Fjordvaenget 3, DK-4700 Naestved, DENMARK
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This
self-portrait with Lid is my reply to a remark I often hear from people
seeing my work: I wonder what your brain looks like.
It is also a concession that their wonder might have some justification. After all, who would spend hundreds of hours whittling on a block of wood? Who would invest a large part of his identity in a collection of curious objects like these? Who would muster all his intellectual capabilities in the search for yet another model?
I would! And I have many good reasons. First, the carving process is ideal for mental relaxation, just like meditation. I can go on for hours without getting tired, especially if I am approaching a point when one of the parts breaks loose. That gentle separating cut is a very special experience! Second, the search for new models has been full of equally stimulating experiences on the intellectual level. It is funny how your best ideas often come out of nowhere when you are occupied by something else, while deliberate struggles often end in blind alleys. Testing a new idea and seeing that it leads to a new beautiful configuration is an absolute highlight. It feels more like discovering something that always existed, rather than having invented something new.