Do yourself a favor, and quickly perform a Google Image search for "Bent Gabrielsen." The resulting photos will tell you more about Morfar's amazing career as a goldsmith and silversmith, and the impact that he had on Danish design, than I ever could.
Beyond evoking warmth, motion and beauty from metal, Morfar (along with Charlotte's Mormor) played an elemental role in shaping Charlotte into the incredible person she is today. Charlotte's artistic skills, love of the outdoors, and appreciation of nature's subtle beauty mirror so much of what her grandparents saw in the world.
This August, Morfar traveled to New York to attend our wedding. I was touched by his enthusiasm, support, and happiness to join his family at the celebration.
Most of all, I found it incredible that even in his last visit to America, Morfar was exactly as he was the day I met him: engaged, razor-sharp, intensely curious about the details and projects surrounding him, and fiercely proud of his family.
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Please join me in sending your thoughts to Charlotte and her family as they remember Morfar-and celebrate a life lived to its fullest.
