Last Sunday I had the pleasure to experiment a little with print in my studio. I waited this long with this blog post, so that I can show you the finished print – and it took this long to dry. It is my first wood-reduction print, and my second trial with wood. To give you […]
Yesterday the twins went back to school, and I have the morning to myself and for my art again. I was looking forward to some me-time, and imagined setting right to work. But I find I struggle to settle back into routine more than I thought I would. But maybe that is no utter surprise. […]
Mostly for medical reasons (but also because the kids now are on summer holidays) I have been grounded in the house, and couldn’t fly to any heights in my studio. So mostly, I have been writing (in preparation for the next school term in which I am going to teach German to bilingual 7 and […]
A month ago I sent the first copy of 346 to London to the Society of Bookbinders’ Competition. Since then I have not been idle. I am making this an edition of 10. The first two copies come with the model and are printed on handmade Dosabiki Masa Shi paper. Copies 2-10 are printed on […]
Starch paste is absolutely awesome! It is great because it is so very available, the healthiest glue I know (you can literally eat it) and therefore the best glue to use when crafting with kids. It smells better than most glues, and is – within certain limits – reversable. I have written about paste several […]