FUN KNITTING

KNITTED CARROTS

KNITTED MUSHROOMS (edible)

KNITTED MUSHROOMS (in the woods)

 KNITTED LEAVES

KNITTED TREE

KNITTED BAGS 

Special knitbags in different stitches and yarn

Leather with thick bouclé yarn

Jaquard knit with leather finishing

Fun jaquard knit with leather finishing

Cable knit with leather

Jaquard knit on small metal purse

BOOK

Blackstocks Collection by Gregory L. Blackstock
Drawings of an artistic savant.
He has used his gifts of extraordinary visual and auditory recall to engage an audience. This book contains of pictorial lists. A retired Seattle potwasher draws order out of all the chaos with pencil, black marker an crayons. It is truly amazing.

A look inside:

CUT OUT Wallpaper project

Started of with cut out (special japanese paper) flowers stalks

Made a placed print in my Texflash Design program

The effect as wallpaper in different colour combinations

 Exhibition Fashion Museum Antwerp

WALTER VAN BEIRENDONCK

Dream The World Awake

I love his details and handycraft

Walls of his inspiration 

Some of his creations (randomly chosen). 2 big rooms full of his designs. A must see !!

There is loads more to see; films, catwalk impressions etc.

It is a great way to spend a day in Antwerp. First start around the corner of the MOMU at Le Pain Quotidien for brunch. After the exhibition visit their bookshop, many great books to look at. And finally walk (8 min) to the best chip shop 'FRITUUR nr1' near the Grote Markt in Antwerp.

DIFFERENT KNIT IDEAS

knitted base for plimsols

knitted base for clogg-boots 

BOOK - In the sea there are crocodilles - Fabio Geda (2011)
Based on the true story of Enaiatollan Akbari.
An inspirational and incredibly moving story of a 10 year old boy's harrowing journey from Afganistan to Italy. Based on his close collaboration with Italian novelist Fabio Geda. He reconstructs the young boy's memories, perfectly preserving the childlike perspective.

PRINTS

Loads of birds being used at the moment for prints (textile and paper).
Here are a few of my allovers:

FIGUEROA HOTEL in L.A.

A beautiful hotel (cuban/mexican style) in downtown LA right in the middle of all the ugly highrisers (Staples/LALive/Espn etc). A perfect oase....

http://www.figueroahotel.com/ 

ROUTE US 395 (CALIFORNIA)

I saw a short film sometime ago about the old cowboy films that were shot in this area (around Lone Pine). I drove this route and you're in the middle of a Lone Ranger setting.

A great place to stay is the http://www.dowvillamotel.com/ 

A mini movie (flipsnap) of the surroundings.....it just keeps rolling on.

OFF THE BEATEN PATH  (California) part 1

OFF THE BEATEN PATH (California) part 2

OFF THE BEATEN PATH ( California) part 3

OFF THE BEATEN PATH (California) part 4

On the road in California
Taken allsorts of snapshots in small towns - cities - back roads

Cycling over the Golden Gate Bridge

Woweee...what an experience! It is a great way to see the bridge and the surroundings. Half way I thought I was in an action movie, a helicopter came flying towards me and then ducked under the bridge and flew out the other side......pfew, the bridge is so high.

Once you are over the bridge, you can end up in Sausalito. A small village - lovely food - flowers - houses. From there you can take the ferry back to San Francisco and have a great view of the skyline .

Linguini with clams

Ceasar Salad

KNIT DESIGN

One of my old knitted jaquard designs(2001) used in a new Oilily cardigan for women/winter 2011 (picture in Oilily Magazine)

SOCK DESIGNS

A few of my 2011 sockdesigns designed for KIDS Oilily winter 2011

NEW HOTSOCKS with cable in Dutch FLOW magazine

In FASHION UNITED

SHOE DESIGN for summer 2010

JAPANESE CARDS

Bought these in a very small junkshop in Kyoto/Japan. I think it is some kind of a cardgame. I love the drawings and colours.

KNITTED WALL (PRINT)

THE SNACK WALL - LLOWLANDS FESTIVAL 2011

FASHION - SHOE ADVERTISEMENTS (1950 - 1960)

TULIPS OF AMSTERDAM - photo + print collages

PRINT and EMBROIDERY

OLD KNIT DESIGNS part 2 - WOMAN

OLD KNIT DESIGNS part 2 - kids

PRINT & EMBROIDERY

Old plant or flower prints, which I change in colour and embroider once printed on paper. A few samples: 

COLOURCOMBINATIONS
A friend of mine gave me a beautiful bunch of flowers. I translated these flowers into some very nice colourcombinations.

HOTSOCK DESIGNS 2011

WOMAN

MEN

SOCK DESIGNS

MY COLLECTIONS 

JAPANESE STATIONARY (etc.)

ALLSORTS OF TAPES

ALLSORTS OF DOLLS

SPECTACLES (reading/sun)

COLOURCOMBINATION

4 different colourcombinations of a wild bunch of flowers.

BOOK - TRACY EMIN - Neal Brown (Tate Publishing) 2006
About Emin's art and examining the influences and spiritual beliefs that have shaped her work.

'Art has always been...a mysterious language. And I'm just not a coded person: I wear my heart on my sleeve, if you like. What you see is what I am'

 Some inside pictures

PRINT DESIGNS for BODYWEAR

Stationary designs

Designed in collaboration with Hilde Tempelman