teamed up and competed for a public Art Commission. Our Duo started with 2D and 3D sketching. My first focus was on studying different tree buds.
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@simon_westling
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#treebuds #redpencil #scetch #tobiasbirgersson #metalart #publicart #commission

COME AND GET THEM WHILE THEIR HOT. “LOD BOOK”

COME AND GET THEM WHILE THEIR HOT. “LOD BOOK”
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Repost by• @christianhabetzeder På lördag är det äntligen release för boken "LOD Metallformgivning - verkstad, butik, galleri & mötesplats". Se den på plats - hos LOD - på Norra Agnegatan 40.

Högt och lågt med humor och värme. En inblick i en konstnärligt skapande verksamhet med internationell koppling.

Gå in på deras hemsida www.lod.nu för det senaste om releasen och hur du får tag på just ditt exemplar av boken.

#release #bok #bokrelease #förlag #publishing #konstnär #artist #design #formspråk #formgivning #metall #porträtt #portrait #porträttfotograf #portraitphotographer #fotografchristianhabetzeder @lod_metallformgivning @a_n_acc @klaraeriksson_metal @tbirgersson #skulptur #korpus #smycken @eriktidang @maki_okamoto @pernillasylwan @petronellaeriksson #samarbete #kollektiv

BOOK RELEASE TODAY! at LOD 11 AM - 4 PM You can’

BOOK RELEASE TODAY! at LOD 11 AM - 4 PM
You can’t look at a Instagram post from this angle. You can’t feel the weight of a Pinterest post. The LOD BOOK has smell weight and tactility. It has finally landed IRL.
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I will be there in the morning before I need to attend @gallerisebastianschildt and the absolute last day of my exhibition.
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Photo and Graphics by @christianhabetzeder
#booklover #christianhabetzeder #lod #gallerylod #tobiasbirgersson #christianhabetzeder #artbook #craft #booklaunch #stockholm #kungsholmen

BOOK RELEASE TODAY OUTSIDE OF @lod_metallformgivni

BOOK RELEASE TODAY OUTSIDE OF @lod_metallformgivning WELCOME ALL.
This Book represents Blood, Sweat and Tears and I am so happy that it came to be.
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Repost by Photographer and Graphical Designer @christianhabetzeder
(Press Translate) Den 8:e maj är det äntligen release för boken "LOD Metallformgivning - verkstad, butik, galleri & mötesplats". Se den på plats - hos LOD - på Norra Agnegatan 40.

Många röster tecknar tillsammans en mångfacetterad bild av en konstscen från 1999 till idag. Innehållet speglar medlemmar, kunder, egna utställningar, gästutställare, kollegor, grannar och intresserade. Högt och lågt med humor och värme. Det är också en inblick i en konstnärligt skapande verksamhet med internationell koppling.

160 sidor inlaga blev det till slut och särskilt tack ska Dan Gordan ha, som axlade redaktörsarbetet på sluttampen och såg till att vi kom i hamn. Italgraf Media AB har tryckt boken - och jag tror att alla inblandade är överens om att resultatet speglar LOD på alla sätt och vis.

LOD är en sammanslutning av sex silver och guldsmeder. De delar verkstad, butik och galleri på Kungsholmen i Stockholm. I butiken kan du uppleva personliga smycken och unika föremål. Allt tillverkat i deras verkstad. LOD genomför utställningar i eget galleri och utomlands, som individer och som grupp.

Gruppen består idag av Pernilla Sylwan, Petronella Eriksson, Klara Eriksson, Tobias Birgersson, Erik Tidäng, Maki Okamoto och Anna Nordström.

#release #bok #bokrelease #förlag #publishing #konstnär #artist #design #formspråk #formgivning #metall #porträtt #portrait #porträttfotograf #portraitphotographer #fotografchristianhabetzeder @lod_metallformgivning @a_n_acc @klaraeriksson_metal @tbirgersson #skulptur #korpus #smycken
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LAST DAY // I will be there in the afternoon tomor

LAST DAY // I will be there in the afternoon tomorrow

@gallerisebastianschildt

Tomorrow Saturday is the last day for our exhibition "Body, Contained" with sculptural calabashes by Tobias Birgersson and Wolfgang Bremer.

The gallery is open 12-16, welcome!
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@photo by @christianhabetzeder
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The second image is from the LOD 20 years exhibition at @vidamuseum
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@metalartsweden @lod_metallformgivning @hdk_valand @universityofgothenburg @_steneby_
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#tobiasbirgersson #gallerisebastianschildt #silver #925silver #gourds #calabash #patch #patchwork #silverpatch #vessel #bodycontained #metalart

OPEN TALK - Friday 7th May at 16:00 Feed The Beast

OPEN TALK - Friday 7th May at 16:00
Feed The Beast -
CRAFT DAYS. Tobias Birgersson
A talk about artistic process and constant struggle with Ego, the beast. It is also a talk on how Metal artist
Tobias Birgersson looks at himself, and what he does.
Join with zoom https://zoom.us/j/98934286363?pwd=RDFlNlJob0VWNkFmNEhkTDYwVndZZz09
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Photo by @christianhabetzeder
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@craftdays_vg @_steneby_ @metalartsweden @stenebyskolan @konsthantverkscentrum
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#craftdays #craft #artist #artisttalk #zoom #tobiasbirgersson #portraitphotography #portrait #christianhabetzeder

LOD BOOK RELEASE ! SATURDAY 11AM-4PM . I have been

LOD BOOK RELEASE !
SATURDAY 11AM-4PM
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I have been a part of this wonderfully strange place since the start 1999. 20 years later we began our journey towards the “LOD BOOK”.
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I am no longer a LOD member but LOD will forever be a part of me.
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I have seldom worked so hard for LOD as I have during the production of these pages.
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This book is a mirror of the “animal” that is LOD. It is strange, beautiful, inconsistent, sometimes in English and sometimes in Swedish and without translation, exactly like LOD.
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A lot of wonderful people have chosen to lend their voices to this book and I am thankful to them all.
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@dangordan52
I need to thank one voice in particular who took over when I had given up. Thank you so much Dan Gordon for taking LOD BOOK all the way to the printers.
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@christianhabetzeder
Christian Habetzeder has taken most of the images for the book as well as all graphical work. He is irreplaceable.
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The LOD BOOK cover image is of my work bench during my creative chaos days.
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@lod_metallformgivning
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#lod #book #bookrelease #artbook #20years #workshop #gallery #creative #tobiasbirgersson

Monday, May 3 at 6 PM VIRTUAL GALLERY VISIT AND D

Monday, May 3 at 6 PM
VIRTUAL GALLERY VISIT AND DIGITAL TALK
This Monday, Galleri Sebastian Schildt @gallerisebastianschildt will host a virtual artist talk with metal artist Tobias Birgersson. The talk will be streamed from the gallery in Tobias' ongoing exhibition Body, Contained with bookbinder extraordinaire Wolfgang Bremer.

Body, Contained features sculptures based on gourds - the voluptuous African fruit which is likely to be one of our earliest kinds of vessels. By the application of various colour pigments, platinum, palladium and 24k gold leaf, the gourds assume new sculptural forms.

During the artist talk, Tobias will describe the creative evolution of his latest body of work as well as his technique, sources of inspiration and the nature of his collaboration with Wolfgang. After this, there will be an open conversation portion of the talk where Zoom viewers can ask questions.

The artist talk will be held in English. No booking is necessary, simply join the Zoom Meeting by clicking the link in the BIO
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@gallerisebastianschildt will kick off the last week of the exhibition “Body, Contained” with my Talk and a show&tell of the exhibition followed by a public Q&A section. WELCOME!
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The Photographed bodies are @tbirgersson @lina_artemis @matsbirgersson6741
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Portraitphotographer @christianhabetzeder
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#bodypositive #body #gallery #gallery #galleryart #portrait #christianhabetzeder #wolfgangbremer #metalart #gourdart #gourds #calabash #photographer #tobiasbirgersson #zoomtalk #zoom #artisttalk #free
@metalartsweden @konsthantverkscentrum

OSLO TUESDAY.. Yesterday I had the privilege to be

OSLO TUESDAY..
Yesterday I had the privilege to be a part of the incredible faculty team at Metal and Jewelry Art, Kunsthøgakolen I Oslo, Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

I was invited to give a talk on my “Toolness of Things” topic. The talk takes 30 minutes but the hungry students and very present teachers alike extended the Q&A section with another hour.

Thank you all I have seldom felt so appreciated at a digital lecture. My inner ego beast was completely satisfied yesterday.

Picture by @christianhabetzeder of what I believe to be one of our original vessels The Gourd.

Thank you @khiometaldepartment @khio @jorge.manilla @jorge_manilla_obj @luihn @leif.stan
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#oslo #norway #khio #khiometal #lecture #toolness #tools #vessel #university #tobiasbirgersson #blackandwhite

“Graphite Head” is the youngest member of our

“Graphite Head” is the youngest member of our family. The Graphite is hand polished in the same way a Bookbinder does it-Agate hand polisher patience, timing and pressure.
Repost by• @gallerisebastianschildt Metal artist Tobias Birgersson has long been interested in the specific meeting point between nature’s organic forms and his own manmade constructions or expressions.

In Birgersson's ongoing exhibition "Body, Contained", the natural fruit is combined with ground, mixed and hand-painted mineral pigments, as well as layers of applied precious metals.

Photos: Christian Habetzeder. @christianhabetzeder
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@strandvagendesign @kremerpigmentsnyc @kremerpigmente @metalartsweden
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#stockholm #stockholmart #gallerisebastianschildt #tobiasbirgersson #graphite #cinnabar #gourds #red #metalhead #metal #graphitehead #graphiteart #exhibition #commissionart #metalart #sweden #strandvägen

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