kleine vos

Kleine vos is dutch for: 'little fox' It is the name of this pretty butterfly too

Pattern idea

Do you perhaps remember these? These designs will be used in a cooperation project with a friend. Which I am very excited about :) It is not yet a pattern, but I would like to start making patterns in the future, of different designs. What medium would you find interesting? -Wrapping papers -Table cloths -Wallpaper -Tableware -Postcards -Bed linen -Do you have other suggestions? I would love to hear if you do.

Geometrics

Back home from holiday, we have been to Sardinia and it was great! What a beautiful island it is, lots of pretty places to go swimming in the sea and very very good food :D Now that I am back, I will do some blogging again. Designed these geometric shapes for our last show 'De Grote Ogen Show'(translated: The Big Eyes Show) For a collaboration between Freshco and me. I have made new paintings too, but they still need to be photographed. Hope you will come back some time later to take a look, curious to know what you think of them.

La Valse Botanique

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This is a papercut stop motion animation I have made for Floriade 2012 (World Horticultural Expo, Venlo - The Netherlands) It is the main reason it's been so quiet here lately, because I have been working on it for 7 full weeks. It will be shown at Floriade until october 7th this year. La Valse Botanique ('The Botanic Waltz') is a short silhouette animation of how plants and flowers try to impress a bumblebee and its passenger. All characters and flowers are papercut and animated in stop motion. Story & design: Graça Brohm. Music written by: Gerard Brohm. Music by: Trio Misto (accordion: Hans Sparla, guitar: Paul Hagenaars, contrabass: Gerard Brohm). Production: Coert Buiting. Post production: Apvis. Thanks to: Trio Misto, Carsten van Berkel, Thijs van Vuure, Eva Wolfs, Rein Schoondorp, Friso Blankevoort, Hester Zuidema

what I have been up to

It has been long since I have posted anything here, sorry about that. What I have been up to: I've been very busy making a short papercut stop motion animation in the past 7 weeks. And weekends and nights. It has been a lot of work but also a lot of fun! It was the first time that I did this, fortunately I got a lot of help from friends and family. The music is composed, played (with colleages of his) and recorded by my father - who is a musician - and I think he did a great job! The animation will be online soon. Ofcourse I will post it here too. (photos: testshots from the animation)

New print available!

New print available in my shop HERE! spider = shop

This one is named 'What they thought no one would hear' it is a fine art Giclee print on heavyweight paper, made after the original papercut below. It can be purchased with mahogany frame (picture above), oakwood frame or without a frame. I appreciate comments and questions about my work, so don't hesitate to drop a line on my blog or website : )

Coming up next: the Private Zoo print...

The quarrel close up

Private zoo close up

'The quarrel between the snowbunting and the woodpecker'
One of a kind handmade papercut, 23x30 cm. including frame.

'What they thought no one would hear'
One of a kind handmade papercut, 23x30 cm. including frame.

'Private Zoo'
One of a kind handmade papercut, size including frame: 23x30 cm.

This is what I have been working on (amongst other things) and exhibited during the last show at our studio place. It took me some time to get the photo's right because of the shades and small details. I hope you like them. Will post some close ups later.

Very soon, prints will be available in my shop of these three! Keep you posted.

oiseau royal

A first set up for a new postcard. I'd like to make a series of postcards something like this, what other animals should I use?

studiomates

The november exhibition, work of my colleagues. We all have our own studio (some share) in the same building. It was great fun doing this exhibition again. And saturday was quite busy too! It was very hard taking pictures of my work, because of little lighting. I will show you some 'studio' pictures soon. Please be patient : ) I am working on it. And there will be new prints in the shop too.

movember, birds and boxes

Moustache brooch: You probably get that I like moustaches, not necessarily on a man, but in drawings and their shape in general. And after all it is 'Movember', which I think is a very good initiative. It is a shame I will never get one, or not.
Wooden boxes: Made these for the last exhibition, there will be a new exhibition last weekend of November, the 26th and 27th. Will be showing brand new work, along with my colleagues. More info soon.
Birds: (not the right colours and no feet : / Zanglijster, goudhaantje and zwartkop. Made these three years ago, they were supposed to be in a tree on postcards, but I did not like the design in the end so let them be. Just put them on the boxes for now. They are the size of my index fingertip.

new prints

There are some new prints available in my shop here The shop = spider - left top corner.

You are very welcome to come and take a look! Unfortunately there is a bit of a problem with the website. Loading at the start takes a while, so please be patient. And the 'accessories' section in the shop doesn't work. 'Prints' section does though! I am trying my best to fix these problems. Hopefully it will be running smoothly again soon!

left over

When I was cleaning out my studio, I found a piece of bookbinders linen that I've bought years ago. I always wanted to make little booklets, but never got to it. So I made this (test) one on a rainy day. Next time I would do a bit of research on how to, but it's really nice to do! Most of the tiny papercuts are left overs. But I'd like to make some new ones soon.

Size: The miniature book fits in the palm of my hand.

my first

This is a tattoo design I did, my first ever! It took me a while to finish it. It was a commision for Gijs Coolen, a musician. He plays the guitar in the bands: Woost and Moana. The design was inspired on a fairytale by Godfried Bomans.

I am so curious how it will look on him, maybe I can show you a picture when it's done!

Oak

Oak wooden panels. 10x8,5x2 cm. With a hole in the back to hang on a nail or screw. The oak has a great scent, I have always loved the smell of wood. Especially when it is just sawn. Hopefully one day I will have space for a small woodworking area : )

Wild Sea, Paper Charleston

So you can see a bit better what I have shown in the exhibition.

These are Giclee prints on heavyweight museum quality paper, presented in thin oak frames. Edition of 100 except for the Charleston girl, she is printed in a limited edition of 50. Soon available in my Etsy shop. They will be for sale with or without frame and/or passepartout. If you are interested please contact me on info@gracabrohm.com or leave a comment in this post. I use Paypal for transactions.

I'd love to hear what you think of these and appreciate your comments.

1) Wild flowers
2) He is at sea
3) Lad with a paper hat
4) Charleston