“Denk Nicht Daran, Wieviel Zu Tun Ist, Welche Schwierigkeiten Zu Bewältigen Sind Oder Welches Ziel

watercolour on paper

I finished my undergrad in the beginning of June and am starting with masters in September, so I am using the summer to travel a bit :) In the next posts I will share some impressions from my drawing diary, this is the first one from a trip to southern France (Frontignan). Hope you´re all having a great summer! 

Cerastoderma Edule Patella Vulgata Mytilus Edulis

Watercolour on paper

Illustrations for the bachelor thesis presentation of my best friend, who analysed rare earth elements in a series of shells including some of these :)

direction régionale des affaires culturelles Strasbourg - place de la république

Visit of the Big Bayan Tree parc in the Gaotian village near Guilin. The tree in this parc is apparently about 1400 years old - according to our Chinese friends, you´ll live a 100 years when you walked a loop around it! 

Lee Jeffries, Pencil on paper

A Paradise Drowning in Trash 

This past semester I got to be part of the ETH transdisciplinary case study, investigating solid waste management on the island of Seychelles. This small island developing state is facing an immense challenge with its trash: almost exclusively relying on landfilling the island is literally filling up. Filling up - in trash. Further, current landfills are absolutely ill-equipped for the amount and types of material deposited; there is currently no capacity for leachate treatment. With various kinds of hazardous materials such as chemical residues, pharmaceutical products, asbestos etc. entering the landfill, the lack of proper lining at Providence I (one of the two main landfills) represents an incredible risk for groundwater contamination.  More info @http://www.tdlab.usys.ethz.ch/teaching/tdcs/former/cs2018.html

LEARNING TO FLY  but I ain´t got wings

Borostomias antarcticus  original illustration in Fishes of the Southern Ocean 

feeling blue and inspired by the beautiful ink works of @ullathynell

remembering June on the first day of September - this is a watercolour study of the “étang de la peyrade”, a saltwater lake near Frontignan

thank you https://www.facebook.com/wrehmanphotography/ :)