Thursday 19 December 2013

Rico & Aurora Interview



























Psst, I just wanted to let you know that the lovely people over at Rico & Aurora just posted a interview with me,
if you would like to read it then click here









































Now I have to get back to the drawing table to add some more animals to my upcoming Animal Kingdom exhibition in Stockholm now in January ;) 

That's it from me for now.

The quintessential, quirky compendium of cats coloring book is out!








































Yeapp, not it is here, for all you cat loves; The quintessential, quirky compendium of cats coloring book by Doodlers Anonymous where 28 artists has contributed with spreads of all kinds of cats, I am one of them and here's my cat, he is a bit lonely and would like you to draw him some friends;






























To get your copy go to:

Saturday 14 December 2013

Animal Kingdom Exhibition, 11/1-8/2

 photo AringsaWikmanAnimalKingdomIllustrationsUtstaumlllningBarNadaStockholm11Januari-8Februariblog-3.jpg

I'm very happy to announce that I will exhibit my Animal Kingdom collection in Stockholm, Sweden, now in January, if you happen to be around then drop by the private view the 11th of January, 7-9pm and say hello!

For more info and updates, please join the Facebook event page;
www.facebook.com/events/120254798165411

See you there!

Tuesday 26 November 2013

I Like: The Invisible Bike Helmet

When Anna Haupt and Terese Astin were studying Industrial Design at the University of Lund in Sweden they had an idea; to make a more comfortable, safe and also invisible bike helmet. That was in 2005, now here it is;



Pretty cool if you ask me. For more info about the invisible bike helmet click here

Monday 25 November 2013

The Animal Kingdom Bear Limited Edition Print

 photo AnimalKingdomBearPrintbyAringsaWikmaninsitucopyAringsawikman.jpg

Hello,

I am updating my web shop and as earlier promised The Animal Kingdom Bear is now available as a print in a limited edition of 50. The print is printed on high quality 310 g.s.m Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper and each print is signed and numbered and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and is available in two sizes;

A1 (59.4 x 84.1cm)
A3 (42 x 29.7cm)

For more info please click here

Saturday 26 October 2013

Cap & Design issue 4-5 Feature

 photo AringsaWikmanfeatureandcoverdesigninCapampDesignmagazine2013copyasawikman.jpg

 photo AringsaWikmanfeatureandcoverdesigninCapampDesignmagazine20132copyasawikman.jpg

 photo AringsaWikmanfeatureandcoverdesigninCapampDesignmagazine20133copyasawikman.jpg


































For all of you who's not in Scandinavia and who can't get a hold of issue 4-5 of the brilliant design magazine Cap & Design, here's the short interview with me and some pics of my feature. I just visited Sweden for a long weekend and it felt very strange to walk around in Stockholm and see my Bear illustration on the front cover of a magazine in all shops, quite a ego boost ;)


Sunday 29 September 2013

Tiger with braces feature on Fashionland





Found this nice little feature on Fashionland today, it's nice to see that the Tiger with Braces print still is popular and that people like it, made my day.

Sunday 22 September 2013

Cap & Design front cover!











Quite smug today as my Animal Kingdom Bear is on the front cover of the biggest design magazine in Scandinavia, Cap&Design - and there's a short interview with me regarding my work inside, yeay! :)

Wednesday 11 September 2013

Road trip Pt.3 Bocastle

 photo bocastle3copyasawikman.jpg
 photo boatsinlowtidecopyasawikman-1.jpg
 photo bocastle2copyasawikman.jpg

Stopped in Bocastle for a few hours on our way back to London, very beautiful little village located in a deep valley with a river going through it and out in the ocean and on the other hand very lush green forests, here are some pics overseeing their harbour.

 photo Bocastlecopyasawikman.jpg
 photo coastcopyasawikman.jpg


PS. If you go, then don't go and eat at The Riverside, the have a very rude female waitress there and the food they served us was so bad (brown salad for an example) that we left.. I managed to eat one mussel before we left and yes, my stomach hasn't been alright since - if you can't do salad I doubt that you can do seafood...

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Road trip Pt.2 Newquay

 photo newquayfishermancopyasawikman.jpg
 photo spidercrab.jpg
Here are some more pics from my amazing weekend in Cornwall, here is Newquay harbour and Fistral Beach.

 photo newquayharbourcopyasawikman.jpg
 photo newquayharbourfdgsbcopyasawikman.jpg










I could live here, Newquay is a very laid-back and beautiful small surf town and imagine having the ocean around the corner, switch off the TV and go surfing instead.

 photo surfinginNewquaycopyasawikman.jpg

Newquay beach;

 photo newquayfristlebeach2copyasawikman.jpg
 photo newquayfristlebeachcopyasawikman.jpg








 photo newquaysurfer6copyasawikman-1.jpg
 photo newquayfristlebeach5copyasawikman-1.jpg



I love this pic of a dog having a evening swim alone in the harbour, he liked it so much that he went in twice;

 photo dogoutonaswimcopyasawikman.jpg
 photo newquayharbourdogcopyasawikman-1.jpg

There was a seal in the harbour this evening as well, there is a website with all the famous seals in Newquay so if I can spot this guy then I can find out his name.

 photo l.jpg
 photo newquayharboursealcopyasawikman.jpg

That's it for now.

Road trip Pt.1

 photo ontheroad99copyasawikman-1.jpg
 photo ontheroad76copyasawikman.jpg
 photo ontheroadstonehengecopyasawikman.jpg


More and more often I feel like I can't breath in this town and need to get away (I might be getting old…), so when I was asked if I wanted to go to Cornwall for the weekend there wasn't much to think about. I have lived in London for more then 9 years now but I haven't seen much of the country except Liverpool, Brighton and Broadstairs and Cornwall is famous for its climate, surfing, beaches and beautiful scenery so I had to go and here are some pics from my weekend, definitely one of the best weekends that I have had in a while.

Monday 2 September 2013

Animal Kingdom Bear T's at TSHIRT STORE







































Hello, hello,

Today I have been at the Autumn Fair in Birmingham, I got up at 6 this morning and just came home and it's half past ten so I am quite knackered and ready for bed but I have had a brilliant day and have seen a lot of amazing (and unbelievably ugly) designs and my head is a bit overloaded with impressions right now. I found some really beautifully illustrated children's books at the fair that I will show for you soon but first I just wanted to share some good news, my Animal Kingdom Bear is available on 100% fairtrade certified and organic cotton T's for men and women over at TSHIRT STORE, yeay!

Now I will pass out with a big smile in my face.

Sunday 1 September 2013

Anorak Magazine's Summer Fete
























































Here are some photos from Anorak Magazines Summer Fete that took place yesterday on Dalston Square here in east London.  It was a very laid-back, nice atmosphere and randomly some famous clowns dropped by and we were really lucky with the weather and for the first time the fontaine on the little square was turned on which the kids loved as it was a very sunny and hot day and they now had a big fontaine to run through, (there were moments when I was considering joining). I had a great day with my ten metre long Doodle Floor, it was fun to see so many parents joining in as well and doodlers as young as 14 months, thanks to everyone who came!

Wednesday 28 August 2013

Anorak Magazine Summer Fête





































This coming Saturday I will be taking part in Anorak Magazine's Summer Fête, come to Dalston Square and join us! 
There will be;

Rob Flowers' Head in the Hole art
Tane Williams' Pin the Beard game 
Katey Harvey's Hop Hop Hopscotch 
Manuel Grinon Montes Finish that Happy Scene Live Drawing 
Grace Easton's Colouring Wall 
Åsa Wikman's Doodle Floor - grab a pen and join in!
Orson's Make me a Totem workshop 
Boys & Girls Monster Mask Workshop
The Poetry Take-Away's Rhymes on Demand 
Carousel's Teddy Bear Picnic at the delightfully peaceful Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. 
Anorak's Make Me Something Station with Ladybird Plates making, Driftwood painting, Spoon Pals making, Paper Pizza decorating, Monsters drawing and more! 
Delicious Food by Route Cafe. 


Nearest tube station is Dalston Junction, hope to see you there!

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Tribe IPhone & Samsung s3 cases












































Yes!

My Tribe design is now available on cases for IPhone 5, IPhone 4/4S, Samsung s3 and iPad mini over at the lovely people at Giant Sparrows.

For more info click here

Monday 12 August 2013

The Escape To Richmond Park Part 2


 photo NYrichmondpark11copyasawikman.jpg
 photo richmondpark5copyasawikman-1.jpg
 photo NYrichmondpark6copyasawikman-1.jpg

 photo richmondpark4copyasawikman-1.jpg

I am still in summer mode and is not very happy about being back in town and miss being close to nature so soon as I get the chance I will jump on the train and escape to the closest forest, beach, bay, lake, pond. Here are some more photos from last Sundays escape to Richmond Park.

Peace and Quiet, green parrots (yes, we have flocks of them living here in London, I will show you if I ever manage to get them in a photo), endless fields and lot's of red deers and great company.

A very nice Sunday well spent.

Tuesday 6 August 2013

The Escape To Richmond Park Part 1

The Swede needed some nature. You know the drill. Went to Richmond Park and ate Marks n Spencer take away food with some red deers and Russian illustrators.

 photo richmondparkcopyasawikman-1.jpg
 photo NYrichmondpark8copyasawikman.jpg
 photo richmondpark3copyasawikman-1.jpg
 photo NYrichmondpark7copyasawikman.jpg






I see you…

I Like: Food For Thought, Adam Curtis





Adam Curtis documentaries are something everyone should have a look at so I thought that I should share my two favourites;  "The Century of Self" and "The Trap - What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom".

Watch Them. It is an order.



Monday 5 August 2013

Swedish Summer: Oväntat besök

 photo ovaumlntatbesoumlkcopyasawikman.jpg

 photo hellomrhedgehogcopyasawikman-2.jpg

 photo hungryhedgehog2copyasawikman.jpg

 photo hungryhedgehogcopyasawikman-1.jpg

Had some visitors, two male hedgehogs fighting about my mom's little garden and a tiny one as well that ran and took cover in the bushes as soon as I tried to sneak up with my camera. How amazing are these little creatures?

PS The Swedish word for hedgehog is igelkott - how nice is that?

I really miss Sweden and Swedish summer, summers in a big city is not for me.