About – Jerney de Wilde

Hi, and thank you for visiting!

My name is Jerney and I’m an illustrator and printmaker. I live and work in The Hague, the Netherlands, with my two daughters ♥.

Inspired by nature, history, folklore and magic, I try to capture the importance of the little things in life and moments or feelings that are precious to me.

My projects focus on drawing, printmaking techniques and murals, or any other technique that interests me to create the ideas I have in mind. Artistic Research in magic, plant life and the human mind is a big part of my work.

Photo by Bertus Gerssen @ Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag

Main Activities About My Work Education & Resume

Main Activities

Prints & Products

My main focus is making original artworks and illustrated products: drawings, blockprints, cyanotypes, silkscreen prints, stained glass designs, wood burnings, ceramics, jewelry and every other technique that catches my attention.

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Artistic Research

A big part of my artistic practice is researching and archiving. I like obsessing on studying plants and am experimenting with making natural inks from the plants and materials in my Natural Dye Garden (in the making).

Herbarium

Teaching Workshops

I’ve been teaching for many years now, mainly in Art and Nature education. Join my current Medieval Botanical Illustration workshop to start drawing from life and get introduced to blockprinting.

Check out our BeestjesBende lessons for children, bringing Creativity and Nature together in a playful manner.

Workshops

Design & Illustration

I’m not taking any commissions at the moment.

My Work

Workflow Coordination

At Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag I am responsible for coordinating the workflow within the organisation.

By improving and structurising the systems that the Technical Advisors, Coordinators and Teachers use, they can focus on facilitating artists in their printmaking projects better.

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About My Work

Inspiration

My biggest source of inspiration comes from a deeply rooted interest in the history of folklore and the belief in magic.

Specifically the stories of Witches and their knowledge of nature, their strength and their openly exposed femininity. These strenghts, that become the reasons they were hunted, have always fascinated me in life and in my creative work.

The social-economical conditions for witch craze to occur and witchcraft being prosecuted as a ‘gendered crime’ still connects sorcery to several aspects of contemporary feminism. Many of my projects are somehow related to these themes.

Luckily, making art is also the most constructive way to tame my everlasting pondering mind ♥.

Tools & Techniques

Drawing is the foundation of all my work: Everything starts on paper and then evolves into the technique it needs. I ♥ working with traditional methods, because they keep surprising me and get me out of my head and into the material.

Whereas drawing and printmaking is really something intimate, focusing on little details and nerding in my own little bubble, making murals is very public, social and energizing.

For digital work, my Imac with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and my Wacom Intuos drawing tablet have always been an important part of my trusty toolkit.

With the addition of an Ipad Pro with Procreate, I can now work a lot more intuitively in digital techniques as well ♥

Education

Photo by Veronica Veerkamp @ Mesh Print Club

I started my bachelor in 2006 studying Illustration (major B.Des) for 3 years, and specialising during my minor Printmaking. After my minor I switched studies to the Fine Art major, studying Fine Arts (major B.A.) for another 2 years, and graduating from the Arts department in 2011.

2006-2009 | B.Des – Illustration
2009-2011 | B.A. – Fine Art Willem de Kooning Academy | Rotterdam

WdKA Tutors

Hans Andringa, Wilco Lamberts, Kim Hospers, Peter Franssen, Karin Arink, Loes Sikkes, Wim van Dijk, Karin Hillen, Els de Baan, Kelvin Wilson, Helen van Vliet, Frans van Lent, Lars Deltrap, Danai Fuengshunut, Harold Linker, Pim Palsgraaf, Renée Turner, Kiki van Persie, Frodo Kuipers, Bettie van Haaster, Rolf Engelen, Willem Lagerwaard, Catherine Somzé, Rob Dielissen, Kiki Lamers, Angelique Viester, Robert van Raffe, Luuk Bode, Stefan Hoffmann, Marc Bijl, Tijs Bakker, Daan Botlek, Simon Buijs, Han Hoogerbrugge, and many more ♥︎

1999-2006 | VWO – Atheneum
Culture & Society + Computer Science Oranje Nassau College | Zoetermeer

♥ Other Releveant Courses + Learning Experiences

Nature, Flora & Fauna

2023 | De Groene Cursus
IVN Natuureducatie | The Hague

This ‘Green Course’ handled a rich range of flaura and fauna themes, taught by specialised IVN Nature Guides.

2019 | Cursus Natuurlijk Moestuinieren
Stichting Groenkracht | Delft

In this course I was taught to approach gardening from a holistic view, not only designing a garden for yourself, but to find a respectful balance also supporting the rest of the eco-system.

Technical Trainings

Current | Complete training for aspiring stained glass artists
Glasatelier Columbus | The Hague

At the moment I’m learning several glass working techniques from Bonnie van Grondelle in a custom training at Glasatelier Columbus.

2026 | Natural Water Colour Inks
Ina Salarich | The Hague

A workshop on making Water Colour Paints by graphic designer and artist Ina Salarich

2021 | Eco-printing + Natural Dyes
Ellysium | The Hague

Several workshops and private sessions of Eco- printing paper and fabric dying with Natural Dyes with Elly Poldervaart from Ellysium.

2018 | Non-toxic Etching
Grafisch Atelier Minningh | Rotterdam

since 2014 | Teacher Trainings & Master Classes
Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag | The Hague

At Grafische Werkplaats Den Haag I participated in several teacher trainings and master classes to broaden my knowledge of Printmaking and develop new Teaching skills, including, Cyanotype, Monotype, Lithography, Pattern Design and Natural Inks.

Project Coordination + Entrepreneurship

2021 | Leergang Managen en Besturen van Vrijwilligersorganisaties
PEP Participatie Emancipatie Professionals | The Hague

Organisations working with mostly volunteers need a different approach to be successful. This course explored what is needed for your foundation or associations in terms of project management or shaping your board.

2019-2021 | Holacracy + Self-Organisation
Stichting Lekkernassūh | The Hague

During my time volunteering and coordinating at Lekkernassūh I experienced how to implement non-hierarchical organisation forms on a professional scale and different approaches to ‘having responsibilities’ vs ‘doing tasks’.

2018 | Instagram for Creatives
Marloes de Vries | Rotterdam

This workshop was a refresher and crash-course by Illustrator Marloes de Vries on the ins and outs of Instagram to make better use of the platform.

2014 | Traject Zelfstandig Ondernemerschap
J&C Advies | The Hague

Entrepreneurship is essential when you are a small business owner. In this course I was guided and supported to create a strong and durable foundation for myself.

About Jerney