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Sally Kindberg and the House of Mysterious Objects

Swedenborg House, the 18th century home of the Emanuel Swedenborg archive, is a house full of mysterious objects. More than one hundred years ago this house in Bloomsbury, London became home to all things related to the 18th century polymath, … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and the House of Mysterious Objects

Another workshop event at Swedenborg House on April 16th. Check their site to register for a free ticket.  You could bring your own mysterious object to draw, although there are plenty of mysterious things in situ.  You could also could … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s House of Dreams workshop at Swedenborg House

Where would you keep your magic numbers?  In your paper House of Dreams of course! Just one of the many inventive drawings made on St Valentines Day this week during another workshop at Swedenborg House.  If you had a little … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s House of Dreams workshop again at Swedenborg House again

Last week, once again, eighteenth century polymath Emanuel Swedenborg‘s summer house inspired another workshop event at Swedenborg House. His summer house is in the grounds of Skansen, Stockholm, which I visited when very young. Above, a rough drawing before drawing … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and a new addition to her Museum of Dust

Today I called in to Swedenborg House to add my latest addition to the Museum of Dust, currently on display there.  With thanks to Cornelissens who kindly allowed me to delicately fossick in one of their marvellous drawers of Sennelier … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s Museum of Dust again

After its journey from Cornwall to the Art Workers Guild this summer, my small, travelling Museum of Dust is now at Swedenborg House, from December 10th but check Swedenborg House for opening times.

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Sally Kindberg’s 2017 notebook, Swedenborgian dust, and a missing tortoise?

Recently I looked at one of my notebooks from 2017 which recorded an exploratory visit to Swedenborg House, and another with its director. A pencilled note on a Post-It fell out of the notebook’s pages and I can’t remember the … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s Museum of Dust moves to Swedenborg House

Earlier this week my small, travelling Museum of Dust was installed at Swedenborg House, Bloomsbury, London and can be viewed there from December 5th.  Amongst the tiny samples is a bottle of dust from mysterious eighteenth century books stored in … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall (part two)

I visited Cornwall recently to collect my small travelling Museum of Dust – its next stop is to briefly join an exhibition at the Art Workers Guild, then on to Swedenborg House (where I sometimes run workshops), later this year.  … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s House of Dreams workshop at Swedenborg House

  What would you put in your House of Dreams? Eighteenth century Swedish polymath Swedenborg had a special summer house where he often wrote down his ideas, including a Book of Dreams, played music, planned his garden or drew inventions. … Continue reading

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