It is nine o'clock when the carillon of Tall Jan calls me to my atelier... during the evening and night-time Tall Jan only strikes the hours, at 9 a.m. the carillon starts to play its melody and will be 'singing' every quarter of the day. At 9 a.m., the day starts 'for real'... ... so, what … [Read more...]
Daylight saving time & woyww #408
Goodmorning lovelies. As you can see outside my window, it's a bit of a grey morning but we had lovely Spring weather in the last couple of days and I could sit on my balcony for the first time this year. I spend some hours reading and - yay - I got a bit of a tan too! I didn't look around much … [Read more...]
A gift & woyww 400
Goodmorning and Congratulations to Julia, with this 400 woyww post. Wowzah... that's 400 weeks of desk-photos, that's 400 times nosing around in other-one's studios, kitchens, living rooms and other spaces where creative people put their desk or table to work on. I am 'in' since February 2013 (woyww … [Read more...]
… of kings, art materials, new journals and woyww #386
Goodmorning lovelies, welcome to my atelier on yet another 'Workdesk Wednesday'. The atelier is in full swing; I work on several projects at the same time hopping from one page to another. I also bound a new art journal some time ago that I haven't shown yet. Oh, and the mail-man dropped of new art … [Read more...]
{I bound a} New Chronicles Art Journal!
Time flies, and we are only two weeks away from a brand new year! Don't worry now, I won't bore you with 'good-intentions-lists' (which I have not) or wish-lists (which I have a lot) for the new year... instead, I show you the new journal I bound and that I will use as my weekly diary "Chronicles" … [Read more...]
LIVE workshop in Eindhoven
Yep, that's right. I teach a live workshop in Eindhoven on December 6. So DUTCHIES: go to the website HERE to find all the information. If you’re English speaking and want to join, email me at live@maritspaperworld.com See ya! … [Read more...]
Workshop by the Sea
Sometimes things don't go quite the way you thought they would, but by giving it a twist and turning it around you can make them into something even better then you planned in the first place... A disappointing number of three (yes, 3!) people registered for the 'workshop by the sea'. As … [Read more...]