Small pleasures #5
These boots have been through a lot, but I try to keep them going and I find it super fun to brush off the dirt, moisturize the leather and bring...
Wednesday Wanderings
The snow is gone for now and although I'm definitely not ready for a new warm season, this little break filled with sunlight feeds our souls. We had up to...
Selling artwork on Redbubble/Society6
Both Society6 and Redbubble are websites where visual creators can make an account to sell prints of their work. In this post, I'll be sharing my experience with both platforms...
Crystals// Dalarna
A find from a while ago, but now trying to clean it up. If you're reading this and you have a good suggestion for me: I'm looking for a good book...
The girl with the dragon tattoo, USA movie locations
Earlier this year we started to visit movie locations of the Millenium movies, based on the books by Stieg Larsson. While I'd love to see all of them during my...
New design: Ammonite
They are caught in rocks, still for millions of years while the world had changed. However small they might be, their traces can still be found. Isn't that fascinating? This pen drawing is...
Small pleasures #4
Dragons in the sky! ...
Wedsnesday wanderings; rock hounding
I've been a rock collector for as long as I can remember. As a child, I loved taking home pretty rocks, and I never outgrew that. You might find little...
Small pleasures #3
Catching a glimpse of another perspective. Flying in the air or hanging upside down on a swing. And sometimes when I'd like a different thought, I do a handstand against the...
Leather notebook case, first try
Curiosity and the hunger to learn something new led me to leatherwork. Every little project I pick up a bit more skills and a bit more understanding of the craft...
Small pleasures #2
Every single day, watching my dogs play brings me tremendous joy. It's easy to feel lighter and more joyful with them around. All with their own unique character, quirks, and...
Wednesday Wanderings
Nature keeps surprising us in ways we couldn't even imagine and we learn, adapt, and find joy in numerous ways. Minus twenty degrees Celsius made the lakes sing and roar...
Reading in February
1.Greene Robert, (2012), Mastery I've been really curious lately about the concepts and theories behind mastery and their effect on our lives. Often, mastery is seen as something from long-gone times,...
Rawfood peanut butter cookies
Especially in these times, anything and everything is a great reason to add a bit of celebration into your life. For Valentine, I've been crafting leather hearts for dog collars...
Weekend project: leather notebook cover
Weekends are for making a mess in the sun, trying new things, and testing new ideas. And on these beautiful days, I've been working with leather in the energizing morning...
Small pleasures #1
"So often, we exhaust ourselves and the planet in a search for very large pleasures- while all around us lies a wealth of small pleasures, which - if only we...
Trying new things: soapmaking
Scents and textures have a big impact on our wellbeing, more than we realize. I've always been very sensitive to smells, colors, or weird textures (I just can't eat mushrooms)...
Watching in January
1. /The social dilemma,Netflix 2.Kärlek och anarki, Netlfix ...
Wednesday Wanderings
Rare days of sun enjoyed to the fullest. Feeling just enough of that light on our face to charge the clouded batteries. ...
Nature inspired IPad cover
A new year, a new cover for my IPad, chosen to inspire and fuel future creations but also as a bridge between the analog and digital world that sometimes feel...
Fujifilm night photography
How could I not think about this sooner? It's been ages since I last photographed the Swedish winter darkness. And dark it is. It is heavy and all around. It's...
Reading in January
1.Newport Cal, (2016), Deep work, rules for focused success in a distracted world, Grand central publishing. 2. Larsson Stieg, (2005), Män som hatar kvinnor, Norstedts. (Swedish version of The girl with the...
In the footsteps of Blomkvist and Salander
The holidays are over, the light will return but winter is only getting started. A good time to explore a fun side project like visiting some movie locations. It’s not...
Wednesday Wanderings, a muddy walk
So far, the most gloriously sunny day of December, with at least one minute of sunlight! :-) We squeezed this beautiful walk up the hills in between sunrise and sunset on...
Belgianized Lussekatter
Lussekatter/lussebulle/ Lucia saffron buns, Mostly eaten during the advent here in Sweden, especially on the 13th of December when Santa Lucia is celebrated. Girls in white dresses with red belts and...
Wednesday Wanderings
I wish I could share not only a few photographs of our walk but also the soft smell of pine trees in foggy air and the sound of our boots...
Reading in December
1.The art of making memories. Meik Wiking ...
