Behind the storage of our boutique, Stinne Bo, has her atelier and creative space
Stinne Bo is the head of design at TYBO, but her main job is creating her beautiful paper art, which she hand-paints and hand-cuts from her sketches.
“I don’t know, where my art ends when I sit down with my pencils and empty my head through them, but that’s the beauty of art, isn’t it?” Stinne asks and shares some more thoughts on her art and herself as an artist.
“I often think, how can I justify sitting here and cutting in paper, when the world is so unsafe and troubled, and I think there are more layers to the answer. One is, that I want to insist that we sometimes need to slow down. The slowness lies in creating a massive piece of art by hand, and the viewer also needs to slow down to really take in the details in my art, so we need to insist on slowing down. It’s healthy for us to do,” Stinne says and continues:
Stinne says and continues:
“I also want to contribute to creating relations between people, and I believe, that art can do that. Art asks more questions than it gives answers, and those questions start conversations between strangers taking in the art.”
Stinne is currently working on the third collection of art in her trilogy, which is based on the relationship between humanity and nature. Her pieces are taking shape in the atelier every day.
“I was asked to do an exhibition in 3 days of Design at House of Steen Juhl, and I am very honoured to be invited, so I’m working very focused to have the series of work ready for June 2025,”
Stinne says with a secretive smile and says:
“I can reveal, that the theme is this based on a feeling of alienation in nature and how technology plays a role in that.”
In 2024 Stinne Bo had her first solo exhibition at Gallery Benoni and has also had her art exhibited at Kastrupgårdsamlingen and Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum.
Room for encouragement
to be artistic
Ever since Stinne was a little girl, she loved being creative and drawing.
“I come from a very creative family, where there was room and encouragement to be artistic in so many ways, and I am very grateful for that."
And art became her way of life, but it was not something she made an active choice to be. It was sort of the only natural way.
“People have asked me, when did you know, you wanted to be an artist, but in some ways, I think the way I was brought up and my creative heritage have been the path, I have followed, and it led me down the road to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.”
Winter Bird and Super Nova Star
In the boutique and our webshop, you can find two pieces of paper art, that Stinne has designed. The Winter Bird and the Super Nova Star.
“I don’t want it to sound like, I don’t like Christmas, but I am not much of a Christmas decoration person. We have a little box of Christmas decorations at home, but I prefer things, that can hang all year in our minimalistic home,”
Stinne says and adds, that it was one of the ideas behind the winter birds.
“In many ways, we collect items, that become superfluous things. I want it to be different, and the paper birds are inspired by the birds that we have in the Danish nature all year and not just for one season.”
Stinne Bo has engaged in a collaboration with Cooee, and as part of the collection she also designed a pendant with inspiration from snowflakes and stars, but with the same intention as with the birds.
“By designing it with a winter vibe, it can hang and decorate for a longer period, than just in December.”
Life with a family business
And how is it even possible for Stinne Bo to juggle the workload of her ambitions as a paper artist and the ambitions for the family business TYBO Art & Craft?
“Our family business has made this possible,” she smiles, and her arms point out in the atelier, which lies next to the storage and the oven, that burns the TYBO ceramic items."
“We are now in a really good place with TYBO as a stable business, that my husband Nis can be the daily caretaker for, which gives me human surplus to unfold my creativity into my art, and that I am so grateful for.”
