Manifest

Welcome to Wonderland. The first time we talked about creating a blog we didn't know that we were about to continue our endless conversation about gardening and nature. The same subject we had based our yearly collaborations on. Again, we wanted to illustrate our standing point; that nature is more than natural and earthbound- it is pretty strange and wonderful. So we wrote a manifest to direct our future coming posts. And in order to invite you to Wonderland and its ideas we have already posted two of our previously projects. Enjoy, welcome.

Transitions

We remember a blooming carpet of spring flowers (winter aconite), cracked windows and broken furniture. The exhibition "Transitions" is a tribute to our childhood and the memories we have from playing in the old abandoned houses down the street. 

We wanted to stage these memories in different ways and materials, trying to find the point where it is no longer certain what is what, a piece of furniture or something growing. A quiet battlefield where nature slowly conquers what once was.

Decorated furniture and ink paintings by Malin Bjorklund

Flower arrangements by Sofie Björklund

Hybrids by Bjorklund

With this exhibition we wanted to explore the boundaries between the animal- and plant kingdom as well as the living and the dead. By using symbolic flowers and objects such as carnations, eggs, grapes and birds we strived to create hybrids.

Both of us are inspired by nature but we don't want to show or depict nature as it is. The paintings and flower arrangements are linked together by the dialog we kept during the creative process.