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Artists In The Garden: LindaLunda of Tradgardsdraken

Welcome to the first of a series of interviews about artists who garden. Today's interview will be with LindaLunda, a ceramic artist and fellow Blotanical blogger Tradgardsdraken, from Sweden.

1. What is your art, hobby or craft? How did you come to creating it?

I work in Clay/Ceramics. Becours we live in a country with cold winters I only work with stonwhere-clay so that I can have my ceramic outside even if it´s get a bit frosty.

I have always, even as a child liked to play Clay. When I was little I loved to play with playdoe and that cind of kids toy.

Most of my skills I have learnd my self. I have been attended some amaturesclasses when I was yonger to.

2. What is your inspiration?

My insperation is fairetales, Fantasystorys/films, Vikings, dragons, Historys about old coultures and more.

I do look at my childrens movies and sometimes finds nice things there that gives me insperation.

And boks from the past, like when my mother was young gives me a great insperation.

Sometimes I see something in a friends garden or on the internet that I fancy and get going on that .. to translate it in to clay. Like my gargoyle.

3. How does your garden or nature influence your art?

Im not shure... they are conected in some whay.. but I cant put my finger on it. But I like my artwork to melt in to my garden.... thats wy I like to work with colors that dont take over the flowers and plants ....
And I like when I have placed one of my objekt that its there but maby you dont notice at once.

4. Will you share some pictures of your garden with us?

Yes of course!

5. A picture of your favorite plant?

Do I have to chose only One! I love so many!!!

6. Do you have a favorite public garden to recommend?

Yes! The Gothenburg Botanical is one of the best ever in Sweden!

7. Any photos of your art in the garden?

Okidoki,,,

8. What is the best lesson you have learned from the garden or nature?

That nothing never grows(showes) like you plan it to. The plants has there on way and will!

9. Do you have a gardening tip to share with fellow gardeners?

Dont make you garden to something you have to do fore other people... Its supose to be a place to relax and enjoy even when you cut the lown(grass).

10. Show us your favorite creation.

Thank you Linda Lunda for sharing your creative experience with us! I know this was a challenge for you to do in the English language as Swedish is your native language and I applaud your English writing skills. Great job!
For those interested in purchasing a piece of Linda's art or taking a ceramic course with her, she can be contacted via email at ~ lindalunda@passagen.se

Thanks for visiting, please leave a comment if you'd like and stay tuned for the next "Artists in the Garden" interview.

Today I was a "Featured Etsy Artist Interviewee"

Today I feel honored and grateful! A fellow Etsy seller "Bliss Soybean Candles," chose "My Mother's Garden" for their featured etsy artist interview.
Click here to check it out: http://blisscandles.blogspot.com/

Found a frog who needs a toad abode today

I found this little guy in the dogs water bowl last week. I think it needs one of my toad abodes as he seemed a little startled when the dogs came over to inspect their bowl. Thank goodness my dogs, Cici and Piper ( the sweetest mutts in the world) don't have much interest in the frogs anymore. It seems that the frogs emit some sort of poison that after each of my dogs had a run in with, they gave up on hunting them for good. That's a good thing because some of the frogs in Florida are actually very poisonous and have been known to kill dogs. Bufo frog is the deadly one.

The Garden is a Mirror of the Soul

I love the quote " The garden is a mirror of the soul."
Take a peek in your garden today and see what is reflected back to you.
"Uh, oh"... my garden is in major transition and ready for an overhaul at the moment, but by this weekend she should be rejuvenated with many new additions. Here, in South Florida, our vegetable gardening season has just arrived and it is my favorite time of year to garden.

Magic Fairy Toadstools

Toad Abodes

"Sunshine and Stars in the Garden" Birdhouse

"Blossoming Birdhouse"

New birdhouses fresh from the kiln. I kept a few of my latest pieces out of the Sugarsand exhibition so I could list them in My Mother's Garden Etsy shop.

"Earth Laughs In Flowers" R.W.Emerson

Today the flowers laughed with me. Emerson's quote is my favorite quote about flowers, whenever I see a flower in bloom I remember his words. Try it someday.

Look what I found on Blotanical-Beautiful garden art created by Linda from Sweden

This is the ceramic art of my friend Linda.
Linda creates beautiful objects for the garden in Sweden.

We just found each other through the Blotanical .com garden blog directory, "Where garden blogs bloom." Blotanical is a great network of gardeners from around the world, a truly unique group that is open to all who love to garden. Check it out and join the fun!

Check out her Ceramic blog LindaLunda- Keramik!