print&pattern - das buch // the book

dieses wunderschöne buch kam gestern ins haus geflattert und hat meinen tag gerettet! endlich ist es da, das buch zum wohlbekannten print&pattern blog, dessen autorin bowie style auch dieses werk zusammengestellt hat. das beste daran: ich bin mit drin, yuhuu! ich freu mich riiiesig und fühle ich mich gleich um welten gesünder. was für eine große ehre zwischen all den vielen wunderbaren künstlern und designern gefeatured zu sein. das buch ist wirklich toll, format, druck, layout, inhalt, perfekt. man kann es hier käuflich erwerben. vielen dank, bowie!
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this beautiful book reached me yesterday and totally made my day! curated by the lovely bowie style, author of the well known print&pattern blog, who was kind enough to include some of my work. i feel so honored to be featured amongst so many wonderful artists and designers. you can get your copy here or here. thank you so much, bowie!

30x30 // galerie merkle // 20. nov. 2009

haaaah, ich komme zu ganix mehr, vor allem nicht zum bloggen! dabei gibts soviel zu erzählen, denn ich war sehr geschäftig die letzten tage, doch nun zunächst dies:
die drucke für die sonderedition (siehe unten) anlässlich der " 30x30 " ausstellung in der galerie merkle sind natürlich läängst fertig, nächste woche ist eröffnung. wer sich in und um stuttgart befindet: hingehen!!
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ah, no time for nothing, especially not for blogging! even though theres so much to tell as i've been quiet productive lately, but now let's focus on this first: the special edition prints (see below) for the "30 x 30 " art show at galerie merkle are done, next week is the grand opening. whoever is in and around stuttgart: be there!!

Dreissig mal Dreissig,
Eröffnung//Opening 20. November, 19.15 h
Galerie Merkle, Galerienhaus, Breitscheidstr. 48, S-West

oh und das hier hab ich auch noch für die ausstellung gemacht:
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oh and i made this for the show, too:

printmaking // week33

no matter how hard i try, seems like i never become a daily blogger! photos piling up in my folders, waiting to be posted, getting old and out of date before time. so, here are some of the pics i took last week while working on new prints in the studio. i wanted to make a new edition of bird prints. except some single prints, all of last years edition sold out. for all the blossom and birds print i have used my big cherry blossom block as a background so far, but i plan to do "bigger" things and projects with it and don't want to spoil it in mini formats. it's my favourite print block, also my biggest one ( see a wall size deco on my flickr )

SO, inspired by a beautiful old japanese brush painting, i made this linocut of a plum blossom twig above. my favourite bird needs a comfy place to rest...



here's the first layer, printed with a light blue on chinese book pages (interestingly from a chinese travel guide to germany!)

then i printed over it again with the plum blossom twig, this time in a transparent, but strong florentian red which gives the whole thing a little more depth.


i don't know how you call this traditional japanese "instrument" for printing. its a strong cardboard covered with banana leaf and is perfect for use when printing fine lined blocks, because you can accentuate pressure and press very gentle.


here's a sneak peek of the little titmouse, the most exciting moment, how did the print come out? are the colors, position, paper right? make up your own mind....



soon to be listed in the shops......

happy weekend, all of you :D

the trouble of choice

49 colors, 49 papers, 49 knives.............i have this pouch since i've been little (well, not that i've grown THAT much..), nowadays i carry my knives in it. and i totally agree with snoopy, the more flavours, the more possibilities you have! happy new perspectives opening up everywhere! so, which one to follow??

i have stocked up with supplies, new inks, stamp materials, paper, etc pp. and now i'm stuck within. it's very inspiring to have all this new stuff on hands, so i always get lost in whatelsestodo, i could try this and that or maybe do something like this...it's neverending!! like an addiction! and s o much fun! as an excuse for my day and night shifts i can say, that i had to pre-work some stuff, as i'm leaving for london on thursday. another event manager job. if it wasn't for the money, i would say: i have better things to do :)






49 colors, 49 inks, 49 stamps, 49 birds, 49 flowers, 49 panda bears, 49 mint leaves, 49 littlest greeting cards. i could not decide for one design so i made them all different in all variations.
you find them any day in my shops... see you there or here next week.

enjoy the flavour of the day!

blue wanda

.....oh and i finally made new prints of wanda, the sweetest little aardvark ever ^_^

work sleep work

it's been quiet a while since my last post - and phhhew, i wonder where i should start now, so much stuff going on !! my shops keep me busy, i'm producing like hell and creating new and more new things everyday. today i can feel it in my bones and i am soo tired. i don't know weekends anymore...

here are some 'old news' from the studio:


thats a new couple of hey bunnies collages! i loooove the gray tones combined with the coral pink. i call them 'raindrops/waiting for'. will list them on etsy later on...


a new style of small moleskines! i have used beautiful japanese papertape on these, comes out really nice! already listed on dawanda.



to make life even more complete, the sun was shining bright the last few weeks, so i spent some time in the garden, planting, watering, seeding, i love it! and the garden is superbeautiful, a real pleasure to wake up every morning and go outside for a cup of coffee between the blossoms and birds.
no need for umbrellas. they are patiently waiting for in rain in front of the door.

the house was already pink and blue when we came there. i can't imagine it any different now. through the little window you can see the lilac tree hugging the elder tree. they are guarding our little house from bad spritis ;)

so far so good. now i'm off to the studio again, working on a big multi-layered linocut print, a comission work for a calendar. my hands and shoulder are already wrecked and hurt, but i enjoy the challenge and I can't wait to see my first test print results! but patience first- and lots of work.