Björk Haraldsdóttir
Cavaliero Finn first spotted the work of Björk Haraldsdóttir in 2017, being instantly attracted to its strong sculptural forms and geometric patterns.
Since then the gallery has featured Björk’s work in several of its shows and she has gone on to win two consecutive Marshwood Arts Awards (2017 Applied Arts Prize, selected by John Makepeace OBE & 2019 for the John Hubbard Prize). In 2018, her work was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition by Grayson Perry.
Originally from Iceland, the strong geometric patterning and both natural and architectural forms of Björk’s work are heavily influenced by her Nordic upbringing and training as an architect. Before exploring her passion for ceramic forms, the artist worked as an architect for over 20 years during which time she worked for a number of renowned architects including Richard Rogers.
At the core of Björk’s work is a conversation between 3 dimensional form and 2 dimensional pattern. The pattern is draped across the form and changes perception of the shape. The artist started her ‘pattern journey’ referencing to old textile work and stitching patterns from Iceland and the Nordic Culture. This has developed over time into patterns inspired by ideas and images she comes across in nature and daily life. Björk is constantly working into the pieces ‘making stiches’ or lines of weave and the result is often cloth-like in appearance. The ceramics are mostly built in stoneware clay and painted with slip which is then scraped back to reveal the base material in two-tone monochrome patterns. The scrape marks are visible and the surface is a plane of shallow relief, much like a tapestry. The tactile nature of these pieces is important – they are an invitation to touch, much like one would like to handle a draped cloth.
Björk approaches the making of her ceramic sculptures in the same way as an architect. Sculptures are planned and drawn before they are made and made as they are conceived – glass and steel have long since been replaced by clay.
See our Feature on Björk Haraldsdóttir
watch our video of Björk talking about her work
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Dyngja, 2023 SoldView more details
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Glymur , 2023 SoldView more details
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Lyng, 2023 SoldView more details
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Skófir, 2023 SoldView more details
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Dyngja II, 2024 SoldView more details
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Abscission I and II , 2023 SoldView more details
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Snjókona I, 2023 SoldView more details
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Snjókona II, 2023£ 935.00View more details
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Snjókona III, 2023 SoldView more details
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Snjókona IV, 2023 SoldView more details
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Spákona Ii #2, 2023£ 660.00View more details
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Spákona III #2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Klettur, 2023£ 715.00View more details
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Tallismen Triptych, 2023£ 1,265.00View more details
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Twilight – Rökkur I, 2023£ 1,210.00View more details
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Twilight – Rökkur II, 2023£ 1,210.00View more details
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Vernacular #66N - Nine piece installation, 2023 SoldView more details
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Skaldic Verse I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Skaldic Verse II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Spákona I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Spákona II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Svartfugl II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Svartfugl III, 2022 SoldView more details
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Svartfugl I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Valshamur I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Valshamur II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Valshamur III, 2022 SoldView more details
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Mountain Moss IV, 2022 SoldView more details
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Summer Solstice I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Summer Solstice II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Winter Solstice I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Equinox I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Equinox II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Equinox III, 2022 SoldView more details
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Equinox IV, 2022 SoldView more details
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Laxness & Alfkonan - set of two, 2021 SoldView more details
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Blackness #, 2021 SoldView more details
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Dream, 2021 SoldView more details
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Dress Rehearsal I, 2021 SoldView more details
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Dress Rehearsal II, 2021 SoldView more details
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Dress Rehearsal III, 2021View more details
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Dress Rehearsal IV, 2021View more details
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Lögberg I, 2021View more details
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Lögberg II, 2021 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Light and Shade), 2021 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Light) , 2021 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Shade I), 2021 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Shade II), 2021 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Shade III), 2021 SoldView more details
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Tapestry 6.7, 2021 SoldView more details
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Ylja, 2021View more details
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Ylmur, 2021 SoldView more details
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Ýr, 2021 SoldView more details
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Yrsa, 2021 SoldView more details
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Hejduk 1, 2019 SoldView more details
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Mountain Moss I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Mountain Moss II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Mountain Moss III, 2022 SoldView more details
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Mountain Moss V, 2022 SoldView more details
