Ik ben altijd al gek van boekjes geweest: lezen, door tijdschriften met mooie prints bladeren, fotoboeken en art journals maken. De geur van papier, inkt en verf, het fysieke gevoel van bladeren en naar mooie […]
Category Archives: bookmaking
Bookmaking: Finished journal with kraft paper
Oh yeah, I had a lot of fun making my first book for The Art Journal Project with Michelle Schratz. I used up a little of the enormous heap of kraft paper that I’ve been […]
Slow Art Party: Roe
This week’s natural pattern in the Slow Art Party, hosted by Amy Maricle of Mindful Art Studio, was Roe. Roe is the ripe eggs of fish and certain marine animals, according to wikipedia. We started […]
Slow Art Party: Wrack
This week’s theme for the Slow Art Party was Wrack. Wrack is a kind of seaweed, it’s the kind that washes up the shores of the Netherlands frequently so this was a pattern that was […]
Second junk journal made from a Flow Magazine
Earlier in May I wrote about making a journal out of a repurposed Flow Magazine. Well, I made another one and this time smaller in width as I wanted to make it fit in a […]
Botanical junk journal made from a Flow Magazine
I have piles and piles of Flow Magazines at home. I used to buy them every time a new issue came out and later on I was gifted a subscription. Last year I decided to […]
Sketchbook tour
I just flicked through my blogposts and noticed that I haven’t done a sketchbook tour in ages so about it’s high time I showed one. This is a non-sewn art journal I made in the […]
Bookmaking: rebound books
Last weekend I visited a friend in the country and I love to go to the thrift store over there. Thrift stores in Amsterdam and other big cities are no fun anymore as the prices […]
Week 6: Zines
Jawel, week 6 (en tevens de laatst week) van The Kick Art E-beat course van Marenthe Otten ging helemaal over het maken van ‘zines’ of accordeonboekjes. Een zine is een afkorting van magazine, het is […]