Meet my litter crew I don’t get it. I just don’t understand how people can throw their trash on the street, the sidewalk, or in the park. But there it is — scattered and drifting through the city — so clearly, plenty of people do it. And I want something to change....
1. The Messy Souvenirs from my trip to Italy — for my sketchbook and my pockets.I have a soft spot for souvenirs, especially the paper kind: a sweet wrapper, a local bread bag, a receipt too pretty to throw away.I love collecting small bits of everyday life abroad,...
1. The Messy Parade Meet this beach beauty. I made her for the illustrated poetry book Eilandgedichten – Island Poems, which I had the joy of creating together with Ian MacMenamin. For this project, I spent a few days on Ameland, collecting and photographing things I...
A short blog with three nice things: one messy, one marvellous, one for the makers. messy – some sketchbook pages or a new character for my messy parademarvelous – a spotlight on a good thing that happened or happensone for the makers – a tip from...
A short blog with three nice things: one messy, one marvellous, one for the makers. messy – some sketchbook pages or a new character for my messy parademarvelous – a spotlight on a good thing that happened or happensone for the makers – a tip for me...
The past few years haven’t been easy. Not for my mother, and not for us. She had dementia — a relentless disease that slowly takes everything away. And then, three and a half years ago, my father passed away unexpectedly. He had given everything to take care of her....
