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Liv Mildrid Gjernes:
"Ikons for the Hearts"
Liv Mildrid Gjernes (born 2 June 1954 in Lunde, in Telemark, Norway) is a Norwegian artist and craftswoman who specialises in woodcraft. She is the namesake of the Gjernes style, a contemporary style of decoration, sculpture, and furniture design. She lives and works in Eidsfoss, Vestfold[1] in Norway. She studied at Bergen high-school of art and design and at the Institute for Furniture and Room.[citation needed]
In 1983, she formed the free joinery group Gullregn in Bergen along with Lillian Dahle and Elisabeth Engenand, where among other pieces they created mainly chests and cupboards. She has also created public decorations, including an altarpiece in Bergen Landsfengsel (1992) and a wooden relief at the Fredrikstad police cell (1993).[2]
Apart from her private and public sculptural commissions, she was commissioned by the Norwegian government to produce their wedding gift to Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn. The gift consisted of two cupboards specially designed for the couple titled "Ikons for the Hearts". In each cupboard there were seven exclusive pieces of handicraft from different regions of Norway, produced by other outstanding Norwegian artists.
She designed and created a room using wood at Kattem Nursing Home in Norway.[3][dead link]
As of 2024, she is listed as professor emeritus at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.[4]
- ^ "SMK - "Ikoner for hjertene" regjeringens gave til prinsesse Märtha Louise og Ari Behn". odin.dep.no. 2002-05-23. Archived from the original on 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ "Liv Mildrid Gjernes", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 2024-06-18, retrieved 2024-09-21
- ^ "Art at Kattem Nursing Home and Day Centre". Trondheim.no. Retrieved 2023-08-17.[dead link]
- ^ "Liv Mildrid Gjernes - Western Norway University of Applied Sciences". www.hvl.no. Retrieved 2024-09-21.