Needlework with the youngest

I came across this book a while ago. The book shows patterns and examples for needlework classes at primary school. In fact I recognize a lot of items I made at primary school. For instance, the last picture! I had to make that one in the colours red, white and blue, the Dutch flag.

Encyclopedic body parts

Mama's boy

My son turned 5 today! Especially for that occasion another vintage schoolbook.

Recycling cans

This Esty seller from Hong Kong has found a beautiful solution to help recycle. He uses sodacans for his little sculptures. He combined the concept of origami and sculpture to create a figurine that is built entirely using origami skills (no screws or glue is used). Check the website for more photos and details.

Franz Liszt

Vintage book about the life and works of Franz Liszt. The photographs in the book are beautifully printed, they almost look silvery.

First year in college

First year in Art college meant a lot of experimenting with material, colour, shapes and subjects. An interesting, difficult but exciting year.

The Pretentious Tricholoma

Pen drawings by Liliana Teixeira

The Pretentious Tricholoma lives in the woods in the middle of Portugal. He likes his pipe, his house which seems to grow new rooms every year, and drawing and documenting the beings he only ever sees briefly from the corner of his eye, before disappearing without a trace.

More vintage items

A few snapshots from vintage items in our home.

Packing without travelling

As a thrifter and collector I used to collect old trunks and suitcases. Not anymore though, they take up too much space!

Querty

Vintage typewrites are always beautiful items in my opinion, and this one especially; my grandfather used this typewriter to type his letters on.

Learning to read safely

My friend Marina, whom I know ever since preschool, sent me these scans. Our old teacher gave her this teaching aid, it's the one we learned to read with.
I can still remember the first words we learned, in my memory they were on the chalkboard for ages:
BOOM, ROOS, VIS, VUUR, MIEP, KEES, SCHOOL, RAAM, BOEK, BEL