Today have been a long cleaning day at the Atelier, but it was for a good reason, now everything is soon ready for 2017. For start this year, I would like to do a little resume of what happened since I created L'Atelier de Kasu and what I would like to do in the futur.

The Light Box

One of my first problem was for take good pictures of my jewelry, pictures with a good light and colors for that you can see excatly how the jewelry is. But this was a hard challenge when you live in a place where its the full night 3 months per years. So after one year of many tried for take good pictures, I finally decided to buy a tent and professional light for take better pictures.

Before                                                                                                 After

Market Dates

This year, I have participate to my first markets, it was a very good experience and it was very nice to be able to meet some of you there. For now, my husband and I are living in a small island in the north of Norway, there isn't a lot of market there, and when there is they are very small. We hope move south norway as soon as possible but I have no idea of when this will happen, it can be 6 months like 10 years...Living south could be very helpfull for find market date, I will also be closer to others Europeen country where I hope be able to do some market there too.

Silver jewelry

I would like to create some jewelry from A to Z with sliver clay, I love the idea to work with a more precious material and the freedom give by the clay in the creation. I need to buy some materials before start work with Silver Clay 925, I also need to make a special space for it in my atelier and this is a bit complicated with my situation now because I don't know for how long I will be living where we are now. So silver jewelry are still in project, but I need time before be able to work on it.

Other Support for creation?

When I created L'Atelier de Kasu, I decided to give a name who let me free to create everything I want. For exemple I don't wanted to call it "Kasu's jewelry" because in a way, I will be block by making jewelry only. I love create jewelry but I actually love to create with many other support, and I would like this year try to add more different kind of creations at the shop or on market. I would like to be able to express myself on draw for exemple, paint, needlefelt, music, etc. many other activities and I wish some result of this could join the etsy shop or the market table. There is so many things that I want to do but sadly a day is just 24h.

So voila, for resume, many ideas and project for this year. Am I going to be able to find the time to do all this? Well I don't know but we will see in 2018,

HAPPY NEW YEAR

By the past, I studied flowers and plants and I also worked with them, Its why I couldnt miss the International Garden Festival of Chaumont during my short holliday in France. I'm going to give you some preview of theses beautiful gardens of this year and I hope it will make you want to visit this place if you haven't done it yet. When i visited the garden, it was at the begin of the spring so not all the flower was grow or in bloom. I wish I could have done better picture but I didnt get my usual camera with me this time.

I'm going to rate every garden like this :

☼ : Didn't like it      ☼☼ : Its okay...     ☼☼☼ : I like it   ☼☼☼☼: Very nice    ☼☼☼☼☼ : I love it !

Ayant par le passé étudié les plantes et les fleurs et aussi travaillé avec elles, je ne pouvais pas manquer le Festival International des Jardins de Chaumont lors de mon court séjour en France. Je vais donc vous donner un aperçu des jardins de cette année 2016, en espèrant que cela vous donnera envie d'y aller si vous ne connaissez pas ou tout simplement l'envie d'y retourner car les jardins changent tous les ans. Lorsque j'ai visité les jardins, c'était le début du printemps donc toutes les plantes n'étaient pas encore poussées ou en fleurs. J'aurai aimé pouvoir vous présenter de meilleures photos mais je n'avais pas mon appareil habituel donc j'ai fait de mon mieux pour cette fois.

Je vais noter les jardins de la sorte :

☼ : Je n'ai pas aimé      ☼☼ : ça va...    ☼☼☼ : J'ai aimé   ☼☼☼☼: Vraiment sympa    ☼☼☼☼☼ : J'ai adoré !

1 . Frankenstein's Nature ☼ ☼ ☼

 -Nice decorations and fun machine with buttons for children but not very special for the plants.

-Décorations sympas et il y a une machine à boutons qui doit amuser les enfants, mais côté plante c'est classique.

2 . Le Lièvre et l'Arbre à Palabres ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-Very cute and you can learn some old way to work with fields.

-Très mignon et éducatif.

3 . Oikos ☼ ☼ ☼

-Nice but nothing very new if you are used to visit this kind of gardens.

-Joli mais rien de vraiment nouveau si vous avez l'habitude de visiter des jardins.



