Winter is my favourite season but the weeks that precede New Year’s Eve are seldom interesting. With Christmas ads in every corner, sun deprivation and inescapable boredom, this time of the year makes me a reckless consumer, even to the point of buying a gender-bending doll at the Christmas market in Colmar. Thanks to the [...]
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Winter stagnation
Posted in Blog, Shopping, tagged Blog, consumerism, December on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moleskine meditation
Posted in Blog, Home, tagged art, bamboo pen, Indian ink, Moleskine, Winsor & Newton on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying to simplify life as much as I can, and every meaningful gesture begins with Art. Therefore, gone are the terracota pens of old, along with other artist’s paraphernalia featured on what remains my most popular blog post. From now on, creativity will embrace the repetitive pulse of the paper’s quiet breathing. Hwaet, the [...]
Rösti and the Federal Counsel
Posted in Blog, Home, Work, tagged Geneva, job on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Summer’s gone, along with the idea of going back to England this year (no unknown dead rich relative mentioning me in their will so far), and I’m back on Scones and the Queen. I’ve briefly considered renaming it Rösti and the Federal Counsel in order to be more in tune with my country of residence [...]
One Moleskine later
Posted in Blog, Home, tagged end, Moleskine on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have now filled my notebook with sketches and thoughts, all of which are published on this blog. It’s time for me to take a break while I wait and see if I find the money I need to go back to England soon, or if I’ll have to stay in Switzerland for another year [...]
A Moleskine blog
Posted in Blog, Shopping, tagged Canon camera, Moleskine, pens on November 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Now that I’ve been blogging for two months, I’ve decided that it’s time to disclose a few informations on what I use to draw and write for Scones and the Queen. First of all, I’m sure most of you recognized the Moleskine sketchbook that is featured on all the pictures. I really like how sturdy [...]
First entry
Posted in Blog, Home, Leaving, tagged drawing, journal, Leaving, university, year abroad on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! As I’m leaving for England tomorrow morning, it’s time to get this started. Scones and the Queen is an illustrated journal which will keep you up to date with my academic year abroad, at the university of Kent, where I’m going to live and study for the next two terms. I’ll draw whenever [...]
