“My workshop is in an old area of Stockholm’s Södermalm area. It used to be a sugar factory and is surrounded by cobbled streets and old brick houses, built throughout the 1700s and 1800s. Just outside the studio is the steepest slope in Stockholm, known as Trouble Hill.

I’m very affected by the environment that’s around me. Sounds, smells and how the light falls influences my work in some way. It can sound very nineties-kitsch but I think there’s a force within nature and your surroundings that affect you. Imagine working in a clean, white-painted cubicle: There’d be nothing there to inspire you! Spending time in an old building with its own history and adding your touch to it gives something back to you and your work.”