'my cards' - from the heart

these cards are one of my favourite images to print: i'm using a different shade for each print, ranging from lemon yellow to flame red to magenta to the softest pink. 
happy valentine's day everyone!


the heart cards are available at the following shops:

a house in south lantau

i was asked to do a custom drawing of a house in south lantau. happily i accepted since i haven't done this since my studies in italy. the house is situated in tai long wan, a quiet village full of lychee trees, barking dogs and old people sitting on benches. while their house is the usual 700square foot/ three storey building, their garden is truly beautiful. it runs over two terraces with a well maintained lawn and trees full of lemons and mangos (in summer that is) as well as vegetable beds. i was so lucky to catch the bauhinia tree in full bloom:) 

for two afternoons i was sitting in this lush garden, with the sketch book on my lap, the sound of the waves in the background, sipping tea (or pink water accidentally) and drawing away. heaven!

here is the finished drawing:

'my cards' for Xmas

this is a card my daughter lucia created. i added cicada wings to the angel. then lucia added some more snow flakes. and in the end she did this fabulous logo on the back of the card. within a minute... not even!

christmas season already starts early november for me, when i begin drawing new christmas cards: i love to collect leaves and insect wings, seeds, even stones. they are most inspiring to me. there's so much beauty in the shapes and forms of nature. if there is such a thing as perfect beauty, this is it.

these are the guide lines after which i create my cards:

---> individually hand printed 

---> in hongkong

---> on recycled paper

---> limited editions of 50 pieces

this way each card is an original! 

because they're all printed by hand, each card differs from the next card. so poke around the prints to see which colour, texture and position of the print you like best! to make sure your card is truly special, there's a limited edition of 50 pieces per design. 

i hope you enjoy writing my cards as much as i enjoy creating them:)

thanks to everyone who have bought my cards - it is such an honour every time! i find it so special that these cards will be send to people you love into the whole world... 

this collection of framed prints is available at 'justGREEN', an organic convenient store on lamma. it is such a nice shop full of light and with a little terrace facing the harbour. the perfect spot to have tea or coffee! 

have a wonderful holiday everyone! 

frohe weihnachten!

'my cards' in singapore

a dear friend of mine is organising a pop up store in singapore. and she asked me to contribute some of my cards - exciting! so i've just finished these xmas cards (achtung early birds!) and two framed prints (a special edition of three prints per design, complete with chop and serial number). they will be for sale at 


'SPUR POP UP' 
57 ENNG HOON STREET 01-82, SINGAPORE.

opening hours: saturday and sunday, 11am - 6pm. 

weekdays by appointment only: please call us on 9673 0673.

... if you happen to be in singapore, please pop by!

'rosine' - back to basics

i have a room of my own now. it makes such a huge difference. it's so good. it's a space to be undisturbed, a space to think in ways i can't do at home (no mommy thoughts), a space to expand, to be quiet... to be loud, a space for expression. it's freedom. the freedom to let it come. whatever wants to come.


   

the first thing to come back is rosine. without digital revision this time. so i'm back to the basics: paper, pencils, ink and water colours. no photoshop, no fb, even the reception for my mobile phone is bad. it couldn't be better! for the last two weeks i've been working on these five illustrations. they are going into the 'mostra degli illustratori" competition of the bologna children's book fair. for me working without digital tools basically means i don't have tools for correction. it's braver because everything counts. every line will just be the way i draw it. it's honest. the beauty about it is that so called 'mistakes' often make the most interesting pictures in the end. it's an amazing feeling. like i didn't do it, i was just the one to hold the pencil.

'from my sketch book' - the summer in germany

there was not a lot of time this summer left for drawing. but there was lots of time for harvesting apricots in the garden, for baking 'apfelstrudel' on a daily basis and plum cake (if you can pronounce the word, which is 'zwetschgendatschi' your german is perfect! or you try samuel's version 'knatschikuchen'), to take walks through green meadows, to see friends and to wait for the stars to come out and the hedgehog rustle through the grass at night .

'my cards' - stamps

i just love stamps! the ones i used for these cards are simply cut out of rubber foam using scissors. and off you go stamping away, spreading the love!

i print all of my cards by hand. colour, texture and placement of the motif vary from card to card. so you will always get an original! all of my cards are printed on recycled paper. 

my cards are available at the following shops in hongkong:

Ellermann

36 G/F Tung Street

(just off Hollywood Rd.)

Sheung Wan

the bookshop mccm creations

G/F HK Arts Centre,

2 Harbour Road

Wanchai