open days at IJM

please click on the image for the invitation with a wonderful short movie.
(IJM studio will be Open to public on Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 27th from 10.00 till 19.30. If you happen to be in Amsterdam, please pass by!

ijm, day 8

One more picture...

ijm, day 8

Continued making garlands the next day. It's so nice to make... Each time it was a big surprise for me how it would look like once I finished sawing and I could unfold the garland. Not sure yet how to present everything. But you will see it soon! Next week the Open Day Starts.
In the meantime I'll start making a new serie. Show you pictures next week.

ijm, day 4 and 7

After finishing my small "paintings". (see day 1, 2 and 3 at ijm) I first started to paint a part of the wall in more suitable colours. It was almost mintgreen, a colour that was used as a background for a photoshoot. The colour didn't suit very well with the rest of the space.

From day 5 and 6 I don't have any pictures yet. I made drawings on a panel, but somehow I wasn't satisfied and decided to make something completely different: garlands from paper.
I made all the garlands with the help of a handsaw. I like the garlands as much folded as on a wall.

new in my shop (2)

new in my shop (1)

josh blackwell

Works on paper by Josh Blackwell via c.

buttons

Some weeks ago a lady visited our shop. She told me she used to sell all kind of buttons and beads on a small market in Amsterdam. I was very interested in her collection and after that visit she came back to the shop to show me some buttons.
I bought a few and later she invited me at her house to see her whole collection of buttons. It was very nice to visit her at her home.

She had lots of buttons, but in the end I made only a small selection. Shown here are some of the buttons I choose. I like the fabrics and the bee. The last picture shows one glass button and one
from paper, never seen that before.

luckyboysunday

have a look here for more

rain

It's been raining all of the night and all of the day. Wonder when it will stop. But wouldn't it be nice to have one of these....
(can't remember where I saw this link first)

ijm, day 2 and 3

ijm, day 2 and 3