Darling Passion

One of the last places we visited on my whirlwind trip through Europe was Sweden. It was actually very brief, only half a day as part of a train tour around the coast between Denmark and Sweden, but what a lovely country and what lovely people. This did not surprise me, as my idea of these people primarily comes from getting to know Sweden’s Eva Marie Tornstrom over these last few years. She is a darling and impassioned woman as most anyone could surmise from just seeing the emotional and openly honest work in her sculptures.

I have been watching Eva Marie’s work just bloom for the last several years. Her newest pieces have included some surprise elements, in particular, these zipper-back horses. The surface of the horses are richly textured and with matte colors and cane flowers, and then within the zipper framework, there is this contrast of crackled and shimmering gold. I can come up with several metaphors for what she’s done here but this work is created with so much room for your own personal connection, so I will leave it for you to fill in those blanks.

My favorite place to check in on Eva Marie is on her Instagram page where you can see the transformation of her work from one project to the next. But you can also get a closer look and more details about why she creates horses on her website.