Great Willow Tree

2 0 1 3 / THE END

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:54:00 +0000

Normally I'm not one for getting sentimental at the end of the year. This year however is a bit different. I've received a lot of support from some lovely friends. This overwhelms me and makes me thankful.
So on this last day of 2013 I've let them know they meant a lot to me this year and I greatly appreciate their friendship.

Nb. This is also the end of this blog. I started a 365 project over here: ZICHT
It's more focussed on photography and less personal.

You can always contact me here:
greatwillowtreeshop@gmail.com

t h i n g s I m a k e / another trailer!

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:04:00 +0000

Friday a week ago I had a meeting with Adentro for another trailer. They haven't made the performance yet, but wanted something that showed their ideas. On Sunday night we were cutting cardboard creatures and Tuesday we spend in a cold park, taking photo after photo after photo. Yesterday, precisely a week later, the trailer was done! Here it is.
I love doing stop motion and wanted to make some more stop motion clips, so when the idea came during our meeting I was all in. That's already one thing of my end-of-the-year list! I have some more to cross off, but will do that another time.

t h i n g s I m a k e / a trailer

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:48:00 +0000

I made this trailer for one of the very first groups I work with, Danstheater Adentro. I've been photographing and now also filming them for years. I love this new performance about a girl from the luxurious West and a Cuban boy and their little love story.
I hope you enjoy it.

I've been making more and more trailers and little videos. I love the medium and get a lot of feedback from people who have seen my videos. It feels good and I'm really curious where it'll bring me. I'm totally self-taught in making videos and editing them; hurray for the internet and youtube to learn about editing programs and the right way to use your camera.

xo

p h o t o d i a r y / 4

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Some autumn pictures I took on a sunday morning walk while visiting my brother.

b e r l i n / p a r t 2

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:30:00 +0000

Let's play catch-up, shall we!
I've got so many pictures to post and adventures to tell bits about. First some more pictures from Berlin. I really kick myself for not taking more photos, but I can always go back and be a real tourist. Here are some fond memories.

The lovely birds I spend my time with.

One of the crazy lovely shops in Oderberger Stasse. During the day it's fun to shop here or catch some breakfast, at night there are beers. It's located next to Mauerpark, which is a must go to at Sunday morning.

Munching away on my breakfast at our favorite breakfast place called KAFFE, next door to our app.

I started crocheting a blanket on the train to and from Berlin. Haven't had much time after this trip to continue, but who knows, one day...!

v i d e o d i a r y / 3

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:06:00 +0000

I loved making this video. It was an amazing day with a big picnic and a parade and bonfire to push it over the top. My dear friends from Pretvormer make all these beautiful costumes, build dragons with kids and lights them on fire.
Music by Bird on the Wire

p h o t o d i a r y / 3

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 09:05:00 +0000

It's been a long long time since my last update. I've been busy, I've been on vacation and I've had an exposition with my video installation. All very exciting and will share more on it in the near future.
But first some pictures I took last night. Autumn nights are nice and cozy.

p h o t o d i a r y / 2

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:24:00 +0000

Early morning walks on sunday are the best. Yesterday we walked to our beloved cafe for a coffee and walked back through the Amstel park in Amsterdam. We never really visited this park, but it is lovely! There is soo much to do! There's even a labyrinth! And lama's! And kangaroos!

b e r l i n / p a r t 1

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:27:00 +0000

Berlin was great! It was sunny and funny and I met some amazing people, drank cheap beer, ate great cheap food and saw lots and then not sooo much.
We had rented bikes, so the amount of pictures is amazingly small I realized on coming home. I didn't think it wise to photograph/film while making my way through Berlin. I'll post the small amount of pictures I have anyway. I'll even make a few parts of my Berlin adventure.
Here the first one. We had a really really early train, but our getting up super early was rewarded with beautiful sights.

l a t e l y / a u g u s t

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:03:00 +0000

I've been very busy and haven't had much time to blog. I worked a lot, but also had a lovely party in the park. This weekend I hang my honeycomb shelves with some help from my dad. Our living room has had a total transformation. We've thrown out the tv, because it was broken and decided not to get a new one. Right now I love sitting on our couch and thinking about what to change next. I already have a diy pouf in my mind.
It also made me start crocheting. I have loads of yarn from my mother and I think I'll try to make a grannysquare blanket, using Sandra Juto's lovely tutorial. It'll be a white and blue blanket with loads of different kind of yarns.
This week I'll go to Berlin! Afterwards I hope to share loads of photos and a video! When I'm back and the light is just right I'll share some more pictures from the new living room.

outside the city

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:50:00 +0000

I'm working on loads of exciting projects, most of them video projects. It's great, because I get to work with other people, one of them being my boyfriend. He made music for some videos I've created (more on that in the future!) and I'm making videos for music he has made.