4 . Explosive Nature ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-I love how the nature take her right between the wood planks on the floor and I'm sure it will be even better later in the season with more flowers.

-J'ai beaucoup aimé la façon dont la nature reprend ses droits entre les planches de bois et je suis sure que ça sera encore plus beau cet été avec plus de fleurs.

4 bis . La Maison Vivante  ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-If you dream to live surrounded by plants, this garden is for you.

-Si vous rêvez de vivre entouré de plantes, ce jardin est fait pour vous.

5 . Je Reste  ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-My favorite! The earth is surrounded by water but a man start to recreate his world on his roof.

-Mon préféré! La terre est innondée mais un homme recrée un petit univers sur son toit.

6 . Le Soulèvement des Graines ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-An impressive sculpture !

-Une impressionante sculpture !

7 . Le Jardin Flottant du Songe ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-Again a beautiful garden but we was probably to early in the season for be able to see nice flowers.

-Encore un joli jardin mais nous étions probablement trop tôt dans la saison pour pouvoir y admirer ses fleurs.



8 . Humus Sapiens Sapiens ☼ ☼

-Nothing special for that one...

-Rien de particulier pour celui ci...





9 . Le Jardin du Parfumeur ☼ ☼ ☼

-A garden where you can smell some perfume under bells.

-Un jardin avec des échantillons de parfum sous des cloches en verre.

10 . Le Jardin Chinois ☼ 

-I think I just liked the fact that there is many bench for rest...

-Je crois que j'ai juste aimé qu'il y ait des bancs pour se reposer

11 . Le Jardin Qui se Savoure ☼ ☼ ☼

-Nice an peacefull.

-Sympa et calme.

12 . Le Refuge Immergé ☼ ☼ ☼

-Original and a bit fun with this spider web.

-Original et assez amusant avec cette toile

13 . Le Jardin Comestible ☼

-A way to early in the season for enjoy this one.

-Vraiment trop tôt dans la saison pour apprecier ce dernier.

14 . Vivre au Jardin ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-So beautiful with these glass furniture.

-Tellement beau avec ces meubles en verre.

15 . Que Vienne la Pluie ☼ ☼ ☼

-A floating garden, nice.

-Un jardin flottant, sympa.

16 . Le Jardin du Dernier Acte ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-A poetic garden with nice nature area.

-Un jardin poètique avec un joli coin de nature.

17 . Le Champ des Possibles ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-Very nice garden who feel like summer.

-Jardin très sympa qui respire l'été.

 
18 . Le Jardin des Emergences ☼ ☼ ☼

 -An other one who will make you feel in holiday.

-Encore un qui vous donnera l'impression d'être en vacances

19 . Le Jardin des Plantes Oubliées ☼ ☼

 -Again a garden difficult to judge because we was very early in the season for enjoy it.

-Encore un qu'il est difficile de juger car nous étions trop tôt dans la saison.

19 bis . Nous Irons Tous au Jardin ☼ ☼

-I really didn't get it for this one..

-Je n'ai vraiment pas accroché pour celui ci...

20 . La Serre des Victorias ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-The only garden who never change, but always so beautiful.

-Le seul jardin qui ne change jamais mais il reste toujours aussi beau.

21 . Rooftop Power Plant ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

-A garden where plants product electricity, yes yes, really.

-Un jardin où les plantes produisent du courant, oui oui, vraiment.

22 . Le Cinquième Rêve ☼ ☼ ☼

-This one will bring you inside a whale.

-Celui ci vous emmènera dans le ventre d'une baleine.

23 . Néo Noé ☼ ☼ ☼ 

-A water garden, ecolo and beautiful

-Un jardin aquatique, beau et écolo

24 . La Forêt Alimentaire ☼ ☼ ☼

-Simple mais très joli.

-Simple but really beautiful.

Bracelet * Campanula *

This bracelet is delicate like the first flowers of the spring. The Bracelet Campanula have been made with peridot, quartz and amethyste beads. -Lenght : 7 inches to 8,5inches.

https://www.etsy.com

Have you already seen the Midnight Sun?


