Game of cards

For a birthday girl I made a set of cards and a kind of case for them. The cards I painted pink and the dots I stencilled with two greys.
In a group effort they werd made into a Go Fish game. All the subjects werd related to the birthday girl.
The case is also stencilled with dots, bookbinding linen for the outside and thin cardboard for the inside.

Denmark journal and some pics

For this holiday journal I simply converted a small red ring binder (for bank statements) in a journal by covering the cover with some lovely paper from Flow.

Lovely made coffee at Ballen

Ebeltoft

At Nyborg castle

Nyborg city

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aeroskobing

Marstal church

Stencil fun

My table at M's studio. So comfortable  to have that much space.

Stencil fun part 2

Some of the painted pieces of paper are finished. I'm very happy with the result. I was kind of addicted to spray paint, but I enjoyed working with paint and make up sponges very much. It's a slower way if working, it was a bit zen.

The last assessment of my second year at the Art Academy

Works I made for the last assessment. My theme was 'motherhood'. The things I made are very personal, but they were the only things I could do. Because for the last two years now at home we have to deal with a (now) seventeen-year old daughter who thinks her parents are a nuisance. So therefore one of the things I made was a coat with the 'hard' outside of a reptile, but at the same time it's very weak because of the easy ripping of the seams. And the left side, the heart, is in red, so vulnerable.

 An overall view of the exhibited works at the Art Academy

 A 'torso' with a heart of stone

 On the tea towel I pinned a collage: She had too many ideas for herself

 My apron and an apron I made from my daughters old jeans - tied together for ever. I also attached an old key with a label 'trust' I found somewhere in my stash

This is a happy collage. With red thread I traced my walk through Amsterdam - free to do whatever I wanted, no comments, no judgements

I'm curious to see if next year my feelings and theme will be the same. Actually, I'm hoping for more 'happy collages'.

Painting away

I had a lovely afternoon in M's studio which she so kindly made available to me while she's on a holiday.
A lot of room, tools and materials: a proper studio! So I cut and  painted some large pieces of paper that I want to stencil on later.
Nice music on the radio. And I could sing as loud as I wanted!
My kind of heaven.

Charcoal drawings

 

 

 

 

More exercises in drawing people. It's fun to do, but very hard to get the proportions right. I like the way you can use charcoal.

Spray painted folder

Another spray paint project: On decorated paper-paper I used different stencils and sewed it on a cut out folder. It was meant as a small extra gift for a friend of mine.

Cards for sale

These are some of the cards now for sale at my local florist shop De Bloemenweide. They are printed on a gelatin plate with plant leaves and small twigs etc. and sewn on thin cardboard.

Also my Çolour my day-booklets (with spray-painted covers) are for sale. I'm very excited about it, since this is the first time I'm trying to sell some of my work. I have no idea if it will work out. But I'm grateful to the owner of De Bloemenweide that she will have a go at it.

She's mine!

At last I bought myself the Raskog cart from Ikea. I had my eye on it for a long time, especially the blue one, but I found the price a bit too high. This one is from the bargain corner and it's sand coloured. But hey, it isn't always about the looks. She holds my stuff perfectly. (I don't know why it's a she for me...)