Fenne Kustermans illustration, making buttons, handmade pins, drawings, printmaking, www.Fenne.be

Magic Machine

  One of the fun things of being a maker is that exciting moment when the final product is ready. When sketches become a real drawing or painting in a frame,...

Sketchbook Falun model drawing, www.Fenne.be

Inside my sketchbook

I was ecstatic when Joeri found a model drawing session at the museum in Falun which is about 1h drive but so far the only place where I found something...

Kitty Crowther lecture + exhibition, Uppsala, Sweden, 2019, www.Fenne.be

Kitty Crowther, Uppsala

With sleepy eyes, I checked my phone that morning. Just before getting out of bed and getting started with the day. We already had plans, but suddenly I saw an...

Grief, loss of dogs, www.Fenne.be

Grief didn’t swallow me

Even when you expect it in some way, having to say goodbye always comes as a shock. Suddenly any later, any plans or dreams get canceled and although I couldn't...

#FridaysForFuture, climate action strike, Stockholm March 2019, Klimatstrejk, Greta Thunberg, www.Fenne.be

Fridays for Future, March 15, Stockholm

A long bus trip brought me from postcard Dalarna with snow on the roofs all the way to a gloomy Stockholm where the rain would accompany all day during the...

Cold winters & skincare

By no means am I a beauty/make-up blogger or expert. On the contrary. Although I like to put on some eyeliner or eyeshadow, most days I don't do more than...

Textures of Gotland, nature photography Sweden, Visby, traveling, artist, Europe, www.Fenne.be

Textures of Gotland

They say that spring is the nicest moment to visit Gotland, when there are flowers everywhere. My curiosity couldn't wait several months and it has this peculiar preference for the...

I don't like Mondays, Brenda Spencer graphic novel, true crime story, visual art, www.Fenne.be

I don’t like Mondays

Forty years ago, on Monday, January 29, 1979, a 16-year-old girl took a rifle and fired thirty times at the elementary school across her house. She killed two people and...

Wednesday Wanderings 22, wanderlust, nature photography, hiking in Sweden, life with dogs in Sweden, www.Fenne.be

Wednesday Wanderings (22)

Wandering around I wonder what would these colors taste like? It looks like strawberry and peach flavored marshmallows exploded because of the vibrant winter sun. The dogs have their own idea of good...

Winter in Sweden, wednesday wanderings in the forest and around the lakes, slow living, nature lover, artist, www.Fenne.be

Wednesday Wanderings (21)

Winter finds its reflection in melting snow becoming ice, disappearing, low sun bursts through blue air, lighting the bubbles that are caught in the frozen lake, silence until spring, it almost feels...

Countryside living in Dalarna Sweden, photographer artist Sweden, nordic nature photography, www.Fenne.be

Wednesday Wanderings (20)

A bit sooner than I expected, a brand new year stumbled upon my horizon and entering my life and mind like the bright sun on a cold winter day. December was...

Antwerp Polaroids, street photography, travel Europe, Belgium, www.Fenne.be

Antwerp in Polaroids

Walking the long road home. Drifting the ever changing streets where the soul remains. Wandering around years of memories. In Antwerp.  ...

The Curious Wanderer Collection

Can you hear the early birds singing their song, can you see the ants quickly crossing the narrow path through the forest? Perhaps you can smell the deep green pines....

Early morning swim in the lake, Sweden, Dalarna, freedom, gopro, www.Fenne.be

Early morning swim in the lake

A jump into refreshing freedom. A bubbling world out of this world. Far from everything, detached, and yet ultimately connected. ...

Summer evenings

I stopped counting the mosquito bites a few sunsets ago and instead scratch them without thinking. But you know when I think about the mossies the most? When they are not...

Learning something new: making spoons

Diogo is a very skilled guitar builder who works with European woods- so lots of experience with wood, something I don't know much about, but one can always learn from...

Inside my sketchbook

It's been a while since I posted my sketches. Some days I forget, but now it's also been a while since new ones found their way to the good old...

Wednesday Wanderings (18)

While I'm typing on my laptop, thinking back about the past week, grey drops of rain fall from the sky and do their very best to hold on to little...

Wednesday Wanderings (17)

Under a blue sky, the water levels are rising everywhere around us. Snow and ice from a long and cold winter melts into creeks and rivers, all the way back...

Not all there is to know, we can see.

There is an emptiness, a void, that has to be filled with the wild air that wanders from the mountains back to the sea. We watch but don't see what...

Wednesday Wanderings (16)

Most of the time there is no need to travel far away to be able to get lost. It only takes some boots, a camera or a sketchbook to wander...

Wednesday Wanderings (15)

There is no way to deny it, Spring is taking over from Winter. And I must admit, I'm not entirely ready for this bright white world to melt into a...

Vegan fika cookies

Here in Sweden, the fika-break almost seems like a holy moment of the day where people stop working, make some coffee (or tea) and have something sweet with it- mostly cinnamon...

Wednesday Wanderings (14)

  So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation,...

Wednesday Wanderings (13)

One morning after waking up (that takes some time you know), I felt something had changed. The sun was out, the light was different and the air was suddenly softer....

Wednesday Wanderings (12)

I can't move. An extremely tired dog is sleeping on my feet. And interrupting that would be a crime against cuteness.  I sit on my bed with my computer on...

#MarchMeetTheMaker the unlimited where.

