Do you know I never baked a bread in my life? Once upon a time … way back when living in Amsterdam, I was so lucky to live across from bakery Paul Annee. That was my first introduction to really “heavy”, healthy bread and also the first time I ate sourdough bread. The street where [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Once upon a time…'
Once upon a time … baking bread
April 12th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Life, Once upon a time..., Uncategorized
Tags:baking bread·Dutch bakery
Once upon a time …
January 17th, 2013 · 5 Comments · Handmade, Life, Once upon a time..., Uncategorized
Chasing ghosts! Jan and I live in a very small community of only a few houses in the countryside of The Netherlands. On New Years Eve we have an old tradition among neighbors to gather at the church after midnight to whish each other a happy New Year. Our house is right behind the church, so [...]
Once upon a time …
October 22nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Art, Life, Once upon a time...
Once upon a time, my partner Jan, a small dog-called Wolga and I travelled around the U.S. for a whole year. Yes, indeed, it was as romantic as it sounds … It must have been during this trip that we came across the paintings of Andrew Wyeth. I remember being in a small museum and [...]
Out of Fashion, a project
May 3rd, 2012 · 10 Comments · Fashion, Life, Once upon a time...
13 Threads invited us to participate in the project Out of Fashion. It’s a project by three young photographers ‘ who share an interest in fashion as a form of art, craft and communication.’ Each of them approaches the subject from a different point of view. Questions about identity, memory and portrayal of women are raised, [...]
Tags:Clothing and Memories·embroidered skirt·Ida Taavitsainen·Marion Pannekoek·Out of Fashion project·red Hippie skirt
Once upon a time
January 19th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Animals, Life, Once upon a time...
Once upon a time I lived in a big old house in the deep south of the US in the state Georgia. The house used to be part of a cotton plantation and therefore had a large amount of ground around it. In fact so much land that if I went for a walk in [...]
Dogs
November 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Animals, Handmade, Life, Once upon a time...
A friend of mine is getting a puppy next weekend! So this post is for her …. Once upon a time I lived in Amsterdam. I was very young, had a room to live in, a bike, lots of books and a small dog. Wherever I went the dog went with me, also on the [...]
Tags:dog in transport bike·dog on bike·dogs in the city·Marion Pannekoek·new puppy
Scandinavian design
August 31st, 2011 · 4 Comments · Design, Fashion, Jewelry, My Work, Once upon a time...
Once up on a time we lived in the United States of America. To be more precise we lived in the middle of nowhere in a tiny little place called Watkinsville, Georgia. Just like now we had our own Atelier and made our own line of handmade jewelry. We sold through galleries and did many [...]
Tags:big brooch·handmade jewelry·Marimekko·Scandinavian design
Once upon a time
April 8th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Life, Once upon a time...
Once upon a time… I lived in the middle of nowhere, in Georgia, USA in a big wooden house standing on a large piece of land which once was a cotton plantation. Around this time as daffodils are blooming it always reminds me of that day a pickup truck came driving up our driveway. A [...]
Once upon a time …
March 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life, Once upon a time...
Once upon a time I lived in Amsterdam… Almost every nook of Amsterdam is familiar to me because I moved house many times in that city. Always on to a wee bit bigger place. At one point I lived in a beautiful spot along one of the canals. The attic I lived in had a [...]
Another one of Jan’s drawings
February 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Art, Jan's Drawings, Life, Once upon a time..., Uncategorized
Having a tattoo is a very common thing these days, during the time this drawing was made it wasn’t … This drawing dates from the time when Jan was a medical student in Amsterdam. It was a time when he got to see a large number of naked people and for the first time saw [...]
Tags:black and white prints·Jan Kerkstra·pen and ink drawings
