Caroline Lindqvist

Eco-Conscious Sculptor & Textured Wall Art

About Me

I’m Caroline Lindqvist [lind-kvist], a sculptor from the south of Sweden, now based in South London.

My work sits in what I think of as an inner forest — not a place exactly, but where thoughts and emotions get complicated. It's not always calm in there. Sometimes it's unclear which way to go, or whether there's even a way to go. Does the path have to lead somewhere? What am I actually looking for — and is it the same thing as who I am?

I don't think these questions have fixed answers, and I'm not trying to answer them in the work. I don't begin with a fixed idea, either — I create, adjust and follow what feels interesting until something starts to take shape. Some end up as something recognisable — a bird, a bull, a mask. Others just don't. I'd rather leave room for whoever's looking to bring their own thoughts to it than tell them what it means.

Caroline Lindqvist cardboard artist about page

From Scrap to Sculpture

Every piece starts as waste: reclaimed cardboard and paper offcuts that would otherwise be thrown away. Some of it is layered and shaped directly; some is broken down and reformed into paper clay, a material I make by hand from paper scraps.

From there, the process is slow and physical — built up by hand, in layers, shaped by feel rather than a fixed plan. Nothing is printed, moulded or reproduced. Each sculpture is one of a kind, shaped once — it won't be made again.

Sustainability sits at the centre of this, not as an afterthought but as part of what gives the work its character. I'm also starting to bring in more natural materials alongside the paper and cardboard, letting the practice keep developing.