Photography · Earth pigment
Bergdahl Art
Liv Bergdahl’s photography and site-specific studio practice, shaped by weather, place, and pigments gathered from the earth.
Pacific Northwest · Nordic lineage
A Northwest world,
thoughtfully made.
Art, objects, and stories shaped by Nordic heritage and the enduring character of the Pacific Northwest.
Enter the four worldsOne house · Four expressions
Made where forest, water, and old-world memory meet.
How Very Ladylike is an umbrella for creative work rooted in the Northwest and carried by Nordic sensibility: attentive to materials, weather, story, and the pleasure of things made with intent.
The worlds of How Very Ladylike
Distinct in character.
Connected by place.
Objects · Field comforts
Forest & Fjord
A collection by How Very Ladylike—useful objects and field comforts formed by forest, coast, and a distinctly Nordic calm.
Freshwater · Field culture
Pike Slayer
A collection by How Very Ladylike, grounded in the rough-edged rituals, stories, and humor of freshwater fishing culture.
Original storyworld
Cascadia: Protector of the PNW
An original storyworld following Cada and Sable the raven through a Pacific Northwest alive with memory, mystery, and guardianship.
From the journal
Field notes from a many-sided Northwest life.
Stories from the studio, the waterline, and the imagined wild—gathered slowly and shared when they are ready.
Read the Journal