Being born and raised in Iceland, I derive inspiration from the unassuming, almost austere beauty and natural features of my native country, the land of fire and ice…

Art and design were an intrinsic part of my youth on Paris’ Left Bank, where I was born and raised. My father was an important antique dealer and some of my earliest memories are of afternoons trailing him, observing craftsmen restore gilded bronzes or rare wood inlays on cabinets…