Ett Eden i Vickleby
Book illustrations
Book illustrations
Drawings for a book about Capellagården, a Swedish school of arts and crafts. The illustrations show interiors, exteriors and surroundings of Capellagården and the village Vickleby, along with maps showing the grounds and buildings. I contributed 25 illustrations for the book, including cover art and chapter vignettes.
Front cover: A map of Vickleby village
Left: The fruit orchard in spring. Sleeping geese and blossoming apple trees.
Right: "Bo pensionat", a pension/guest house in Vickleby
View overlooking the school ground and workshops for wood and textile.
A drawing from an old photograph from 1891, showing what the grounds looked like before the school existed.
There have been many archaeological finds in Vickleby, these drawings shows some of the finds from archaeological digs.The oldest finds can be dated as far back as the 9th century.
Every chapter is introduced with a vignette. This shows one of the student houses on the school ground.
