Weaving Experiments

Weaving experiments made at the TextielMuseum, Tilburg, June 13 and 14, 2022. Working together with multitalent Jos Klarenbeek, part time developer at the marvellous TextielLab.

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June 20th, 2022
, Posted in Materials, Other

What Design Can Do

Graphic Toolkit around a ‘flags’ theme made for What Design Can Do Live, June 3 2022, Amsterdam. Utilized in social media, outdoor publicitiy, and stage design.

In close collaboration with Pepijn Zurburg and Marieke den Ouden at De Designpolitie who made my flat Ai graphics dimensional and moving.

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June 9th, 2022
, Posted in Other

1+1=3

Title 1+1=3
Year 2021
Size  H 700 x W 500 mm
Technique 2 colour screenprint on various papers
Edition –

Modular poster for 1+1=3, a Working conference by Platform Werkplaatsen at West, the Hague, November 12, 2021.

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November 12th, 2021
, Posted in Posters

Bittern Tattoo

First time someone has my work tattooed!

Viola asked for the screaming bittern, a small secretive heron type of bird that can be found around there, and is part of Flyways, my design for the NoordZuidlijn in Amsterdam.

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June 11th, 2021
, Posted in Other

Bienniale Internationale

Two posters are selected for this year’s Bienniale Internationale de Design Graphique de Chaumont: Modest Master (2019) and Secret Creatures (2019).

Exhibition at Le Signe May 27 – November 11, 2021.

May 27th, 2021
, Posted in Posters

Alphabet of Cases


Inside this box: Oceans of Joy, 2005.

Various works on display in Richard Niessen’s ‘An Alphabet of Cases’, a collaboration between Graphic Matters and The Palace of Typographic Masonry. Presentation at Graphic Days Torino ‘Eyes on the Netherlands’, 14 – 30 May, 2021.

May 14th, 2021
, Posted in Shows/Installations

Point of Interest

White frame works nicely with the white of the paper. Photography courtesy Gerco de Ruijter.

Work Point of Interest, 2013
Size 84 x 120 cm
Owner  Gerco de Ruijter, visual artist
Location Studio Gerco de Ruijter, Rotterdam

April 12th, 2021
, Posted in Work in Interiors

Werkperiode Plaatsmaken

After having used screenprinting intensively for over 20 years, I’m curious about other materials and techniques. Last year, during a working period at Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, I investgated the possibilities of etching. A report (text in Dutch).

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April 9th, 2021
, Posted in Materials, Print

Love Non Stop 2.0 – New Edition

Title Love Non Stop 2.0
Year 2021
Size  H 700 x W 500 mm
Technique 4 colour screenprint on black 300 grams/m2 paper
Edition 30 signed and numbered prints (with a few improvements)

Previous edition printed by HL at Kapitaal Utrecht Open Print Studio, this one was printed by HL at Kees Maas zeefdruk, Ruinen.

Go to process

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March 31st, 2021
, Posted in Print

Theofanie mural painting

Theofanie Up and Out, a mural by artist Gijs Frieling & team, Schunck Heerlen, Augustus 18 2020 – July 6, 2021.

Making a mural in one week’s time at the ‘Glaspaleis‘ (Glass Palace) in Heerlen, NL. A true troupe artistique consisting of members of Gijs Frieling’s son Daan’s band the Koalaz, two other children Eva and Job, plus a couple of others including me. Most of us never touched a brush before in our lives, so paiting on walls was a bit exiting, to put it mildly…

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August 20th, 2020
, Posted in Other