THE VASE LINE N°2

MEDICINE IS A MANIFESTATION OF A PARTICULAR FEELING, ONE WHICH AROUSES WONDER, CURIOSITY AND JOY.

HAVING SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IN ASIA, NINA REMEMBERS HER FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH ART AND BEAUTY IN THE SCENES OF EVERYDAY LIFE – AMONG THE SILK DRESSES OF KOREAN WOMEN, IN THE CAREFUL PRESENTATION OF MEALS, ON THE BEACH AMONG THE SCATTERED SHELLS WAITING TO BE COLLECTED AND DISPLAYED ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE, BUT ALSO IN HER HOME, WHERE EUROPEAN OBJECTS CO-EXISTED IN A STRANGE HARMONY WITH THE EXOTIC PIECES HER PARENTS HAD COLLECTED.

THE FUSION OF HER EUROPEAN ROOTS WITH THE INFLUENCES OF HER EDUCATION IN INDIA, MALAYSIA AND KOREA FORM THE FOUNDATION OF HER MEDICINE AND DESIGN PRACTICE. WITH AN ADMIRATION FOR THE NATURAL WORLD AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, NINA INFUSES HER CREATIONS AND INTERIORS WITH A CAPTIVATING BLEND OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, JUXTAPOSITION AND ARTISTIC FLAIR, ALWAYS GUIDED BY THE QUESTION: WHAT MAKES AN OBJECT DESIRED, MAKES YOU WANT TO HOLD IT... EITHER IN YOUR HAND OR IN DESIRE?

IN ADDITION TO HER CAREFUL CURATION OF ANTIQUES, NINA DESIGNS HER OWN LINE OF ARTISAN-MADE OBJECTS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH SKILLED ARTISANS IN BRONZE, SILVER AND GLASS, USING HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES.

BASED IN PRAGUE, BUT OFTEN RESIDING IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN WITH HER HUSBAND, A SWEDISH ARTIST AND COMPOSER, THEIR SON AND THEIR PLAYFUL FRENCH BULLDOG.