“The Weight-Bearers” is a series of sculptures created in bronze.

I grew up in a universe of women. Women who carried, who reached out, who held things together, who held on. Women who often placed the weight of the world on their shoulders without anyone noticing the burden. This series is my tribute to them.

The figures are heavy in form because the women I have known have carried heavy loads. Their bodies stand as a testament and a symbol of everything invisible they take upon themselves. Responsibility. Care. Expectation. Guilt. Love. They carried so much that, in the end, there was almost no room left for themselves.

The sculptures are intentionally created without heads. Not to make them faceless, but to reflect the quietness I sensed as a child around women who had so much to lift that their own needs were often pushed aside. It was not a choice, but something life required of them. The hands and feet are omitted to make room for the many stories women carry with them. Stories woven through generations, passed from hand to hand, reshaped and lived in new ways. None of them are the same. Each is unique. This is not my story. I cannot tell the story of women. But I can honour the traces the women in my life have left in me. In bronze, their bodies become heavy and strong. On the mahogany base they rest on a firm foundation – one I wish the world had always given them. Each figure is created with deep respect for the grace, strength and vulnerability that can exist within a single body. Within them lies struggle, exhaustion, beauty and the will to rise again.

This series is my way of showing respect and gratitude to the women who shaped me. Thank you for what you carried. And for all that you still carry, which no one should have to bear alone.

Life rarely unfolds exactly as we imagined. Some things go according to plan, while others find their own way. This was also the case in my work with the aluminium pieces for the sculpture series “The Bearers”, created as a companion to the bronze series in a lighter and more affordable material as part of my Support Local Art project.

I used the same models as for the bronze sculptures, but the aluminium reacted differently. It solidified faster, moved more freely, and the result was figures that did not turn out exactly as I had envisioned. Several people suggested that I should melt them down and start over. But as I looked at them, I saw something else. A possibility. A distinctive beauty found in the unexpected, in the unfinished, in everything that emerges when the material is allowed to speak.

Aluminium is lighter both in weight and expression, and for that reason these works are offered at a more accessible price. They stand on bases of walnut wood, which add warmth and depth to the raw metal.

As part of my SUPPORT LOCAL ART project, the aluminium sculptures are created to give more people the opportunity to become part of the process. When you invest in one of them, you support my work directly and make it possible for me to develop new projects, including those abroad, in the future.

Each aluminium sculpture exists only as a single unique piece (see the notes under each work) and is available for a limited period. They are a meeting between craftsmanship and chance, and for that reason entirely unique in their expression.

Skitserne til De bærende er udgangspunktet for hele skulpturserien. Det er her, idéerne først tager form, og hvor jeg arbejder med figurernes proportioner, tyngde og balance, før de bliver omsat til tredimensionelle værker i bronze og aluminium.

Tegningerne er udført i grafitblyant på FSC-certificeret Bristol-papir, 200 g/m². I skitsearbejdet har jeg haft fokus på forholdet mellem krop og masse. Skitserne fungerer som en undersøgelse af, hvordan en form kan fremstå tung, samtidig med at den udtrykker balance og ro. Samtidig har skitserne været et redskab til at arbejde teknisk med størrelse, stabilitet og vægt, inden figurerne senere skulle støbes i metal.

Skitserne er derfor ikke blot forarbejder, men en central del af den kunstneriske proces. De giver et indblik i de overvejelser, der ligger bag hvert færdigt værk, og viser vejen fra idé til form – fra tanke til bronzeskulptur.