KNIT DESIGNS 1986
I found loads of my designs on photo negatives, these knitted items could be sold again in 2013 with a change of styling.

SILK & PRINTS FROM THE ABRAHAM ARCHIVE: MOMU in Antwerp

During the 1930 Abraham worked with many influential artists: Braque/Chagall/Balmain/Shiaparelli etc.
During the 1950/60 , the famous couturiers Dior/Givenchy/St Laurent and Balenciaga all worked together with the swiss firm Abraham, for exclusive fabrics. The exhibition shows an impressive collection of sample books, couture photographs and textiles.

A beautiful short film on the Barbie Collection

COLOUR COMBINATIONS

Some of my T-shirt prints for POINTER kids

My design of the CAKEWALK BROCHURE SS2013

http://www.cakewalk.nl/image.php

and some prints I designed for the CAKEWALK T-shirts etc.

BOWIE

David Bowie is faster than sound - a major exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London 23 March -11 August 2013.

Last week I visited the exhibition and it was spectacular. The story - the presentation - the sound - the advanced audio guide system and 3D sound experience made it a sonic and visual spectacle. A must go !!

BOOKMAKING

Designed the logo and the print and made these booklets by hand

  SUMMER PRINTS

SOCKS+TIGHTS for all sizes

TIME FOR A GOOD READ

THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK - Matthew Quick
A touching and quirky debut, utterly original, really delightful. I just wanted it to go on....

LONG HALFTIME WALK - Ben Fountain
'The Catch-22 of the Iraq War'. An important book about war and the world we live in.

AFTER THE WORKSHOP - John Mcnally
'A swift, wicked and very funny book about what writers do when they're not writing'. A story full of biting humor about how hard it is to meet your own great expectations.

I love bold prints, here are a few I placed in a homey surrouding:

In the 1960 there were loads of pinafor dresses and trousersuits. I took some base designs from old Vogue patterns and placed some of my bold designs :

I found some of my old knitting patterns and placed them in a happy family photo

COLOURCOMBINATIONS

I love playing with different colourcombinations

HOTSOCKS at the MAISON ET OBJECT PARIS - 18/22 jan 2013

SOCKS - SOCKS - SOCKS
Some of my new designs :

Last September I visited TOKYO + KYOTO :

 MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!

HOTSOCKS in the Libelle / a Dutch Magazine 

TIME FOR HOTSOCKS - this week in the FLAIR

I love embroidery and try to find special vintage pieces. A few samples from my collections

CHECK OUT my new blog (in collaboration with my sister)

http://www.twocookies.nl

We made this stopmotion movie by ourselves. With cut-outs - knits - drawings - special paper etc. While we were moving the objects around, the photographer Lo Andela was clicking away (100 photo's a page).

This is our logo

 Designed by Peter te Bos / Twizter

BOOK - WONDER  R.J.Palacio

' My name is August. I won't describe to you what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it'a probably worse '
WONDER is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut.

 10 day trip to TOKYO + KYOTO

I made 2 books for a dear friend of mine , Ruby Brown : a WINTER BOOK and a tiny book full of pictures I took at the Pitti Filati / Yarn Fair this summer in Florence.

The making of....

Some inside pages of the WINTERBOOK

I have finished a PRINT COURSE for a week in Brighton. Very inspiring and wonderful, organized by KNIT-1. I made many pictures and will post some later. Here you can have a preview

http://www.daisychainknit-1.blogspot.co.uk/ 

My design for the CAKEWALK stand at the Kleine Fabriek  Fashion Fair 08 - 09 july in Amsterdam/ The Netherlands.

The wall has one of my prints (used in the clothing only enlarged). The inspiration wall with real flowers + the big white flowers I made by hand.

A picture of my living room where I constructed the big flowers

Starting working on the inspiration wall with cut outs and real flowers in small plastic tubes stuck to the wall.

SELF-MADE BOOK

I was asked to design an inspiration book for a new company (boys clothing) Pointer. I made it by hand, here a sneak preview.

http://www.kidsmagazine.nl/p/21/561/comeback-voor-pointer

An article in the SUSIE MAGAZINE about RUBY BROWN

My first harvest of the year - on my small balcony in the centre of Amsterdam

They are growing in between this patch