Gjør runs a small painting company, with a catchment area in Hamar and the region around Mjøsa. After over 20 years in the field, she has built up a broad and varied knowledge with specialist expertise in restoration and decorative painting. In addition to the Svenneprøve-test and craftswomans certificate, she has studied at the Technical Vocational School in Denmark, art history UiB and was a state scholarship holder for painting at Maihaugen. She has worked on restoration at the Kings Castle in Oslo, Drammen theatre, museums, old wooden churches and painted venerable houses and cabins. Based on the use of old products and workmanship, she offers traditional and solidly executed craftsmanship.
How to use older decoration patterns in a new interior
The lecture will be based on the restoration of our old houses. It is actually possible to preserve old and peeling decor and we show several examples of how this could be the best solution. The field of decorative painting is about man's timeless need to surround himself with decorations. This need is naturally inside us. Decorative painting is therefore not necessarily dependent on having to recreate the decor of earlier times, but that even today one has the freedom to think new things, use old patterns in new forms, and create new decor that feels natural for our time. By using history as inspiration, and with our own ideas, we have great opportunities to beautify our buildings.
Video credits: Dag W. Grundseth. Pixmedia
Subtitles : Anders Hagalisletto