Production by Typeo, Videography by Mikael Lundblad
There’s a steady rhythm to the way Sizar Alexis lives and works – a sense that time moves differently. Captured in an intimate film by videographer and photographer Mikael Lundblad, that rhythm unfolds in his house on a calm street in Eskilstuna, where space isn’t divided by function but by flow.
Built across several half-storeys, it allows for a subtle layering of life and work: the kitchen, dining room and living room unfold on the entrance level; half a storey up are the bedrooms for Alexis, his wife Fairuz and their two children; half a storey down is his office; and further below, his workshop. Movement through the space is intuitive – a continuous loop of family life, creative process and focused making.
Here, Alexis doesn’t separate thinking from making or living from shaping. He moves between moments, guided more by instinct than plan. The pieces around him aren’t arranged – they belong. Some were made years ago, others just days before. Each object is part of an evolving presence, lived with before it’s ever shown.
When Alexis moved into his first apartment in central Eskilstuna, the intention was never to build a traditional studio. But as his work grew, so did the role of the space in shaping it. “It was never a plan,” he says. “It just happened organically. I made my first pieces there and they’re still here.”
Today, the house serves a similar role – his workspace is compact, not staged or styled, but used. Tools are stored in plain view, prototypes live alongside final pieces and the walls carry both calm and energy.
There’s also something grounding about the domestic backdrop. The presence of Fairuz, his wife, and the rituals of home life keep the space connected to real time – to everyday cycles that offer structure without pressure.
For Alexis, a piece is never complete the moment it’s made. It has to live – informally, over time – in his space. “Sometimes I’ll put something on a shelf and forget about it,” he says. “And then one day it just hits me. That it works. Or that it doesn’t.”
This long, intuitive editing phase is part of his process. The way a surface picks up dust. The way a curve catches the morning light. These observations matter.
Some pieces stay for months. Others are moved on quickly. But the process is never rushed. “When I live with something, it changes,” he says. “And if it still speaks to me after a while, I know it might speak to others too.”
The energy of the space is grounded but alert. Alexis often starts his day with coffee and music – usually something rhythmic, never distracting. “I listen to the same tracks on repeat for weeks,” he laughs. “It helps me focus.”
There’s no fixed routine but certain habits give structure. Sketching in the morning. Modelling in the afternoon. Long pauses in between.
Natural materials play a central role – iron, stone, wood – often with surface finishes that change over time. “I want the materials to speak their own language,” he says. “My job is to listen. To adjust. To not interfere too much.”
To spend time in Alexis’s space is to understand that his work isn’t just made here – it grows here. Slowly, intuitively and always in dialogue with the life unfolding around it.
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