The Lighthouse Keeper’s cat

‘Eekeemoo in the Cloud City’ is a great adventure sketch book by comic artist and illustrator Willymj. And…. You can enjoy it online! You will find heaps of information in the Butternut interview ‘Willy MJ about eekeemoo’. Read the rest of this entry »

I felt a little blue the last weeks seeing that I can’t really spent too much time on being crafty. So I went online shopping. I bought 3 sewing books to brighten my day… I really love all three of them, and I can’t wait to try some of the projects inside - maybe over Christmas when everything slows a little bit down…
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I am sorry for not writing anything. I was quite busy the last days. Way too many things in my head and too much things changing and shifting around me. I feel quite lost. So I am very happy about my newest discovery ^_^. The Laws of Simplicity, by John Maeda. John - a noted professor at the MIT Media Lab - wrote the book “The Laws of Simplicity” 2005 to early 2006 and continues to develop the thoughts that surround the paradoxically complex topic of simplicity on his blog.

10 rules to live work and design by…
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There is an with interview Keri Smith on lab-zine.com, “…covering a whole big messy palette of topics: street art, blogs, advertising, creative commons, the arranging of books, phenomenology, and the simple pleasure of noticing some of the things under our feet.” Quote lab-zine.com.

It`s great! So go and get the magazine or download the article at lab-zine.com.

“I think this is one of the best interviews i have done. due to the great questions of the interviewer, joseph robertson.” Quote Keri Smith.

Enjoy :-)

I had a busy week trying to get my stuff ready and we had visitors from Germany… Maybe I wont get the 12 things ready till Thursday but I am still trying :-)… I hope to show you some new cushions tomorrow!

So i don`t have much time but I have to share this with you: “Living the Dream With a Day Job” by Summer Pierre. A zine about being an artist with a day job. Summer is giving them away for free for a limited time!
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On my last visit to my second favorite art supplier in Wellington i found this piece of art. You will see it, you will feel it, you will love it. In 2004 the Australian design and art collective RINZEN initiated the Neighbourhood Project. 20 blank hand-made toys were passed around the world being reworked and remade each step of the way by various artist around the world. The book shows the dolls in various steps on their journey.
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Okay! usally we are told to have a visual journal now Keri Smith tells us to wreck it! I love the idea! Since my 12* Series 02 is not improving maybe i should change the Theme… oh i would like to do that…
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