Emile Manfeldt

  • A Visual Journal

    After my blog on the book binding course I was asked about what a visual journal is, and how to use it. I am an artist, with a fulltime job. I try to do something creative on a daily basis, even if it just a quick drawing in my journal. To create something regularly keep…

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  • Bookreview: Shakespeare by Bill Bryson

    To be or not t be; that is the question. How apt is this quote from Hamlet. After reading this book I discovered how little we actually know about Shakespeare. It is almost unthinkable that we know almost nothing about , what most people will see as, the greatest writer ever in the English language…

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  • Small etchings

    I created a collection of small etchings. Each of them not much larger than a postage stamp. The process was absolutely facinating, The artworks are relatively small and one could still put in beautifully fine detail. As the plates are so small I could ink up and polish each plate to end up with an…

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  • Book Making Course

    I had the great opportunity lately to join George Wentzel for a course on book binding. It was so refreshing to do something so totally out of your daily experience. I always loved books, especially if they are well bound. for many years I have been keeping a travel journal and lately, started keeping, what…

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  • Cogito

    https://youtu.be/mN2QrYOUJDY My first stop/motion movie. It was such fun creating it. From building the caracter, Socrates, to making stop motion videos and putting them together. Loved working out of my comfort zone

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  • Daylight Robbery

    Daylight robbery With the building of the new house, or should I start again with: when planning to build a home, all sorts of interesting developments tend to crop up. After plans were drawn up I was surprised to hear about the new law that prescribes the percentage of windows that is allowed in any…

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  • The facades

    After several meetings with the architect we are at a point where we can start talking about “our house” with a picture of what it might look like in my mind. I have a very visual brain. I tend to visualize things in images. I can only properly think of things if I can see…

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