Susanne Sjögren
Artistic Furniture Designer & Master of Upholstery
— In my designart I unite my passion in sculptural art, handcraft and nature —
Sculpted by my hands
SCULPTURAL ART
I want to express ”the sound in my soul” in my sculptural designart.
I always want to find a path when contrast and extreme are in balance and harmoni.
In a sense of poetry.
HANDCRAFT
I have the art and the crafts tradition from my family history, in south of Sweden. In my family for many generations, quiet knowledge and the intelligence of the hand are of great importance. My father is blacksmith and artist, his wisdom is “The hand always show the way“
My mission is to create with the whole human being - body, soul and spirit, into timeless and unique art.
NATURE
Nature has been an inspiring force in my work and for me personally. The forms in my sculptural designart has a sense of the nature - precision, simplicity and the wild. I always start the day with a walk along the beach before I entering my studio, an old train station in south of Sweden.
My furniture design art is sculpted and handmade by my hands in old heritage tradition from 18th century Europa. The materials are from nature and in exclusive quality. Bronze - Granite - Linen - Horsehair - Birch - Steel - Leather - Wool - Sheepskin etc.
You can find knowledge and respect for the environment and our earth in my art and my handcraft. Slow work with my hands,with material that can be recycled by nature and with a beauty that delights you for generations.
This is my MISSION to our world.
Artistic Furniture Designer & Master of Upholstery
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Art critic
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Studio Abba - Florence Italy
www.studioabba.com
"Swedish artist Susanne Sjogren, works in the field of interior design, successfully combining architect-interior decorating projects with the instinct of an artist. Despite the rationality that characterizes the Swedish art school in which she was educated, the inspiring source of her creations is nature itself, that is emphasized by the use of natural materials.
She herself states about her work that “the shapes are found within me and nature is my source of inspiration. In my art you find extreme contrast as well as balance and harmony”. She uses often primary geometric shapes which then dissolve into soft sinusoids that look to lanceolate and zoomorphic, phytomorphic shapes (for example, the feet of the furniture are often in the shape of claws, or a part of a chaise longue in the form of a raven’s beak).
These shapes form the structural elements, which are then combined at times with black and white upholstery, which almost seem like new representations of yin and yang. Works such as You and I, exhibited here, are created not as industrial production pieces, but present an extremely high level of individual, handmade craftsmanship, which combines utility with abstract forms that are soft and captivating, and which ultimately transform the living space into a place within art itself"
Art Critic - Professor Giampaolo Trotta
F l o r e n c e I t A l y
Represented By
Stengel Collection - Studio Abba
F L O R E N C E - I T A L Y
Palazzo Rosseli del Turco - Via Serragli 17
studioabba.com - openartcode.com
