Hello dear readers,
I have been reading many professional blogs lately. I would like to name three blogs that I think you could look into if you are looking for really good content and professional writing and not so much private “qua-quacking”.
a) Decor8
b) Stylebubble
c) DESIGNLOVEFEST.
But even though I love these three blogs and their professional writings and their really interesting pics to look at, I must say that my own work is only brilliant when it is rough and unfinished and drafty. The more I want to be “professional” and likeable, the less I feel I am producing high quality work.
The above draft is my own draft for a laser cut greeting card. I must say it’s rather pitiful compared to the works of others like Lisa Grue who I fell in love with lately. She also writes a really lovely blog, that I recommend you to have a look at. 
So here I am with images from my own work yesterday. And yet I’m still hoping to continue on my road and to be real and to be authentic. And you? Do you relate? 
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Hello dear readers,
this blog has been going for a while but I post rarely and also usualy the blog is just about my own work. Since my pregnancy I have been reading a lot of successful blogs and would therefore like to change it to become more of a “sharing thing”. I will also try to make the categories come out more. I am not yet sure how I will name the categories from now on, but one of them is going to be called “Inspired by”.
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I would like to start this series with Kustaa Saksi from Finnland. Like myself Kustaa Saksi calls himself an illustrator but works across all media (silkscreen, 3D renderings, textiles designs, patterns for walls, etc.). Like myself he wanted to be an architect but wasn’t good in mathematics. And like myself he is inspired by pop art and other directions of the past like art nouveau, as well as the psychedelic art of the 1960s using the bright colours of that time.
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This is where the similarities stop. Kustaa is working with Hugo and Marie, which I think are one of the few really interesting illustration representatives today. He is now already into many great commercial projects like this one in Stockholm. 
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Credits for the on Vimeo: director: Geert van de Wetering, interview: Lotje Sodderland, camera: Niels de Roos, editing: Jorrit Spoelstra.
Protospace in Utrecht where experimentation is possible for young designers.
Maxalot, the pop up gallery in Amsterdam.
Photo of the Stockholm fair are by Tord-Rikard Söderström.
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For anyone interested in ornaments and patterns Rob Ryan is the man to find out about.
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Rob Ryan uses papercuts to make his silkscreens. I tried his technique. He uses a knife with a number three grip and a 10A blade and draws his designs on paper, then he cuts into 80g paper using the blade. Finally his designs are often used for silkscreen printing by spraying them in black spray varnish.
Rob Ryan quote:
“In answer to all your questions, I always use a certain paper to cut on mainly out of habit but just because I just like it ! It is 80gsm uncoated but very smooth stock. We spray using Montana Gold, with a fat cap ! It’s better to put a lot of paint on at once rather than very fine ‘dusty’ coats.
Regarding the printing, we use the original papercuts as artwork , as you would use a film – we expose it directly onto photo emulsion coated screen and then expose to UV etc.”
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I made these cushions with Sayeeda for my shop. 
They are handprinted and each one is a unique design. 
Write an if you would like to learn to make such patterns. I will gladly
teach you how to make patterns that you invent. I can also make the silkscreen fo you. These individual courses can also be held via email. 
It has been difficult for me lately to write something new. My days pass while I hold the baby in my arms. But I did manage to leave the house today. Finally.
It was a firm intention of mine to do something for myself even though the baby is here now and requires a lot of attention. So last week I went to buy myself an iPad. Holly Becker recommended using an iPad to blog in her e-course “Blogging Your Way Bootcamp“. Since I own an iPad I am now able to read blogs from my bed or navigate the internet while feedig the baby. For reading blogs I use the Bloglovin app. Since I have an iPad I have learnt a lot about photography. Retouching photos is very different on the iPad compared to using a PC.
I also bought a new SD-card for my Canon EOS 650D camera which can transfer photos to the iPad using wireless transmission. The card is called . Then there is also the ShutterSnitch app which is used to receive the photos on the iPad before retouching them and saving them on the camera roll. Retouching the photos is done using various apps: I use mainy and .
I also went to meet curator Marlies Wirth from the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts and Contemporary Art, because I would like to write something about Marco Dessi on this blog. Not about his current exhibition, that is now running at the MAK (STILL LIFE), but one that is shown in a shop window at “The Mall – Wien Mitte“. It is a furniture that Marco Dessi designed specifically for the project and is a reinterpretation of an old cabinet by Dagobert Peche. nike air max cheap
I talked to Marlies Wirth specifically about the genesis of this project at “The Mall – Wien Mitte” and how Dessi related to the the ornamental aspects of Dagobert Peches work. I will be writing about this soon.
Nina Levett creates edgy and provocative tableware and textiles. This blog is about her design process and graphics, ornaments, patterns and inspirations.
