maandag 18 juli 2022

Golden sun

This week I waited for some amazing sunsets, yes waited because it was slow going. But pretty spectacular with a golden lining...


Some golden and yellow painted paper inspired me to make a sun for you. There is something about paper, colour and shapes that makes me happy, maybe because it is so unpredictable:






 

maandag 11 juli 2022

Natural plant colours

 


These are all jars of plant material with water, to let the sun and warmth extract the colours. I took this photo on FLORIADE Expo, where there was a pavillion built like this. It is called Shade by Nature and is a project by the Almeerse Wolunie, a society of wool-lovers. 

I liked the design, the colours, the process and the idea of finding natural colour. Inspirational...

maandag 4 juli 2022

Plant roof

 This Tiny House was designed for the horticultural magazine Groei en Bloei, made of wood and the roofs were covered by plants. I loved this colour combination, it was all happy, fresh and bright. It can be seen at FLORIADE Expo in the Netherlands until October.

I tried to capture the colour combination with some pencils: