Handmade Gifts 2

Upon his request, I made a needle felted woodpecker for my husband, John. I also made a house for the little bird. John has only seen pictures of his present, because we are out of town and I didn't bring it with me.

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Handmade Gifts 1

This year I made a Waldorf Doll for my daughter's Christmas. I took a workshop with Beatriz Smith at the Brooklyn Waldorf School, and over the course of 8 weeks, I made the doll. Here are some pictures.

She named her Rosie.

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Sergio's Picture Book Lists

Sergio Ruzzier invites people who love picture books to send him a list with ten of their favorite picture books, for kids (or not). The books can be from any time and any country.You can be an author, an illustrator, an editor, an art director, a bookseller, a librarian, an agent, or anyone who has a passion for picture books. I sent him my list. To see the books I chose, go to Sergio's blog.

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BMD on SLJ

If you missed the Book Maker's Dozen Panel discussion at the Powerhouse Bookstore last Thursday. You can see it now, here, thanks to the School Library Journal Blog post.

Book Maker’s Dozen Hosts First Exhibit from School Library Journal on Vimeo.

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Brooklyn Public Library Interview

Book Maker's Dozen

Thirteen children's book illustrators have joined forces to create fun events around their artwork and books.

We, (yes, I am one of them) have a blog now, an Etsy shop, and many fun events coming up; including a panel discussion at Power House Books in DUMBO. Thank you John Rocco, for making this happen.
Here's who we are, with links to our respective websites.

• Aileen Leijten
• Boris Kulikov
• Brett Helquist
• Brian Floca
• Dan Yaccarino
• David Gordon
• John Bemelmans Marciano
• John Rocco
• Peter Brown
• Sean Qualls
• Selina Alko
• Sergio Ruzzier
• Sophie Blackall

Come join us on December 2nd!

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Do you want to know more about Belgium?

In case you didn't know. I grew up in Belgium.

Do you want to know more about Belgium? (subtitled NL/FR) from Jerome de Gerlache on Vimeo.

Johan Ku

A very dear friend turned me on to the fabulous creations of Johan Ku.  Ku was born in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1979. He started his career as a graphic designer but went on to get a BA and an MA in Fashion and textile design. He started his own studio in 2005 and is currently based in London.

His signature, sculpture like dresses are true works of art.

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I'm in the movies....

Doing a drawing Demonstration.

If you haven't seen the show yet. It's still up in the Brooklyn Public Library until the end of the year.

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Pencil Sculptures

This morning, I found these images in an email from my sister.
The artist who makes these tiny sculptures out of the graphite tips on pencils, is called Dalton Ghetti. Needless to say, Mr. Ghetti has magical fingers. What beautiful tiny creations he makes! I looked him up and found more information on the Kidrobot blog.
Ghetti was born in Brazil and is now based in Connecticut, he apparently does this as a side project, next to being a professional carpenter. He has been perfecting his art for the last 25 years and has never sold one sculpture. He gives them away to friends...

 These kinds of finds inspire me and make my days happier.

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