A new season is here! Today we welcome autumn, the season of abundance, harvest and cosiness! I’ve made an autumn wreath with dried flowers in warm autumn colors, collected from the garden. It was such a simple but yet delightful thing to do! “Oh, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my…
I’ve created new Botanical Stories in vintage golden frames. They all tell a unique story about the beauty of nature and wildflowers. This tiny golden frame is filled contains a miniature autumn forest with moss, ferns, mushrooms and a delicate blooming wildflower. This frame is filled with lovely pink flowers. They all bloom in the…
Even though August is the last full month of summer and everything might be bleached by the heat of the sun, there still so much color to be found. These summer colors have rich hues and secretly allude to autumn to come. It all starts with the sunrise! Slowly everything is lightened with a golden…
In this blogpost I would like to share some of the recent porcelain flowers I’ve been making for the new glass domes. As these flowers are all so unique and diverse I thought they deserve some attention of their own before being put together in a new creation. So here’s part II of the flower…
We’re heading into the last full month of summer. Days filled with heat, dry scented air, golden harvested fields, flowers in faded colors, buzzing bees and fluttering butterflies who enjoy the nectar of the buddleja. During summer many purple flowers are in full bloom in our garden. Most of them are bee- and butterfly-friendly! I…
I hope you are doing fine during these summer months (or winter, on the other side of the globe!). Probably many aspects of your life will look different now as covid-19 is still holding the world in it’s grip. The regulations in Belgium are very strong right now as we have a high rate of…
Finally, we can officially welcome Summer today! And I would love to celebrate it with a bouquet of chamomile! This wonderful herb perfectly represents summer for me. They are such happy and beneficial flowers with their bright sunny flower heads! This most delicate illustration of Chamomile is from my book “In and out of the…
I’m enjoying the moments I can work in my studio as I can look out on our garden and discover new blooming flowers everyday. These spring-before-summer-days are really the best ones! These days I’m slowly working on the last pieces before firing. It always takes me some months before my kiln is completely filled, especially…
I would love to invite you for a little round in my garden… It has been a while since I’ve been writing about it and much has happened and grown these days. Although we have had 2 exceptional dry months with barely rain, I’m glad the plants and veggies are growing well. Luckily we have…
Dandelions have been blooming and are spreading their sees like tiny parachutes on the wind. Nowadays the boarders of the fields are filled with red poppies and withered shepherd’s purse! Inspired by all these beautiful wildflowers, I’ve been making a few new domes. This glass dome is filled with dandelions in all its different stages.…