If Lignes de l’Hiver, Ligne de Pente, Gravité et Mouvement are about reading the mountain, Our blue line works are about remembering how we learned to move through it.
Pieces like Fjellferd, Ski de Randonnée, and Ski- und Bergkultur are rooted in alpine tradition, not resort hill skiing, but journey skiing.
Uphill as much as down. Shared effort. Quiet progress through landscape.
These were inspired by mid-century alpine manuals, cultural posters, and educational illustrations, the kind you’d find pinned in huts or printed in guidebooks.
Practical, yes, but also deeply human.
They celebrated skill, experience, and respect for terrain. We rendered these in restrained blue linework deliberately. It references the technical drawings of the 1960s and 70s, but also keeps the focus on posture and movement rather than spectacle. You notice the weight shift. The angle of the poles. The closeness of the figures.
Alongside this, the influence of 1990s design still plays a role, especially in spacing, typography, and the confidence to leave areas untouched.
For me, these prints connect directly to why I ski at all. The mountains are where I feel most inspired, but also most grounded. My late, great uncle and his wife were keen Cross Country Skiers in the 1960s and their photogrpahs from that time, inspired the positions and movement on display in this series.
They remind me that movement is something learned over time, passed down, refined, respected. These pieces honour that lineage.