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Born and raised on a small island on the northwestern coast of Norway. Much of her artistic work is an attempt to express the connection between the island's micro-history and the world's macro-history. She was educated as a tapestry weaver; however, she soon started experimenting with other techniques. Her breakthrough came in the late 1980s with Lava, a series of one-meter-high urns made of cotton and flax pulp. These vessels marked her transition from textile to fiber art. She makes objects that vary in nature and in the techniques applied: casting, spraying, cutting, knitting, and weaving. She enjoys creatively acting as she pleases, using whatever material she wishes, being severe and meditative one day and playful the next.