Movies that fuel my inspiration
1. The dreamers 2.On the road 3.The science of sleep 4.Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. 5. Coraline 6. Into the wild 7. Happy go lucky 8. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 9. Lemony Snicket's A Series of...
Watching in November
1. All the bright places. 2. Sorjonen/Bordertown -The boys in the band. (2020, Netflix) ...
Wednesday Wanderings
Autumn is such a special season full of opportunities, especially to explore. When the heat moves away and leaves and grasses change colors, hidden paths are suddenly revealed. When we drove...
First snow!
There is something quite magical about that first snow, a hint of nature's magic falling gently from the sky. It resonates to childhood joy and the opportunity to connect new...
Cinnamon bun day!
I hardly ever eat sugar, unless when there is something to celebrate. Since we haven't joined a party since Covid/March, this cinnamon buns day is something we just could not...
Leather craft experiments
A few weeks ago, a new camera joined the pack. An unexpected mirrorless one with a bit of a vintage look that reminds me a bit of the old camera...
Time for books
Opinions are loud and cheap these days and especially with COVID-19 wandering around the globe, the digital screaming tries to take over. Rather than facts and discussions, only personal opinions...
The ultimate summer feeling, 3 color lino
Summer, that's swimming in the lakes, eating fruit from the garden, lots of sunshine and marshmallows evenings by the fire. Of that last one, I wanted to create a quick...
We’re building a cabin
Most of our summer plans fell through. Friends had their flights canceled, color codes for travel got in place and today’s world is simply not that of a summer ago....
Reading in August
- Verhaeghe Paul, (2015), Autoriteit, De bezige bij. -Verhaeghe Paul, (2019), Over Normaliteit en andere afwijkingen, Prometheus. - Slavoj Žižek, (2020), Pandemie- Hoe corona de wereld verandert. ...
A hint of nostalgia with analog film overlays
When I learned photography, the techniques, settings, developing,...
Happy summer solstice!
Last week, I stood eye to eye with a young fox. Only a few weeks old. I thought that the cute creature would quickly run away but instead, it sat...
Wednesday Wanderings (31)
All of a sudden summer was here. Out of nowhere, it seemed after a spring dominated by snow and hail. Sometimes it felt like summer would just skip a year....
Square eyes
Our eyes grow square as we live through the screens- a world on fire burning holes in our brains. Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu...
Reading in May
- Schoeters Gaea, (2018), Zonder titel #1, Querido. - Pressing Matters - Coronavirus, the Hammer and the dance. (online article) ...
Watchlist May
- Patrik 1,5 - The half of it. - History 101 (Netflix) - A secret love (Netflix) ...
A change of birthday plans
All the plans that we had for my birthday were messed up as both a print workshop and my friends' trip to Sweden got canceled. "So, what do you want to...
Corona quarantine, week 9
It's been...
Jack Kerouac quote
Probably my favorite line ever....
Watchlist April
1. The marriage story (2019) 2. Unorthodox (2020) 3. Valhalla murders (2020, original version) ...
Spring is here, is it?
Only a few weeks ago I was still playing with the ice in that first warm sun of the new year. The movement of melting ice floating on the deep...
Body Play
Body play. Looking for some upside down inside out bending and balance the other way. Eating the dust too sometimes and that’s okay 😄...
Tetra pack printing
It's fun, easy, cheaper than printing with plastic or copper and I really like the dirty effect + I won't be able to get new art materials any time soon...
Reading in April
1. Spinfluence. 2. The printmaking ideas book, Frances Stanfield and Lucy McGeown 3. Chomsky: Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism 4....
Corona quarantine, week 1
It's been a week since my home country, Belgium, went in lockdown. Highways are empty, schools and bars closed and people collected toilet paper for 25 years of loose motions...
Reading in March
- Ons creatieve brein, hoe mens en wereld elkaar maken. By Dick Swaab. (it wasn't finished yet) - Wat is een Kunstenaar/ 33 artists in 3 acts by Sarah Thornton ...
Watchlist March
-Matthias Steiner's emotional weightlifting gold in the 2008 Beijing. -Ludovico Einaudi - "Elegy for the Arctic" - The movies that made us (Home Alone) - Pandemic (Netflix) - Freud (watched 1 episode and not...
Inside my sketchbook- model drawing in Antwerp
Recently I joined an evening of model drawing at DOP platform vzw / Tekentuig - and with all chaos in the world, it feels so long ago, so far...