My atelier is located on the island of Andøy, a little island from the north of norway.
This little island, from the polar circle is surrounded by the fjord and the sea, where many whales and orcas swim.

During the winter, the sun disapear for many weeks. But during the summer,
the sun shine all day and night. I got the chance to see the midnight sun and
this is what inspired me the colors of the bracelet * Midnight Sun *.
This light, so unique, very warm but also very dark.
The light of the midnight sun is a beautiful golden light, and because the sun is very down,
it created talls and longs darkshade on the floor too.

An other thing who is very bizarre with the midnight sun, it is that when midnight is past,
if you wait 1h or 2h more, you will see this gold light become more pink like the sunrise light.

I let you now, enjoy some pictures of the midnight sun that I took this last summer on Andøy.
I hope you enjoyed this article and that it made you travel and discovered a bit more the midnight sun.

Avez vous déjà eu la chance de voir un soleil de minuit?


Mon atelier se trouve sur l’île d’andøy, une petite île du grand Nord de la Norvège.
Une petite île du cercle polaire, entourée par un fjord et la mer dans laquelle nagent de nombreuses baleines et orques.

 L’hiver, le soleil disparaît pendant de longs mois, mais l’été, il brille toute la nuit.
J’ai eu le chance de pouvoir admirer le soleil de minuit plusieurs fois, et c’est lui qui m’a inspirée les couleurs du bracelet Midnight Sun.
Cette lumière si particulière, à la fois très chaude mais aussi très sombre.
Les rayons du soleil sont très orangés mais le soleil est très bas, ce qui dessine de grandes et longues ombres noires dans le paysage.

Ce qui est aussi très curieux avec cette lumière, c’est que une fois minuit passé, si vous attendez 1h ou 2h de plus, vous verrez cette lumière orangée devenir peu à peu rosée comme celle d’un lever de soleil.

Je vous laisse maintenant profiter des photos qui sont au dessus de l'article et que j'ai eu l'occasion de prendre l'été dernier sur notre belle île d'andøy.
J'espère que cet article vous a plu, qu'il vous aura fait voyager et aussi découvrir un peu plus le soleil de minuit.

(Picture by Marten Bril, Sea Safari Andenes / Photo prise par Marten Bril, du Sea Safari Andenes)

Bracelet * Midnight Sun *

These bracelets are inspired by the magical dark shinny light of the midnight sun that you can see if you go to the polar circle. Bracelets * Midnight Sun * are made with a unique handmade ceramic orca bead. The gemstones that I used for make it are citrine and rutile quartz.

https://www.etsy.com

Hello

You can find here all our markets dates, festivals dates or others events where the Atelier will be present. For now all our dates are in Norway but I hope soon be able to go to dates in others country.

Please feel free to come say hi if you come to one of this date, I will be happy to talk with you and to make you discover more the atelier.

2017

15th Frebruary : Marmelkroken,  at bø (Norway, andøy)

2016

June 2016

18-19th june : Bleiksdagan festival,  at Bleik (Norway, andøy)

July 2016

2nd July : Risøyhamn martnaden, at risøyhamn (Norway, andøy)

August 2016

6th august : Sjåberget festival, at Sjåberget (Norway, Andøy)

December 2016
10th December : Jule i blåbyen, at Sortland (Norway, Sortland)

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Welcome

I'm so happy today to announce you that now, the atelier got a blog.

If I decided to created one, thats simply for be able to share with you more, more than just facebook post or etsy article description.
I will be able to explain you with more details the story that a creation can hide. I will share with you too some place and landscape who inspired me and I hope, it will make you travel a bit or just escape from your daily routine the time of an article.

 



Bienvenue

C'est avec grand plaisir que je vous annonce aujourd'hui la creation de ce blog.


Si j'ai décidé de créer ce blog c'est tout simplement pour pouvoir partager plus avec vous, plus que de simples posts sur facebook ou de fiches produits sur etsy. Je vais pouvoir vous expliquer plus en détails l'histoire qui peut se cacher derriere une création. Je partagerai aussi avec vous des lieux et paysages qui ont pu m'inspirer, et cela vous fera aussi je l'espere, voyager, vous evadez ou tout simplement respirer le temps d'un article et sortir du quotidien.