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Everything about her intrigues—her cult following in Japan; the fact that she
dreams in Swedish and English but is technically Finnish; her upbringing divided
between a remote island in the Baltic Sea and bustling Stockholm…No wonder
Lotta Jansdotter’s motifs are so unexpected. At once geometric and irregular,
they meander and curve in surprising ways. “People say they feel calm when they
look at my designs, which is funny since I’m not a calm person,” Lotta says. She
moved to California in 1991 to study art and began screen-printing on fabric,
eventually opening a San Francisco shop that carried her designs for handbags,
aprons, pillows, kitchen towels, stationery, ceramics, and even lampshades.
(a) Strawberry purse whipped up at age 9. (b) Soft children’s
toys and caps are part of her repertoire. (c) Scenes from her sketchbook, written in
Swedish and English. (d) Wearable art includes aprons, skirts, and T-shirts.
(e) Leftover fabric scraps get new life as sachets and purses. (f) In
the studio kitchen, that’s Lotta’s porcelainware in the sink and kitchen towel
on the rack. (g) An intern at work. (h) Zippered purse with abstract design.
(i) Handbags, pillows, tissue box covers, and stationery on display in
the studio. On Saturdays, the public is invited to browse.
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