SWEDISH CURRENCY
Five, Ten and Twenty-Kronor Bills
My father’s family came through Ellis Island from Vängsbo, Sweden in 1911. (My relatives who live in Sweden like to take genetic credit for my knitting skills.) I have visited Sweden and I think it is fantastically beautiful.
I couldn’t wait to begin when my Graphic Design III professor described this assignment. I knew I wanted the design to refer to knitting as Scandinavia has a rich handicraft history of knitting and embroidery. At the beginning I planned to photograph my own knitted pieces, but as I studied Swedish knitting books, I decided to use the patterns themselves as they are their own artform.
The scale of the pattern (5 squares across for the 5-kronor bill and so on) is a quick reference to know which bill you have in your hand. I chose buildings whose exteriors utilize a grid pattern that relates to the grids of the knitting patterns.
SECOND PLACE
Meramec Juried Student Exhibition 2019
ART ST. LOUIS’ VARSITY ART
Represented Meramec at Art St. Louis’ Varsity Art, February 2019
