Cycle to Delft and back.

I was fascinated by this pony's eating skills (video coming up soon). 

An angelpony. 

Browns.

Beautiful green head.

Inside of Royal Delft. 

Royal Delft building with splashed windows. 

Mirrored sunset. 

“You are a mashup of what you let into your life.”
- Austin Kleon


(But sometimes it's very hard to make some things get out.)

El trasbordo de la amarilla.

I spent some days in Barcelona but my camera battery ran out, so you'll have to wait for the analogue results. This is one of the few photos I did manage to take before the camera passed out.

There used to be a story written on the beams of this long, long tunnel, which made the walk through it less claustrophobic. It was not before long they painted over it. Yes, white, clean beams is a better idea, for sure.

Good morning with "Dropkin".

By Sarah Guindon.

Dropdropdrop, crycrycry, boohoo, bahahaha, hahahah.

Love the audio work, too.

Weekend when all in the house is fruit and frozen bread.

Opening of the new art space Garage Rotterdam for which Koehorst in 't Veld 

have done the graphics.

Interesting optical illusion by Inti Hernández.

Conxa found this intact parcel on the market. The receipt was still inside dated from 1964. 

The threads were matching the fabrics. 

Another crochet session. How to avoid the piece getting wavy? I will have to find out.

Saturday guests (crochet in left corner, getting bigger by the day). 

Sunday lunch. 

My favourite line from Last Tango in Paris. 

The Dreamers.

Watch this movie. 

Dreams are indispensable.

This is the illustration I submitted for the next Bolo Magazine themed Dreams are indispensable. I don't know if it will be published yet, so fingers crossed!

A day like today.

A day like today doesn't happen very often. Not much to report, but feel I should post today just because it only happens every four years. So here's a mole constellation I find beautiful.

Found here: http://www.jpeg-heaven.com/post/8082203319

Katja's crochet experiments.

As I mentioned, Katja's crocheting experiments deserve their own post on the blog. I think they are super funky and beautiful! They remind me of the work of Sheila Hicks that I saw some weeks ago at the Boijmans. 

The Plant Journal sneak peek.

Here's a little sneak peak of The Plant Journal magazine. These images are taken from http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/the-plant-journal-2.html

This issue comes with advice for taking care of a Monstera Deliciosa. 

The Plant Journal - interview with Piet Oudolf.

Finally! I received my issue of The Plant Journal magazine for which I've been collaborating. For this issue I interviewed Piet Oudolf together with the landscape architect Peter Veenstra.

The photos for the interview with Piet are by Ivo van der Bent.

Chris Kabel is also in there, introducing his Hidden Vases:  

Photo by Mathijs Labadie.

The magazine looks stunning. Go get yourself one!

http://theplantjournal.info/

What to do with your old t-shirts.

The workshop I did with Phil in Barcelona got me enthusiastic about learning how to crochet. After a month I had forgotten about everything I learned that evening, so I decided to organize a workshop here in Rotterdam to get some more practice. It was a small but cosy group of us. I initially thought we would figure how to do it ourselves, there are plenty of videos and blogs about it on internet. But Katja happens to be a crochet super-pro who taught us all very patiently and kindly. Thank you so much, Katja! 

Her crocheting experiments deserve a separate post on this blog. I was very impressed. 

First you need to cut up your old t-shirt in a spiral, to get a long, thin piece of fabric. The seams are a bit annoying, but you'll have to be into a scruffy look while crocheting old t-shirts. Critina cut thinner strips than
me, which makes the structure of the stitches more visible and dainty, but you advance a bit slower than with thicker pieces of fabric. 

Katja teaching us how to start off. (You get a peek of her crochet experiments on the left). 

This is how the string / fabric should be looped around your hand when starting. 

Carmen's first stitches!

Katja could crochet blindfolded. She made this in about 2 minutes. 

Giggle-giggle.

Cristina's crocheting coming along nicely (until it started going wild).

Carmen used a different kind of fabric that threaded a bit. I thought it looked nice, it had a little red halo of threads!

Figuring out what we can use our crocheting for. 

Crispis' crocheting gone wild and wavy!

My unfinished little basket made with Simon's old t-shirts. Thank you, Simon!

Cristina decided to undo her wild little crocheted piece and give it a second go when she got
home and... voila! A lovely little basket to keep little treasures!

Here are some very clear crochet instructions for beginners. Numbered in Comic Sans. Thanks, Phil!