Handcrafted designs can still be an important part of a designer’s work.
![Mom cheers with champagne Cheers](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02121_mom.jpg)
![Japanese bound booklet for the 75th anniversary of my mom Anniverserie – Booklet](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02122_mom_booklet.jpg)
![Scetch from dad, my siblings and a Goggomobil Scetch from my dad, my siblings and our Goggomobil](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02123_family.jpg)
A booklet with illustrations of my family, made for the 75th anniversary of my mother. The booklet has a traditional Japanese binding.
![](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/02126_merel_4jaar.jpg)
![Congratulations for the new born baby Birthday Card for Mira](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02125_mira.jpg)
![Merel becomes 2 years old Birthday card for Merel](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02124_merel.jpg)
Examples of handmade congratulation and invitation cards. A combination of broad nib calligraphy and animal sketches.
![A selfmade capital letter B for the Dutch word biggetje made from a 4 years old child The capital letter B for the Dutch word biggetje](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/021217_sk_320x320.jpg)
![A selfmade capital letter B for the Dutch word biggetje made from a 4 years old child The capital letter B for the Dutch word biggetje](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/021216_deskundig_800x320.jpg)
Crocheted letters created for the annual report 2012 of The Hague’s animal shelter.
![A selfmade capital letter B for the Dutch word biggetje made from a 4 years old child The capital letter B for the Dutch word biggetje](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02127_piggy.jpg)
![Capital letters J and F in the form of a jaguar and a flamingo The jaguar and the flamingo](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02128_jaguar_flamingo.jpg)
![All selfmade animal letters in an overview Animal letters overview](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/02129_animal_letters.jpg)
Animal letters created from 4–6 year old children during a workshop about letters I gave at a Montessori School in The Hague/The Netherlands.
![A sketch of brambles Brambles](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/021210_bramble.jpg)
![Special offer – fruit of the week Special offer flyers for a biological supermarket](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/021211_fruit_flyer.jpg)
![Sketch of a strawberry Strawberry](https://stefnie.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/021212_strawberry.jpg)
Drawings of fruit made using coloured pencils and watercolours. They appeared on an organic supermarket’s flyers that provided information about the healthfulness of the fruit and advertised a weekly bargain discount.
In a time when digital communication techniques are subject to quick developments, I find it still important to use the possibilities that analog techniques offer and I like to push the limits of applied art. Handcrafted designs are livelier, and using my hands and not the mouse to create feels good. Also, combining it with digital techniques can produce surprising effects. Wanna see more?