Ingrid Vang Nyman And More

I have found a beatiful and inspiring blog about illustrations in childrens' books, The Apple and The Egg. I found this as I were looking for a brazilian book by Bernardo Carvalho, A Grande Invasao. Lot's of pictures!

My pictures are from 60th schoolbook Let's read illustrated by danish/swedish illustrator Ingrid Vang Nyman, more known as the first illustrator of Pippi Långstrump. I am very fond of the illustrations of animals and things, maybe more so than the ones of the kids. Maybe because the kids are so known and seen in the Pippi-books..
I saw an exhibition a few years ago with her original drawings, they were really really small. She used to sharpen matchsticks and then dip them into ink. After a few lines she had to make another one. She lay in bed, drawing and when the bed was full of inky matchsticks then she covered them up with another sheet. So, who needs an office?

Fast Trains

Old Junk From University

Right now my life is a mess since I moving, and I have been living in my old apartement for 18 years. This is some old stuff i found, and I have no idea what to do with it but publish it here. I wonder if the crocodile was some precognition thing for my African travels

Last Weeks Debate

I like the roof best. And the moon.

Results!

Workshop In Orange

My office is a mess these days, since I am preparing for workshops in schools tomorrow and Wednesday. 87 pupils (not at the same time!) get one orange paper each to paint african animals on, the same technic as I used for My Couragous Grandmother and also some material to cut and paste with. I hope there will be left overs for me to play with. I think the fingerprints must be perfect for zebras!

If I Were A Collector

I would love to collect books about science from the sixties. Look at these, they used to belong to my father. I love them! A quick look at the internet showed that it is not very expensive or rare to find books in the same series, from the same year.