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I’m delighted to share a four-page feature in Epoch Times Sverige (issue 43, week 44, 2026): “Den vilda metallen” (The Wild Metal), by journalist Anton Anderberg.It follows my nearly 30 years with copper: the experiments, the mistakes that turned into new work, and the way the material always keeps a
Marie Louise Kold's studio in Baldringe at dawn: open double doors to a warmly lit room with artworks on the walls, a man busy at work silhouetted in the wide open door, beside a half-timbered gray brick building and garden.
This October I’m opening the studio while new pieces take shape. For three days I’ll be working on my latest series and you’re welcome to drop in for a chat, see what’s in progress and what’s on the walls.• Friday 9 October: 16-19• Saturday 10 October: 12-16• Sunday 11 October:
Detail of LEGACY by Marie Louise Kold: a pointed, polished copper form over Maltese limestone engraved with text from the Maltese constitution, reflected in the copper.
I’ve been commissioned by Spazju Kreattiv, Malta’s National Centre for Creativity, to create an artwork for Malta’s national art collection! Spazju Kreattiv is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an exhibition titled “Nurturing Legacy Through Art” and has commissioned four artists to each create a work. It’s a huge honour to
Marie Louise Kold seen close up, tool in hand, leaning close to one of her works, a copper plate resting on tiny copper flowers and the text The Gunnar Norrman Inspiration.
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English I have been working on one of the most challenging and inspiring projects of my career. It is a collaboration of sorts, with an artist who died in 2005: Gunnar Norrman, Sweden’s foremost drypoint artist. The resulting artworks were shown at a large solo exhibition at Jäger & Jansson
Iberian Retreat by Marie Louise Kold: five tall blue-green patinated copper panels crossed by a band of rippled red copper, on a living-room wall seen through glass doors, beside a pool and palms.
Over the past year I have worked on an extensive art commission for Iberian Retreat, an amazing family home in Spain. The art consist of 47 individual pieces that make up seven distinct artworks. The art is made of patinated copper. This short video shows the artworks and their enthralling
Poster for Highlighting a National Treasure by Marie Louise Kold, 10th April 2025, Notarial Archives Foundation, Valletta, with her work for the Kantilena: a black patinated copper form carrying etched handwritten script.
A year ago I was commissioned to create an artwork to highlight a national treasure! This treasure is the Kantilena, the oldest known literary text in the Maltese language (likely from the 1470’s). It was inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register on April 18 2025. There is