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Mountain Moss VI, 2022 SoldView more details
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Myrja Tapestry, 2022 SoldView more details
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Myrtla Tapestry, 2022 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Coral I), 2022 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Coral II), 2022 SoldView more details
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Tapestry (Coral III), 2022 SoldView more details
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Álfadans I Series 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Álfadans II Series 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Álfadans III Series 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Álfadans IV Series 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Álfadans V Series 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Álfadans VI Series 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Álfadans VII Series 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Embla, 2022 SoldView more details
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Emblem #66N, 2022 SoldView more details
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Fjallkona, 2023 SoldView more details
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Ilmur, 2023 SoldView more details
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Migration I, 2022 SoldView more details
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Migration II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Migration III, 2022 SoldView more details
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Scriptures II, 2022 SoldView more details
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Scriptures II – Verse 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Scriptures III, 2022 SoldView more details
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Scriptures IV, 2022 SoldView more details
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Scriptures Ljóðatal– Verse 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Spákona I #2, 2023£ 770.00View more details
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Völuspá, 2023 SoldView more details
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Well I (Mímis Brunnur), 2023 SoldView more details
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Well II (Urdar Brunnur), 2023 SoldView more details
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Winter Dusk, 2023 SoldView more details
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20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Revisit Cavaliero Finn's landmark 20th anniversary exhibition at Stockwell Studio 8 May - 1 Aug 2024In 2004, Juliana Cavaliero and Debra Finn curated their first exhibition as Cavaliero Finn in a home in South London and they haven't looked back since.Read more
For this exhibition, Cavaliero Finn returned to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition featured a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years including work by our current portfolio of artists and work from some of our earlier artists, like painters Holly Frean, Daisy Cook and Caroline Popham, paper artist Thurle Wright, designer makers Sam Edkins and Deborah Bowness, and sculptors Tom Stogdon, Danuta Solowiej, Merete Rasmussen and Patricia Volk who returned to the gallery as guest artists for this show. The exhibition also included an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio.
Revisit this exhibition online now.
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Missed us at Collect 2024?
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Winter - The weakening eye of day
Gallery 12, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE - 22nd-26th November, 11am - 7pm Wed-Sat 11am-4pm Sun 22 - 26 Nov 2023In November 2023, Cavaliero Finn presented a selection of artworks at Cromwell Place chosen to evoke winter in different ways, whether it’s capturing the essence of it through light and colour, the sense of decay through texture and material, or the sense of beauty hope and renewal through composition and context. The Winter exhibition was dedicated to artist Judith Tucker who died suddenly on Monday November 13th 2023.Read more -
Crafting a Difference at Formed, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour
Proudly presented by Cavaliero Finn, jaggedart and Vessel Gallery 9 - 13 Oct 2023The Crafting a Difference collective has worked together since the pandemic offering a distinctive and unique selection of museum quality works and vast knowledge and experience in both the craft...Read more
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Elemental Lines
Cavaliero Finn at Ballroom Arts 152A High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk IP15 5AQ UK 8 - 18 Jun 2023This exhibition, which coincided with the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk, took place in Ballroom Arts a beautiful space overlooking the North Sea. Elemental Lines examined how the lines of the...Read more -
Artefact - Design Centre Chelsea Harbour
The contemporary craft fair 9 - 13 May 2023Cavaliero Finn spent a great week exhibiting at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour in May at Artefact which was organised as part of London Craft Week 2023. Our curated presentation...Read more -
Collect Art Fair 2023
1 - 5 Mar 2023At the start of March we presented the work of 14 of our artists at the Crafts Council's international contemporary craft fair, Collect 2023 at Somerset House in London. The...Read more -
Hint - Cavaliero Finn at Gallery 475
475 Fulham Road, London SW6 1HL 6 - 18 Dec 2022Cavaliero Finn is pleased to announce news of its next exhibition, Hint, a group show featuring pairings of two and three dimensional art works that echo each other in some way, whether it's a hint of colour, form or pattern or even subject matter.Read more
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Decorative Fair Autumn 2022
Contemporary on the Mezzanine, Battersea Park, London 4 - 9 Oct 2022Cavaliero Finn Presents The Art of Geometry at Contemporary on the MezzanineRead more
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Artefact 2022
The contemporary craft fair at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London 10 - 15 May 2022Artefact, is a contemporary craft fair which brings the joy of the handmade to an audience of designers, architects, collectors and enthusiasts, illustrating the increasing importance of craft to the interior design industry. It features objects of astonishing artistic merit courtesy of a host international galleries in the Design Avenue. An accompanying programme of specialist talks and demonstrations helps bring the contemporary craft to life.Read more -
Collect Art Fair at Somerset House, London
The leading contemporary craft and design fair 25 Feb - 6 Mar 2022Cavaliero Finn was delighted to return to London's beautiful Somerset House for Collect which took place this year from 25-27 February 2022 with previews on 23-24 February 2022. Cavaliero Finn presented work by 15 artists at Collect including work by Edmond Byrne, Matthew Chambers, Simon Gaiger, Ashraf Hanna, Björk Haraldsdóttir, Ikuko Iwamoto, Mimi Joung, Sun Kim, Nicholas Lees, Cecilia Moore, Frances Priest, Daniel Reynolds, Katharine Swailes, Annie Turner and Jacy Wall.Read more -
