Siggi Illustrative 09
1. What is your latest Series of artwork that you’ve sent to Illustrative about?
The work I have decided to show at Illustrative is actually a rather old piece, I made it for my graduation from art school in 2006, and still to this day I think it is my greatest work. For my graduation I decided to make a patchwork quilt, that would in a collage, assemble objects from my childhood, that both influenced me and were important to me.
The quilt is rather big, around 2×2.5 meters, and is put together with over 10.000 pieces of fabric, sewn together with I don’t know how many kilometers of thread. This monster took my quilting lady Jóhanna Viborg, over 300 hours to make.
2. How important is the formal aspect of your work? What do you think is especially important?
I don’t know how to answer this question. Can we please skip it.
3. Illustrators nowadays spend just as long looking at the computer screen as do bank employees. How long do you spend on the computer and how do you manage to distance yourself from it?
Metal working is probably not very healthy for the hands of the Blacksmith. I spend endless hours in front of my computer, and I don’t see the problem with that. It is my canvas. And truth to be told, I don’t have the urge to distance myself from it. I’d rather distance myself from civilization, with my computer.
4. Is there a blog or a website, which regularly inspires you? Have you found a place online where you feel you can get away from everything?
I decided that it was not healthy for me to look at design blogs anymore. I was afraid that it might influence me in a bad way. If I want to have some inspiration I look at old books from online book libraries.
5. Is there a physical place that you find particularly inspiring? A place which motivates you?
Yes indeed. I like small places, distant places, hidden places. My favorite place in the world is a small island on the coast of north Iceland, called Hrísey. The population is around 50 people, and it is just one of the most relaxing places I’ve been to. Not to mention the intense energy flowing from mount Kaldbakur.
6. Has an encounter with a person, an object or a book inspired or affected you in a big way? An event, which made you think twice and made you want to change direction or alter the way in which you do things?
Of course, most people I decide to associate myself with are highly inspirational to me. However I have not had a moment where I think I need to completely change direction, most things just drive me straight forward towards my goals.
7. If money was not an object than what artistic project would you love to pursue?
I can’t say that money is an object to me, but of course there are many dream projects I would like to do. For example I would love to get the chance of designing money.
22 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design | | Permalink
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