My books
My latest book is called Easy Concrete Projects for Home and Garden: 44 Projects to Mould Yourself. ISBN-10: 184773667X
ISBN-13: 978-1847736673. Translated into Finnish and English (Mars 2010).
Betong som hobby, Prisma/Norstedts 2006. In Swedish and Finnish.
Mosaik för hem och trädgård, Prisma/Norstedts 2007. In Swedish and Finnish.
Nya projekt för trädgården, Prisma /Norstedts 2005.
Enkla projekt för trädgården, Prisma/Norstedts 2002.
New book!
Courses and workshops
Course: “how to make decorative projects using concrete” at Fridhems folkhögskola in Svalöv, Sweden, 12-16 july (fully booked) and 2-6 augusti). Website: http://www.fridhem.fhsk.se,/sommarkurser. The course is named "Trädgårdsprojekt med betong". Price: 4000 SEK inclusive board and lodging.
12-13 june 2010: 2-days-workshop at my place in Österlen (South of Sweden). You will learn how to make moulds in plastic, wood, sand and how to use different kinds of concrete. You can make anyting from small pots to furnitures. Contact me if you are interested!
Gather your friends and neighbours for a weekend concrete or hypertufa workshop in your garden or backyard. I will bring all the stuff you need. Contact me if you are interested!
Malena Skote +46 46 125 165 • +46 704 57 51 74 • malena@calimero.se
My projects became articles in magazines and later on books for the creative do-it-your-selfer.
Some of the projects in my books are very easy to make, others need more time and engagement but they require no special skills or tools. My ambition is to get the readers started and to share the creative joy I feel in every garden project. I write, illustrate, take the pictures and make the graphic design of the books.
By profession I am an architect but I mainly work as a writer, illustrator and graphic designer.
About me
Moving into a house with a garden, 20 years ago, awoke an “inner artist” in me, and an urge for making things with my hands. An urge that had been a sleep since early teens. With great eagerness I started mosaic- and concrete projects, I made trellis, pots and woodwork pergolas.
... also in German!
