Description
One of Gysinge’s most popular products over the years is the roller blinds with the magnificent hand-painted “balsamines”. The motif dates from the last half of the 19th century and, through later research, can be attributed with certainty to the diligent Rättvik painter Mats Anders Olsson (1824-1878), who supplied the villages around Siljan with his murals, but who also went on working trips to Hälsingland with his wife Annika’s Brita Ersdotter (1833-1912), where together they sold hand-painted roller blinds on paper with this particular pattern. The Hälsingland farms, with their many windows, were big customers for hand-painted roller blinds.
We have now picked up Anders and Brita’s colorful balsamines again, this time in the form of painted wall panels on real gray foam board in pasted sheets. The wall panels are intended for anyone who wants to put up one or more atmospheric murals in their house or apartment, much like modern posters on the walls.
The wall panels can, of course, also be framed as wall panels, or as paintings. At the same time, craft enthusiasts can study the technique of gluing sheets of gray paper together (each wall panel consists of at least four sheets) and the fascinating technique of painting with matt linseed oil paint.
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