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BJORK ART
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Bjork Art
Sorry, no photos or info about Bjork here. I don't pay much attention to what's written about her. I want her music to be the main input for these images. Music is what she's all about so why not use her pure signal for influence and interpretation.
Yes, I like her music! A lot!!! I call the images in this section "Bjork Art" It's a form of Bjork fan art and art inspired or influenced by Björk and her music. I started doing these shortly after hearing Bjork's music for the first time. I hope she wouldn't mind me using the term Bjork art to describe what I've done here. The true definition of Björk art, would be Björk's music. Most of the first ones I did were pretty simple and not very creative but they were a way for me to get started at my art again for the first time in years. Why Bjork art?
Bjork Computer Art and Digital Art
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Digital 2005
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Digital 2006
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Digital 2007
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Digital 2008
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A few simple watercolors and drawings.
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Repoussé Bjork Art
Repoussé is the ancient art of embossing or pressing shapes into metal to create a design. I draw the design on a piece of Brass and use a variety of tools to add each shape into the metal. Some shapes are hammered in and some are done with hand pressure. The design is worked into the metal from both sides, one bend at a time. If a mistake is made, it's usually permanent, the metal is not forgiving! After the tool work, I use volcanic pumice, acids and polish to finish the surface.
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Bjork in Brass
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Brass Vegvisir
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Electric Kiss
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Wind in my sail
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Engraved Vegvisir
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Wind in her hair
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Nordic Guidance

Why Bjork art? Until 2003 I had never heard of her and I probably wouldn't have ever accepted her music because it was too different from what I was programmed to like, but then during a time in my life when I was really down, along came Bjork with her music! In 1996 I found myself trying to recover from a chemothearpy overdose that almost killed me and left me sick for years. I'm so lucky to have great family and friends in my life, my wife and kids were all that kept me going through that awful time. As time passed I was slowly getting better but something important was missing. I hadn't done any artwork since 1996, it used to come to me naturally. I was feeling pretty down about it because I was stuck in an ugly depressing rut and even though I repeatedly tried to get inspired, it just wouldn't happen. Doing art was something I had always enjoyed, I took pride in my work and doing it was rewarding. My art was a part of my identity and a way to express myself but it meant so much more than that to me now. Every day I lived with the fear of getting sick again and could not escape the negative thoughts. I just couldn't relax long enough to think about painting, drawing or metal work. I know there are things worse than death but I have 2 wonderful kids and I couldn't stand the thought them not havind a dad. An endless cycle of dark emotions filled my head. The stress it's self was not good for my recovery. I knew it that if I could just do my artwork again it would take my mind away from all this for a while, it would reduce stress and help me to stay positive. If I could just get my mind to escape from this dark cloud, it could actually help keep me alive! I had been trying for a long time and after about 6 years I had about given up. Nothing in the world, not even my family could purge my mind of all these overwhelming thoughts. I felt the rest of my life would be spent like this and that my time could be near.
Then one night I saw Bjork on the TV. Actually I was working on the computer and had my back to the tv which my daughter left on so I wasn't really paying any attention at first. Her music kept distracting me as I tried to ignore it and keep working but the sounds kept entering my brain and it could not be ignored! I kept thinking, what the hell is that music! I finally had to turn around and see who it was. At first I couldn't decide whether I liked it or what , but I was captivated by the sound, I had never heard anything even similar to this before. I had to keep watching and listening. She was so different, distracting, curious,interesting, strange, alien to my ears but so original and this music just sounded so good to me! I had to buy some of her music! After watching and listening some more, I thought to myself, how could this music be so strange and so different than what I liked yet sound so good? There were a lot of factors in her music that hit me all at once and over time. Big things and little things. Her music was such a breath of fresh air, so full of strange new and different sounds and expressions. A different world all in it's own. Bjork's music made me really restless, it distracted me from my problems and did it in such a nice way. It pushed the negative thoughts out of my head and filled it with all this new music. Her music has a positive energy, a healing energy. I was listening to it a lot and It purged my mind with an eclectic spectrum of satisfying sounds and emotions. Bjork's music allowed my brain to take a break from all the bad stuff long enough to think calmly and focus on other things. Her music made me think a lot about creativity and expressing thoughts, about trying new things, about taking chances, about just doing it! For the first time in years I felt the urge to start doing artwork again. Whenever I watched and listened to her, she made me feel ashamed of myself because I have hands, eyes and a brain but had not been using them for making art. At the same time, her music was so new and different that it was giving me ideas for new pieces I wanted to make! Artwork wasn't only something I wanted to do, I need to do it to stay alive and to be who I am! I was so glad to be back at it that all the first things I made were related to Bjork and her music. Some were just simple designs with variations of Bjork's tattoo but I was doing art again! I didn't mean to get so carried away with all this Bjork art but I was so motivated and had to do something with the new energy and inspiration I had. Now I'm back into doing art again including brass repousse. Anyway, I believe music can heal and save lives. I'm ok now but I believe things would have turned out differently if I had never heard her music.
Björk's Music
If you've never heard Bjork's music, you should! No matter who you are, she is making music for you! she makes music in so many different styles, all of them her own, from wild and experimental to smooth and mysterious to sweet and seductive! You can find all her music, images, gigography, forums, news, shopping, info, links and more at Björk.com-unity Björk's official website in Reykjavik Iceland. I'd recommend starting with her early music or the "Greatest hits" CD. Her music is always changing and her new releases are always a real surprise! I find all of it interesting, artistic and out in front. Even though I don't understand all of her music, I still like it because they're her creations. I especially like the styles of her earlier music! Unison, Isobel, Hidden Place, Pagan Poetry, and "Come to me" are just some of my favorites.
July 08, Not much new lately. Computer problems, car problems, money problems and just plain problems.
I'm trying to stay motivated but I haven't been very productive lately. You all know how it goes.
I wonder if I haven't already said and done too much about Bjork and her music. What is reasonable? When I started all this stuff I never considered the possibility that she may not want this kind of attention from strangers. I realize there are already hundreds of sites out there with endless images and info about her but I wanted to say and show what I think about her music in my own way.
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The Vegvisir (Viking Compass)
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About Bjork's influence
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