MMTM, aka the no-secrets-month! It's been one week into the #MarchMeetTheMaker challenge where every day you get a prompt that will ask you to share something about yourself and/or your work....

Wednesday Wanderings (11)

Last week was a bit of a quiet week without much wandering around in the woods. Instead, I did everything to not get sick like Joeri (at least one person...

#MarchMeetTheMaker

Because I feel like I never know enough makers, because I love to find new creators and because I love to see what others bring to life. Enough reasons for a...

Wednesday Wanderings (10)

It's this strange and tricky weather where, from inside, you get the feeling that there is a hint of spring weather in the air. The sun is shining, happy birds...

Living abroad: lost in word soup

Have you ever heard of Neder-Swengelska? No? It's what I currently speak fluently. It's an interesting and creative mix of Dutch, Swedish and English and the cool thing is that it has...

Wednesday Wanderings (09)

When we drive from our little village in the woods to Stockholm, it's like entering another world. Perhaps, in a way, a world that we know. A place of energy...

The stories are in the scratches

It's almost midnight and I am staring at my glowing screen, being painfully aware of a headache that has been following my every move the whole day. Normally I wouldn't be...

Wednesday Wanderings (08)

I'll admit, I am obsessed with ice and its textures, so I just post all the photographs I took at this little waterfall :-)  -- don't say I didn't warn...

Wednesday Wanderings (07)

After weeks without sunlight, our black and white world was suddenly an attractive explosion of the most beautiful colors. Hellow blues and oranges and hints of pink! We made some raisin...

Linocut experiments

When I was in Belgium a few months ago, I bought a few different types of lino to experiment with. Since this type was much softer than the one I...

Wednesday Wanderings (06)

What comes first, the weather or your mood? Or is it the mood that decides your interpretation of the light? Most days, foggy and dark weather makes me happy but in...

Inside my sketchbook

We don't meet as often as I would like, the sketchbook and I. The cold winter days are short and dark and I'm struggling to fit everything that I want...

Wednesday Wanderings (05)

Snow and more snow, gently smothering all sounds, covering all the colors. What remains is an almost black an white world. Until, perhaps, the sun comes out. Surrounded by more snow than we can...

Wednesday Wanderings (04)

I wonder sometimes if I take too many photographs. I try to leave my camera at home when it's raining or really (but really) dark. At the same time, I...

Wednesday Wanderings (03)

Ice, snow and a lost dog under a bright glowing sky, [caption id="attachment_2066" align="alignnone" width="720"] I hope you find your way back, doggo![/caption]  ...

Wednesday Wanderings

I am a bit late but never too late to wish you a very happy new year with lots of adventures, friendship, love and a good health. The past week we've...

Santa Lucia & Lussekatter

The 13th of December, there is a bit of extra light on these dark Swedish days when Saint Lucy's day is celebrated. Sparkling candles and of course saffron buns! Last...

Inside my sketchbook

  During October, I've been experimenting a bit with ink for Inktober- an inky challenge for one month. Last year it worked out rather well, but this year I...

Ceramics workshop | Borlänge

I started something new and exciting! When a friend told me about a course in ceramics, I was sold right away. ok, it's all in Swedish and I have to drive...

Inside my sketchbook

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation. Henri Cartier-Bresson ...

Sundays are for pancakes :-)

... and trying something new! Still prefer my coconut sugar but interesting to try this Norwegian thing called Namdalsgomma. It's some kind of soft cheese with hints of cardamom and cinnamon....

How to make a human ice lolly?

 Step 1: invite some friends up north Step 2: go out on a brisk day and give them a paddle Step 3: wait until frozen. Just kidding. Thanks for visiting!!...

Road trip Norway with a Volkswagen California campervan, www.fenne.be

La vache qui rit. Joeri qui ne rit pas.

I remember us looking at all the cars climbing the Trollstigen, a scenic road in Norway, and laughing at each other saying: "No, we're not crazy, we are not going...

Picking berries and mushrooms

Berry-picking is probably the opposite of a normal hike in many ways. While hiking, our gaze seeks for the horizon, for far away sights and a calm blue relief from...

Flatruet, Jämtland (Sweden), Road trip Sweden with dogs, nature photography, drone photography, www.Fenne.be

Flatruet, Jämtland (Sweden)

Warning: Pictures overload possible :-) After a few weeks with friend visiting our new home, we got itchy. Itchy for the road, for freedom and travel. We packed our bags (and dog...

Finishing the ceramics

Do you remember the super cool birthday gift I got? In May we didn't only eat way too much delicious Belgian pie, more importantly we also attended a workshop ceramics in...

Art & Antwerp: Antwerp Masters 2017

The opening of the Master exhibition by Sint Lucas school of arts and the Royal Academy of Antwerp was something I was looking forward to for months!  As an alumni...

In the land of the midnight sun.

The longest day has passed and the shortest season, summer, introduced itself with a glowing sun just behind the horizon.  Some people say that from now on it all goes...

How to find your creative muse.

What is it that keeps your inspiration going? What topic can you always write or blog about? Or who inspires your paintings or makes you grab your camera? Or do...

Secret hiding spot & loppis treasures

Now the ice has melted and winter is chased away by the midnight sun, my secret hiding spot by the lake is back. A little dock surrounded by singing reed...

Spring road trip video

We packed our bags and drove south on the new energy of early spring. While up here the snow just started to melt and showing the very first cautious signs...

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