The great thing about Amsterdam and where I live, is that nature is just around the corner. About five minutes on my bike and here I am in the polder! The weather was great so I made some try out videos to accompany music inspired by the Dutch landscape. Along with that I snapped my outfit really quick. At the moment I'm into stealing my boys shirts and wearing them on black leggings. Easy breezy!

Shirt - H&M mensdep, shoes - H&M, legging - H&M, sunglasses - H&M (Hmmm, there is a pattern to this outfit!)

f o c u s / 7

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:49:00 +0000

This focus series has really helped me a lot. Whenever I feel a bit stuck, whether in work or something else, I just grab my camera with a 50mm lens and try to capture something I love. This way I can put things in perspective and make everything a bit simpler.

I love having flowers in the house. I love them in almost every state, being it buds, full blooming flowers, or sad drooping ones. The problem with this is that I never know when to throw them away. Sometimes I just don't, I have a vase with a wild assortment of dead, dried flowers stuck under my desk in the attic. No idea what to do with them. I just don't like throwing them away.

a little song

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:33:00 +0000

A little song to brighten your day.

t h i n g s I m a k e / a stop motion movie!

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:26:00 +0000

I hope this little video can put a smile on your face!
I made it last year in my kitchen for a photography class assignment. The assignment was to photograph a place that stays the same, but is different every time. Think: a park bench where different people sit at different times. I thought about my kitchen being clean and then being messy a few hours later. The idea kind of flew to great heights and this is the result! It was my first attempt at stop motion and making a video. I'm still pretty happy with it! Enjoy

Kitchen life from Iris van Vliet on Vimeo.

f o c u s / 6

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:00:00 +0000

These weeks have been way to hectic, but I hope it'll help me focussing on the things I want to accomplish.

I always find calm and pleasure in my tiny balcony garden, putting tiny herbs in my lunch, cutting away dead flowers and seeing new ones grow and blossom.

love to listen / Alpine

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:00:00 +0000

One of the bands in my summer playlist is Alpine. It's light and dreamy and perfect for summer evenings. And they have a clip with a lot of girls in it... Enjoy!

p h o t o d i a r y / 1

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:00:00 +0000

Some pictures from our bike ride to my grandmother and dad, with a little picnic/sleep along the way.
I love using this place partially as a diary, being it either photo or video. This way I do much more with all the pictures and video I make. Hope you enjoy it to!

The pictures are edited with one of Julia Trotti's lovely free curves

a non recipe - nectarine crumble

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:51:00 +0000

Do you remember the nectarines I mentioned more than a week ago? Yep, I still had them sitting around... I stuck them in the fridge so they would survive a bit longer, but still I had to use them.
So I made a nectarine crumble! This is a non recipe really, because I did it all by feel. No weighing ingredients, setting clocks or precise temperature. Just dumping butter, flour, sugar and a bit of cinnamon in a bowl to make the crumble and put that on top of a sliced nectarine. Pop it in the oven and see when it's done. Hmmmm, smells soo good and tastes like heaven. We had them as lunch dessert, hey, it's sunday!

A real nectarine recipe I'd like to try is this beautiful nectarine pizza by Alexandra's Kitchen.

f o c u s / 5

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 08:51:00 +0000

The boy is home again today. The house is clean and neat, just the way I like it.

v i d e o d i a r y / 2

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:00:00 +0000

An other episode in the video diary, swimming with my friends in the river, just outside of Amsterdam. It was a warm warm night and the water was so nice.

A dive in the Amstel river from Iris van Vliet on Vimeo.

v i d e o d i a r y / 1

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:00:00 +0000

A little video from our day at the beach. The boy performed with The Benelux, first an acoustic set at Woodstock and later at night again at Scheveningen, though I left my camera in the car for that.
I had just hurt my toe that morning, so I couldn't swim. Luckily the weather wasn't as hot hot hot as it is now!
I love making these little videos lately, so expect some more!

Day at the beach from Iris van Vliet on Vimeo.

f o c u s / 4

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:09:00 +0000

f o c u s / 3

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:28:00 +0000

This week I'll be home alone again. It is a much needed time to focus on myself, so in today's focus; pictures of me, on the beach last weekend.
Some times you can feel like life has taken off without you and is heading in a direction, you're not completely sure off. At least, that happens with me. So it is time to touch base again, find out what my goals are and how to get there.

f o c u s / 2

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:56:00 +0000

I've all kinds of recipes in my head for these nectarines. However, I'm very bad (or good...) in ignoring them too long until they aren't so tasty anymore... Yikes. I hope to find time tomorrow!

f o c u s / 1

noreply@blogger.com (The Great Willow Tree) — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:57:00 +0000

During difficult times in your life it is important to focus on the things that make you happy. So here it is, a somewhat daily photo update on things that make me happy. It'll be mostly focusing on plants I predict.

Today: beautiful delicate bean flowers and tiny little beans on my balcony.