update

I updated my website with some new pictures and removed some old stuff.

Also, I closed my webshop at DaWanda because it doesn't really satisfy me anymore. I am thinking about a little webshop of my own instead. You'll see it when it's there.

In the meantime, you can always mail me with requests or look at the 'shop' page on my site for available items. For now it's only postcards and the riso print I posted about earlier.

best food blog

Believe it or not, it's ours!!!

We stood there, among all those fashion bloggers in high heels and outrageous dresses, with big hopes and (suddenly) little hearts. We felt a little lost, like teenagers not knowing where their arms end and legs begin.

As the names rolled along, our hopes of victory shrunk since all nominees looked so composed as they walked up the stairs to receive their award. They must have been informed before.

But then... it was suddenly our moment to shine! Our speech qualities were reduced to zero on that stage, but our grin must have been rather memorable (if not to say mad, when I look at the pictures).

So that's how we ended up with this plastic square. Could serve as a presse-papier, or as a coaster.

Hack no, let's just put it on a shelf somewhere, to conjure up that beneficial grin again when we're sweating through another recipe or illustration. We love this blog, and are happy you do too!

zine fest / riso print

The zine fest we organised in Antwerp last Sunday was a great success. The city was clearly ready for an event like this! I was amazed to see all the books together, there was almost too much to choose... I managed to fill a bagful for myself though, I'll show my catch later. 

You can see more pictures of the zine fest over on the Huis Haas blog.

Topocopy, our fellow print passionates from Ghent, did an amazing job as well. Their print room and shelf library occupied a big, sunny room upstairs. Their risographed torso and artist prints were all over the place and seduced me to make my own, as you can see in the picture. The drawing was made a little too quickly, but I like it despite its rough edges. Great colours!

Would you like to buy one? It's yours for 15 euros. Mail me at info@mayken.be.

Oh, and if you make zines or other printed stuff as well, don't forget to donate some to these guys - they'll be in good company!

alle dagen honger / meat and blog awards

 Some new drawings for Alle Dagen Honger... Sausage-making and other dirty-looking activities. Anyway, Barbara enjoyed the experience as you can read on their blog (in Dutch) and I enjoyed illustrating them!

If you enjoy all this just a little bit as well, please vote for Alle Dagen Honger in the Weekend Blog Awards! We're now on the third place in the gastronomy category, but you can help us jump higher!

zine fest

A new Huis Haas event is coming up this week: check the Zine fest page on Facebook and come, people, come! There will be numerous books and zines from all over the world. I'm receiving the first packages in my mailbox and want to buy half of them already!

Our friends from TopoCopy will be there too (check out their shelf library project), among many more!