Crafting a Difference at the Argentine Ambassador's Official Residence
Part of London Craft Week 4 - 10 Oct 2021Crafting a Difference at the Official Residence of the Argentine Ambassador in Belgrave Square, London runs from October 4th -10th. The exhibition celebrates outstanding international contemporary craft set within the magnificent architecture, décor and fabric of the Argentine Ambassador’s Official Residence, in the frame of London Craft Week 2021, with support from the Crafts Council, QEST, Loewe Foundation, Michelangelo Foundation, Cockpit Arts, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour and Artegian Design.Read more
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ARTEFACT: The Contemporary Craft Fair
22 - 29 Jun 2021Attracting top designers, architects, collectors and art lovers, Artefact will feature an impressive roll call of contemporary craft and visual arts galleries including; Oxford Ceramics, Katie Jones, Lloyd Choi Gallery,...Read more -
Collect 2021
International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design 24 Feb - 24 Mar 2021It’s not too late to view the digital version of Collect which is live on Artsy until March 24th . Earlier this week, we were delighted to read that Erik...Read more -
London Art Fair Platform 2021
Folk Art 20 - 31 Jan 2021From 20th – 31st January Cavaliero Finn will be presenting work by four artists as part of the London Art Fair PLATFORM 2021 , which is of course online only...Read more -
Threading Forms
Cavaliero Finn at The London Art Fair 22 - 26 Jan 2020Cavaliero Finn is delighted to present the work of two artists, Jacy Wall and Björk Haraldsdóttir as part of Threading Forms – a specially curated exhibition at Platform, part of...Read more
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Dyngja II, 2024 Sold
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Dyngja, 2023 Sold
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Glymur , 2023 Sold
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Lyng, 2023 Sold
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Skófir, 2023 Sold
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Scriptures I, 2022 Sold
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Abscission I and II , 2023 Sold
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Snjókona I, 2023 Sold
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Snjókona II, 2023£ 935.00
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Snjókona III, 2023 Sold
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Snjókona IV, 2023 Sold
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Spákona Ii #2, 2023£ 660.00
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Spákona III #2, 2023 Sold
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Klettur, 2023£ 715.00
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Tallismen Triptych, 2023£ 1,265.00
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Twilight – Rökkur I, 2023£ 1,210.00
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Twilight – Rökkur II, 2023£ 1,210.00
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Vernacular #66N - Nine piece installation, 2023 Sold
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Skaldic Verse I, 2022 Sold
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Skaldic Verse II, 2022 Sold
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Spákona I, 2022 Sold
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Spákona II, 2022 Sold
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Svartfugl II, 2022 Sold
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Svartfugl III, 2022 Sold
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Svartfugl I, 2022 Sold
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Valshamur I, 2022 Sold
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Valshamur II, 2022 Sold
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Valshamur III, 2022 Sold
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Mountain Moss IV, 2022 Sold
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Summer Solstice I, 2022 Sold
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Summer Solstice II, 2022 Sold
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Winter Solstice I, 2022 Sold
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Equinox I, 2022 Sold
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Equinox II, 2022 Sold
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Equinox III, 2022 Sold
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Dress Rehearsal III, 2021
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Dress Rehearsal IV, 2021
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Lögberg I, 2021
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Tapestry 6.7, 2021 Sold
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Ylja, 2021
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Ylmur, 2021 Sold
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Mountain Moss V, 2022 Sold
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Álfadans I Series 2, 2023 Sold
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Álfadans II Series 2, 2023 Sold
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Álfadans III Series 2, 2023 Sold
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Álfadans IV Series 2, 2023 Sold
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Álfadans V Series 2, 2023 Sold
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Álfadans VI Series 2, 2023 Sold
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Álfadans VII Series 2, 2023 Sold
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Embla, 2022 Sold
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Emblem #66N, 2022 Sold
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Fjallkona, 2023 Sold
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Ilmur, 2023 Sold
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Migration I, 2022 Sold
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Migration II, 2022 Sold
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Migration III, 2022 Sold
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Scriptures II, 2022 Sold
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Scriptures II – Verse 2, 2023 Sold
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Scriptures III, 2022 Sold
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Scriptures IV, 2022 Sold
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Scriptures Ljóðatal– Verse 2, 2023 Sold
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Spákona I #2, 2023£ 770.00
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Völuspá, 2023 Sold
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Well I (Mímis Brunnur), 2023 Sold
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Well II (Urdar Brunnur), 2023 Sold
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Winter Dusk, 2023 Sold