Martijn and Roy are working on their second book on printing with LEGO®. This time, in The Hilversum Methode they will explain how they do it :-)

During this Open Lab on Saturday November 29 you get a peek behind the scenes of the production process of this special new publication

Dinosaurs are a recurring theme we use in our research of this technique. They appeal to the imagination with their extreme shapes. Long tails, massive heads, protrusions in weird places… Lots of design fun to be had there. So that’s what we’ll be focusing on during this open lab. Come and see!

And if you want, you can print a dino card yourself.

Presentation on The Hilversum Method

At 15:00 we will give a presentation with more background on this unique way of designing and printing.

Meet the artists in their natural habitat! You are allowed to feed them!

Free entry at the Noorderweg 96b, from 11am to 4pm on Saturday November 29.

Last Friday I attended the opening of this printmaking exhibition in Wrexham, Wales. On show is a diverse yet consistently high quality selection of works from printmaking studios from all over the United Kingdom, accompanied by Printing in Dutch, a selection of works created in The Netherlands.

Many thanks to Printing in Dutch curator Ed Catley for this opportunity.

Printing in Dutch is now on show at:

Print International
08.11.2025 - 24.01.2026
Ty Pawb, Wales

We’re making our second book on printmaking with LEGO® pieces.

The first one is Print & Play. The Art of LEGO Letterpress, which showcases works that Martijn and I have made over the years.

Since then, we regularly get questions about how we do this. That’s where The Hilversum Method comes in. We’re going to explain the technical how, ponder the philosophical why and share the joy that is embedded in this way of designing, building and printing.

Please, have a look, and support this project if you can. Thank you!

Letterpress with wood type is the main ingredient for the second session of my Print & Play workshop. Using the relatively large letters as shapes. Monoprints from the first session provide interesting starting points for adding more layers.

Want to try as well? Join the Print & Play sessions at Grafisch Atelier Hilversum.

Currently working on this poster. Have to print this in two runs because not enough letters ‘c’ and ,‘t’ to spell these four words all in one go.

That means the technical challenge here is to build a forme that allows for moving the type around within it, exactly so that the words end up in the right place.

After some measurements before printing and corrections of those measurements after printing tests, I got the text into a nice position on the paper.

There’s bit more kerning to do before starting production. Not much I can do about that LA combination, but IN, NNE and NE need a bit more air between them I think. And replace that grainy O.

There’s a TA combination in there as well which normally creates more than enough white space inbetween them. I was already using a letter T which had a part sawed off when I thought ‘wait a minute, that’s probably because of…’ and indeed, there was an A that had a notch sawed off exactly so that the TA combination could be made more compact:

This Sunday is the last day of my exhibition elementair in ontwerpfabriekje in Hilversum. I’ll be there from 2pm to 5pm. If you’ve been thinking to go and have a look then this would be the moment. You’re very welcome!

Can’t exhibit in a location called the little design factory and not show some design/process pieces.

The 2025 International Original Print Exhibition, an open submission exhibition established by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers which celebrates the best in all types of contemporary printmaking.

The Common Kestrel and Bluethroat prints are part of this group exhibition in the Bankside Gallery

On show November 6 to 16, 2025.

The Natural Eye, the annual exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists, showcases the very best of fine art inspired by the natural world.

Two of my recent bird prints will be on display in this group exhibition at the Mall Galleries in central London: Bluethroat and Common Kestrel

The exhibition runs 16 Oct - 25 Oct 2025, open every day from 10am to 5pm.

Here’s the exhibition website.

My Print & Play participants are very talented. These are a few of the results from the first of three sessions. Using monoprint techniques for experiments and quick iterations.

Here’s session 2.

Want to try as well? Join the Print & Play sessions at Grafisch Atelier Hilversum.