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...

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...

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...

Bandana dog linocut

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...

After the evening of sketching model Trixie, my head felt like it was exploding. Ideas rushing around, screaming for attention. And there is no way ignoring the call of creating...

Paper embossing workshop @ Meken

[caption id="attachment_1180" align="alignnone" width="720"] photo by Meken[/caption] A while ago I got the fantastic tip to visit Meken in Smedjebacken, a village close to where we live. Since I wasn't sure...

Making-of: The Rooftop (video)

I know of leafy paths where shadows go I know where the dim screams drift I am not afraid ...

The rooftop, a story in process

  Day by day, the story shapes itself while a new balance is found between old and new techniques, between new and old ways of working. But the images do not only...

Linocut printmaking & color test

This lino is an exercise to challenge an important crux. The project/zine I am currently working on will be partly screen-printed, a technique that I wanted to learn and use for...