My name is Maj-Britt Mobrand. I was born and grew up in Stockholm, Sweden and am a
weaver/artist. My father’s side of the family were textile people.
My grandmother was the village quilt maker and also a weaver.
In her attic I saw my very first loom when I was a little girl, and first got
the idea that I wanted to master one of those.
My grandfather was the village tailor and sat cross legged on
the table while doing his sewing. Three of his four sons became tailors
including my father, and his daughter a vest maker. My dad ended up being a
cutter/designer of men’s clothing, one of the best and most prominent in
Sweden.
As a teenager I listened to a lot of jazz and always dreamed
of going to New Orleans where jazz was born and Harlem, N.Y. where it was
popularized. My idol in Sweden was Charlie Norman, a well known Swedish
piano player, who had a late night jazz program on the Swedish Radio. It was
called “Nattugglan” (the Night Owl) and he would always play a boogie woogie
tune every week. That is how I was introduced to boogie woogie. Much of my work
has a jazz flavor to it.
Besides Jazz a lot of my inspiration is derived from running
or walking in nature, traveling and from my students. It is wonderful to see
what they come up with after I have given them the know how.
I have also been inspired by my grandchildren’s watercolors.
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