Inside my sketchbook
Drawing out loud, doodling and getting ideas quickly onto paper before they disappear (and maybe never return!) This one above is a page with sketches for 'The Happiness Factory' a series...
Popping sugar brain
I love chocolate. All chocolate, I thought, until one day I took a bite of an easter egg only to discover a horrendous feeling on my tongue, going all the...
The old + the new
All the things I've learned to avoid as a photographer: dusty negatives, scratches, light leaks or grain,...
The happiness factory
One concept, one sketch, 3 different end results- this is the process behind the Happiness Factory. While my dogs were quietly sleeping in the sun, the loose sketching, the thinking scribbles,...
Blue ice
We drove home after a sunny hike, looking for cabins in the woods. As we had finished the last sandwiches and tea, Joeri decided to take a little nap before...
Watchlist February
1. The L-word, generation Q 2. Wallander- Brandvägg (2006) 3. The mind, explained. (Netflix) ...
Reading in February
Ons creatieve brein, hoe mens en wereld elkaar maken. By Dick Swaab. Maria Lassnig, Ways of being.(Dutch edition) Pressing matters magazine Suster en Wiebke ...
Reading in January:
- I know an artist (the inspiring connections between the world's greatest artists) by Susie Hodge, illustrated by Sarah Papworth - Hockney- Van Gogh: the joy of nature by Hans den...
DIY holiday presents
This year, I decided to make most of the holiday presents myself and these wooden tree decorations were one of the gifts. They are slices of birch wood, painted with...
January movies
1. Rocket man. 2. Handsome devil 3. The untold tales of Armistead Maupin 4. The secret life of pets 2 5. The Laundromat 6. Le jeu ...
-30% at Society6 29/12- 1/1
First of all, a big thank you to everyone who has been supporting my work so far, either through my shop, assignments, on Society6 and even by sharing the links...
Just a perfect day
The air was crisp, the sun was out and I remember saying that it was actually the most perfect day to be outside. I made a walk after sunset but...
November treasures
November treasures with the beautiful work of: GRAFIXX portfolio, skull stickers from Studio Maddy, cards and zine with drawings by Penelope Deltour, thoughtful words by Jens Meijen in 'Xenomorf', colorful and...
Featured in Pressing matters!
The world of ink and print is of unmistakable importance to my work and perhaps even my wellbeing. Big words? In a fast world, the slowness of designing, mixing ink,...
Like OMG
When traveling alone, some things that I might not notice otherwise, push themself to the front of the row to get attention. In this case, the loudest voices that somehow...
Book: Creative calling by Chase Jarvis
Life isn’t about “finding” fulfillment and success – it’s about creating it. Chase Jarvis is a photographer, co-founder of Creative Live, podcast host and much more. Most importantly he's a creator...
Wednesday Wanderings (30), Copenhagen
Something you might not know yet...
Wednesday Wanderings (29)
We wander, driven by a curious fire inside of us hunted by the musts and do's, escaping in a moment of oblivion. The sun was flickering playing hide and seek with light blue...
Wednesday Wanderings (28)
days roll by in summer heat with blue bubbles dancing towards the surface dusty clouds of conclusions evaporate as every cell is liberated ...
Halfway between the gutter and the stars- Yeah!
Tools & textures: - V-shapes gouge. - pencils, I prefer the soft and expressive ones - etching pen - palette knife - printmaking ink: water-soluble at the moment so I can work from home and...
Currently reading: about our lost privacy
*This book by Jan Walraven is written in Dutch and although it's probably not translated, I found it interesting enough to share here on the blog. The title could be...
Alles in Wonderland (Kontich)
a place that is all about creation about inspiration and pancakes and ink mixed with decades of memories. www.academiekontich.be ...
Confessions of a bad immigrant
Immigrants, newcomers, ...
Traveling with a Polaroid camera
I remember standing still in the middle of the enormous exhibition space in Brussels, probably turning a bit pale. Turned around. Mumbled: "I just realize that I forgot to take out...
Wednesday Wanderings (26)- Iceland
Can you see the millions of flies circling around us? Never before did I see such buzzing clouds rising from the grasses. When we arrived at the farm we saw...
That first mark
There is this specific tension, joy, and excitement when starting something new like a lino piece. While I often work without sketches and just start painting and working through the...
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