From now on I have a site.

Updates about my own work, can be found here.

Q

"Alphabet", an abc-book for children, with contributions by aisha franz, jad fair, anouk ricard and many others. I got the letter Q. Thanks to Sébastien and Armelle for the invitation and beautiful riso-printed book. 

new books

New books, bought in the US and at Cultures Maison Festival. 
Books by Dominique Goblet + Kai Pfeiffer, Chiara Lammens, Cesar Brun, Dunja Jankovic, Olivier Schrauwen, Miranda July, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Jack Teagle, Pascal Girard and some Dover publicatons.

Cultures Maison - Bries exhibition

Last weekend was the opening of the Bries exhibition at the Cultures Maison festival.

You can still visit it until the 21th of september. And you should!

With works by Dieter vdo, Wide Vercnocke, Brecht Vandenbroucke, Olivier Schrauwen, Piet et Jan Pollet, Kai Pfeiffer, Dominique Goblet, Céline Hudréaux and myself. 

TMH#3

One page comic, published in the latest issue of Tieten Met Haar.

Lily

I'm really glad to say that I'm working on a book. It'll be a illustration/comic book, and will be published by Bries at the end of this year!

Rekto:verso

Illustration in Rekto:verso this month. Together with an article about one of my favourite books "The Royal Game" by Stefan Zweig.

New books

By Berliac, Inger Zivana, Ward Zwart, Marcel Dzama and CF.

Gonzo (circus) #119

Illustrations for the new Gonzo (Circus) #119.

eindejaarslijstje

2013

1. Bill Callahan - Dream River

2. Scout Niblett - It's up to Emma

3. Kanye West - Yeezus

4. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

5. Kurt Vile - Waking on a pretty Daze

6. Julia Holter - Loud City Song

7. Laura Marling - Once I was an Eagle

8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the sky away

9. Alela Diane - About Farewell

10. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

New books

Books, prints and postcards by Ward Zwart, John Broadley, Geran Knol & Lie Dirkx, Erin Jane Nelson, Atelier Bingo, Geran Knol, Ward Zwart & Laura Geurten, Aisha Franz, Gemma Correll, Paul Paetzel, Dansleciel Toutvabien and Frédéric Coché 
(Thank you Grafixx!)

Close to a mountain (postcards series)

Made this series of riso-printed mountains. If you want some, let me know!
4 different drawings / 17,5 x 11,5 cm / 1,5 euro/card + shipping

Rekto Verso / ABSoluut

Illustrations for this month's editions of Rekto Verso and ABSoluut magazine.

Log Cabins

New story and silkscreen zine about wood and dancing. I made this short story some time ago, but turned it into 16 silkscreened pages. There are 50 copies, if you want one for 12 euro/zine (+shipping), let me know! --> marthaverschaffel(at)gmail(dot)com.

new books

New books! "Tiny aan zee", a book about house plants, "Haais & Gaai II" by Ward zwart & Ignace Cami, "---schikken: kunst en plezier"by Eva Vermeiren, the Spirou-catalogue, "Photographs" by Stine Sampers, "Dos à dos" by Ephameron and Isabelle Vandenabeele and "It Chooses you by Mirandy July. 

Spirou

The "Spirou 75" exhibition opened last night in The Seed Factory in Brussels. The works in the exhibition are interpretations of the comic character Spirou, to celebrate its 75-years anniversary. 

You can see my contribution together with those by John Broadley, Loic Gaume, Korneel Detailleur, Ever Meulen and many more until the 31th of december in The Seed Factory, Vrijwilligerslaan 19, Brussels. 

tlön, uqbar, orbis tertius

"Graphic And: A framed Utopia" is a group show, running in Breda until the 27th of october, hosted by Electron and Ephameron. With great works by Louis Reith, Hedof, Merijn Hos, Martha Verschaffel, Ward Zwart en Ignace Cami, Eva Mundorff, Thijs Kelder and Ephameron.

I did my own hand drawn version of Jorge Luis Borges' short story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius". A weird story about an encyclopedia, a cone and reversing things.

 I made a few copies of the book, as a zine. (You can get them in the expo-shop.)

   

Rekto Verso

My contribution for the 10th anniversary edition of Rekto:Verso. 

Close to a mountain

My new series "Close to a mountain" will be shown in the group show "Aimer Penser Créer" in Ampersand Gallery. The exhibition, that places contemporary Belgian design, art and craftsmanship in dialogue with Dutch and other European mid-century design, opens tomorrow, and runs until the 14th of december 2013. 

Come and see it in Ampersand House/Gallery in Brussels (Rue Tasson Snel 30), open from thursday to saturday from 13h to 18h. 

http://www.ampersandhouse.com/exhibitions_current.htm

https://www.facebook.com/events/651144144910567/

 

Sans Soleil #3

The new issue of Sans Soleil (#3) is out. This time it's a collection of drawings about folk/outsider art, by artists with and/or without formal art training. 

My (very) short comic about porcelain dogs is included in the book, next to contributions by Laura Geurten, Park Pardon, Louis Reith, Aleksandra Waliszewska and my cousin Jef (see picture above). And a lot of others of course. See more or get one here!