Friends of the brand
Meeting up with Henrik Potter
Finding A Balance
And Working Against It
Last summer, we visited our friend and artist Henrik Potter in his Dalston studio. The English-Swedish painter studied at the Royal College of Art, and often his work centres around materiality. One of our favourite his series “With apologies to…” consists of small, often monochrome or pastel paintings referencing works from contemporaries and old masters alike. In his own words, he "messes with the original". While they do flirt with a sloppy or messy gesture, they also have great clarity and radiate tenderness and vulnerability. They just make us want to wrap them into an old woollen jumper and take them home with us like a kitten found on the side of a dusty road.
Henrik Potter, ohne Titel, 2026
Last summer, we visited our friend and artist Henrik Potter in his Dalston studio. The English-Swedish painter studied at the Royal College of Art, and often his work centres around materiality. One of our favourite his series “With apologies to…” consists of small, often monochrome or pastel paintings referencing works from contemporaries and old masters alike. In his own words, he "messes with the original". While they do flirt with a sloppy or messy gesture, they also have great clarity and radiate tenderness and vulnerability. They just make us want to wrap them into an old woollen jumper and take them home with us like a kitten found on the side of a dusty road.
Later we talked about the materiality and fabric qualities in his larger abstract works, and how garments and paintings relate. On the subject of wear and tear, Henrik remarked that patina starts with high-quality manufacturing. The rest you can leave to time. Well said (and probably true for architecture, art, and anoraks).
What an absolute pleasure to see his work in the making. We can only recommend checking out his paintings online or to see them in the flesh, if you have the chance. By the way, we can totally subscribe to Henrik's mode of working: “Lots of it gets done by thinking about it very hard, and then thinking about it very little”.
Henrik looked great in our Rugby Shirt in Black/Navy and his worn-out studio trousers.
Friends of the brand
Meeting up with Henrik Potter
Finding A Balance
And Working Against It
Last summer, we visited our friend and artist Henrik Potter in his Dalston studio. The English-Swedish painter studied at the Royal College of Art, and often his work centres around materiality. One of our favourite his series “With apologies to…” consists of small, often monochrome or pastel paintings referencing works from contemporaries and old masters alike. In his own words, he "messes with the original". While they do flirt with a sloppy or messy gesture, they also have great clarity and radiate tenderness and vulnerability. They just make us want to wrap them into an old woollen jumper and take them home with us like a kitten found on the side of a dusty road.
Henrik Potter, ohne Titel, 2026
Last summer, we visited our friend and artist Henrik Potter in his Dalston studio. The English-Swedish painter studied at the Royal College of Art, and often his work centres around materiality. One of our favourite his series “With apologies to…” consists of small, often monochrome or pastel paintings referencing works from contemporaries and old masters alike. In his own words, he "messes with the original". While they do flirt with a sloppy or messy gesture, they also have great clarity and radiate tenderness and vulnerability. They just make us want to wrap them into an old woollen jumper and take them home with us like a kitten found on the side of a dusty road.
Later we talked about the materiality and fabric qualities in his larger abstract works, and how garments and paintings relate. On the subject of wear and tear, Henrik remarked that patina starts with high-quality manufacturing. The rest you can leave to time. Well said (and probably true for architecture, art, and anoraks).
What an absolute pleasure to see his work in the making. We can only recommend checking out his paintings online or to see them in the flesh, if you have the chance. By the way, we can totally subscribe to Henrik's mode of working: “Lots of it gets done by thinking about it very hard, and then thinking about it very little”.
Henrik looked great in our Rugby Shirt in Black/Navy and his worn-out studio trousers.