Dressed up in a kimono I’m really getting the feel of the Japanese culture and traditions visiting Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion.

It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining and I see how the sun light is coming through the branches next to the temple. I think of how important light is to me in more than one way. Light is bright and helps you see, light is also as in not heavy and light do indeed travel. Fast.

In my photography I see light and I paint light, I travel to capture new destinations, and I travel light both in hand and mind. Ray of Golden Light is a light reminder - remember that when you move elegant on.

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Ray of Golden Light (4/8)
Japan Collection 2018
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SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.

The Temple of the Golden Pavillion in Kyoto overlooks the lake and is surrounded by forest. Here it is seen through the branches of one tree. 

I love how this Zen Buddhist temple, bathed in sunshine, lights up this iconic image. 

This is the new structure, opened in 1955. Five years before a novice monk burned down the original temple.

Like the new temple, everybody wants to stand out in some way. Not everyone needs to be centre of attention. Instead, it can be enough to be the upright building in the background.

And like the old temple, sometimes we face disaster and destruction. But be resolute and know your life structure can always be rebuilt till once again you return, to shine as that inspiring pillar of light.

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Building Behind (2/8)
Japan Collection 2018
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SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.

Kanazawa took me by surprise even if I did not know what to expect. Arriving with the bullet train the night before, I had next day to explore. The amazing castle was the highlight of my visit. I took numerous photos, but when I found these pink flowers, Cherish Cerise, just hit me.

The capture and the way it is taken makes me think of  how a distant blurred, beautiful shape can come even more to life surrounded by colors. Cherish Cerise is about joy and appreciation for life. Make sure you surround yourself with the people that wants you well and serves you cherries and cheer you on.

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Cherish Cerise (3/8)
Japan Collection 2018
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SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.

City Lines is captured on the way up to the beautiful herb garden in Kobe. I arrived for the Kobe beef, but discovered so much more! All by chance I found myself taking the cablel line climbing the steep hillside facing the shore of Kobe. What an amazing view!

Soaring high above the most wonderful herbs and flowersI try once again to see 'my here and now' in a new perspective. The strong cable lines carrying the carts up and down and the city out front and the garden below.

City Lines is about lifelines and how important it is to balance, step up and see how angles, lines and light makes different perspectives in life.

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City Lines (1/8)
Japan Collection 2018
Limited edition: 500
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SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.

It’s funny. There are so many things I know, but don’t pay attention to. Like the name and the spices of this beautiful flower I captured in the herb garden in Kobe on my Japan tour. I just saw the most gorgeous coloured and leaf shaped flower.

Later, some how, a friend of mine mentioned the flower by it’s name, echinacea. In Norwegian the herb is called ‘Solhatt’, which translates ‘Sun Hat’, and It looks like a sun hat. And that’s how I titled this image, ‘Put your Sun Hat On’

Echinacea is a very healthy herb. I want this design to remind you of even in your darkest moments you can always choose to put your sun hat on and decide to shine through.

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Put Your Sun Hat On (6/8)
Japan Collection 2018
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SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.

Shot in Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo. It is a water drop on a little branch, found in the amazing Rikugien Garden. The Garden is one of Nature’s many ‘little’ gifts to us.

Let the image be motive to sometimes try to step out of the big picture and just look and focus on small and almost hidden beauty. Too often we cry, maybe not with tears, but we moan and nag about things we don’t like. Stop nagging if you have no intention nor way to change it. Save Your Tears is about changing focus and thinking positive.

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Save Your Tears (5/8)
Japan Collection 2018
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SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.

I arrived in Tokyo late summer 2016. I was sitting on the airport bus, taking me to meet a friend who was to join me for my travels across Japan.

As usual, I was eagerly looking out of the bus window through my camera lens, absorbing all the impressions: the different buildings, surrounding nature, colours, shapes; capturing the moment in time, how it was that day.

'Skytree High' is a fleeting glance through the window crossing a bridge in Koto Kiba. When I look at the image now, I love its lines, the motif of the buildings, and the colours. See also the tower at the end of the canal and realize it’s the 643m high Tokyo Skytree.

It's always thrilling as a traveller to discover something new, especially when it is out of the blue….

Whether you get to ride over the Koto Kiba bridge or not, try to find the 'at first not seen' in life. Life is so much more than you see at first. And trust yourself to glimpse at least a few of its greatest treasures!

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Skytree High (5/8)
Japan Collection 2018
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SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD.

Arriving in Kanazawa, to the most fabulous train-station!

The building is covered with a glass dome called the ‘Montenashi Dome’. And there's a huge wooden gate, known as the "Tsuzumimon", (meaning "hand drum gate") that welcomes all travellers when they arrive.

Straight away I knew I wanted to capture this arresting structure. But I wasn't alone. People were everywhere, including this one man with his camera. 

I waited for him to move out of the way for my photograph, but he was probably waiting for me to do the same. So, I decided to include him as the frame and let him 'win the wait' between us. 

This image is a worthy edition to my Japan Collection, titled ‘Who’s Framing Who?’ 

Let this image, now emblazoned upon the most luxurious silk, inspire you to always find an alternative way through a conflict or impasse. It's all how you frame the situation.

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Who's Framing Who (7/8)
Japan Collection 2018
Limited edition: 500
Sizes: Body (140cm by 140cm), Neck (90cm by 90cm), Pocket (70cm by 70cm) 

SILK DESIGNS, INSPIRED BY AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD