Enigmas of the Baltic Sea
Enigmas of the Baltic Sea - Echoes form the Deep * Being part of a Historical Exhibition about Shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea and contributing in paper was the challenge! Paper has an ability to enhance a feeling of fragility. The shipwreck S/S Jarl sank 1890 North of Bornholm and is the main story of the Artwork. In historical Archives at The time and Newspapers the tragedy is described. Objects from S/S Jarl floated up on the shore of Öland and Simrishamn. The artwork gently recreate the idea of the lost objects which are moulded in handmade paper made of Seaweed from the Baltic Sea. All paper objects have a specific story tied them. Events from the past can feel far away, but it did happen and shipwrecks are living proof of all the people who had a destiny bound to the Ocean.
Historical sources: Local Newspapers 1890. Obituary from the Newspapers. A Poem quoted by the Captain before leaving the shore.
Glass table as center piece for the paper artworks. Shadows of the past.
Description M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark
The lost suitcase - Inside …. The knee of the Ilmatar, the Air Spirit from the finnish Kalevala. She floated in the Ocean for 700 years and became pregnant with the Sea by the Wind. She created the world. Oxygen and Hydrogen needs to be balanced #oceanacidification
A local Newspaper described a wife who found the jacket of her passed husband dripping in the corridor the morning after the shipwreck of Jarl 1890. Material: Handmade Abaca, Flax and Seaweed paper.
Imagined Neck Collar from 1890 made in Gampi paper, dyed in red cabbage and impregnated with hare glue. Local Newspaper Bornholms Tidende 1890:
“A Suitcase and a chest of drawers drifted up from the Sea at the Eastern coast of Öland. It was filled with women’s clothing and a letter to Mathilde Rasmussen Balderbladt, Kristiansø”
Imagined Lace Collar 1890 made in Gampi paper, dyed in red cabbage and impregnated with hare glue. Sophie Ipsen owned a fashion store at Bornholm. What was in her suitcase 1890? Brooch depicting Ilmatar from the finnish Kalevala.
