The days are getting shorter and darker. Inside it is warm and cozy, and the lovely gift season is coming closer! For the month of December I designed a special wrapping paper that suits both the Christmas and the Dutch Sinterklaas gift traditions. This atmospheric illustration is printed in sheets of 50 x 70 cm, on a solid quality matte paper. Find it in my shop!
Schobbejacques at Rijksmuseum!
exhibition
PENSELEN IN HET RIJKSMUSEUM
22.09.2016 - 17.02.2017
RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM
Some of the original illustrations of Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten are now on show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam! In de beautiful building of the Teekenschool you can see the original artwork of seven award-winning books. The aim is to offer picture book illustration a platform and to learn children to look at art through the artwork they know from their own children's books. Entry to the exhibition is free and open daily from 10:00 to 16:00.
In December I'll give a drawingclass for children at the Teekenschool. This is already fully booked.
White Ravens
So proud to tell you that my book 'Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten' got selected for The White Ravens! The White Raven label is given to books that deserve worldwide attention because of their universal themes and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design.
Each year the language specialists (Lektoren) at the International Youth Library (IYL), in Munich, Germany, select newly published books from around the world that they consider to be especially noteworthy. This list of books is compiled into the annual White Ravens Catalogue, which will be introduced at the Frankfurter Buchmesse and later at the Bologna (Italy) Children's Book Fair. This years catalogue include 200 titles in 42 languages from 60 countries. A total of nine books in Dutch and one Frisian book received a White Raven.
Schobbejacques at the Stedelijk Museum
exhibition
THE BEST DUTCH BOOK DESIGNS 2015
26.08 - 30.10.2016
STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM
Annual presentation of the most outstanding book designs of the previous year (2015). A Dutch-Flemish jury selected fifty books: 33 Dutch publications and 17 Flemish titles, and Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten is one of them!
Some beautiful words of the jury:
First and foremost the colour palette is a big succes, with those deep purplish orange and greenish shades. Together they conjure up a wondrous imaginary world. This really appeals to the imagination sums up the general view. It's a real tour de force to print these woodcuts in waterless offset. It's just fantastically well printed. Everything about this book is right.
Parelgoud
exhibition
PARELGOUD
25.06 - 02.10.2016
MUSEUM ARNHEM
This fancy display of Museum Arnhem shows you the hand-printed edition of Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten. The book is part of the retrospective Parelgoud. Plaatsmaken for artists and art on the occasion of 30 years Plaatsmaken. A beautfiful exhibtion about printmaking.
Vlag en Wimpel 2016!
Very proud to receive a "Vlag & Wimpel" (Dutch illustration commendation) for my first book Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten. I feel very honored with the beautiful words of the jury! Read them over here (in Dutch only).
Thanks Uitgeverij Loopvis, to go with me on this adventure.
And thanks Stichting CPNB and the judges, for giving me this recognition and encouragement to continue on this path.
new work
A client asked me to make something for a vet, inspired by her logo with a dog, a cat and a rabbit. I made this series of three illustrations, with each animal in its own little world.
FREE SHIPPING
Ohlala! This week you don't pay the shipping costs when you order for at least €15 in my shop.
Just enter FREESHIPPING when checking out.
note: This offer is valid until Sunday the 24th of April.
book presentation and workshop at Huiszwaluw
12 March 2016
On Saturday the 12th of March Huiszwaluw and Uitgeverij Loopvis organize a special afternoon. Come and be enchanted by the story of Schobbejacques and seven goats by Merlijne Marell. And seize this opportunity to turn your copy of this wonderful book into a collector's item, with a personal illustration of Merlijne. Or join the walk-in workshop, where you easily create a beautiful diorama, in a glass jar, cigar box or carton.
12.03.2016 | 15:30
Huiszwaluw, Hoogpoort 3b, Ghent
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Best Verzorgde Boek 2015!
22 February 2016
Whoopee, Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten is one of the Best Dutch and Flemish Book Designs 2015!
Publishers, commisioners, designers, printers and binders have submitted books that appeared in 2015 amounting to 410 books in total. They were judged by a Dutch-Flemish panel consisting of Carolien Glazenburg (curator at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Wouter Roelants (bookseller and publisher), Luc Derycke (designer, Ghent), Koen Brams (former director Jan van Eyck Academie & former chief editor De Witte Raaf) and Freek Kuin (creative director at printer robstolk®). The books that they have selected distinguished themselves conspicuously by their editorial choices, graphic design, treatment of images and text, choice of material and technical workmanship. www.bestverzorgdeboeken.nl/
book launch
10 January 2016
On Sunday the 10th of January the new edition of Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten will be presented at Bos & Heij, Arnhem. You are invited to raise a glass with us in the brand new Bos & Heij cafe. I will read a fragment of the story and former Introdans dancer Karin Lambrechtse brings Schobbejacques to life in a villainous dance improvisation. Of course it is possible to buy the book and get your copy signed on the spot.
book presentation: 10.01.2016 | 15:00 - 16:00
Bos & Heij, Kerkstraat 36, Arnhem
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Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten
December 2015
Hooray! My book Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten is now available in a new edition, published by Uitgeverij Loopvis. This edition is beautifully offset printed in bright pantone colors and with respect for the environment. It has a hard cover and cloth spine with a manual screenprint on it.
Order your copy here.
