illustration by raquel mora vega from costa rica
Raquel Mora Vega (@quel.papelroto) is making magic 🥰 I suggested a story to her for a picture book and I think she is gathering the actors around her.
#corneliafunke #artistinresidence #raquelmoravega #illustrator #costarica
Love to everyone from the Lake Lucerne:) two more days and I’ll be back in Italy💛
#corneliafunke #roadtrip #lakelucerne #vierwaldstättersee🇨🇭 #italy
Cornwall - so beautiful and so inspiring 🥰
#corneliafunke #cornwall #landscape #inspiration #painting
Illustration from the „Tecuanes" series by Luis San Vicente
Our Magical Image Makers have been joined by a new impressive artist: @luis_sanvicente_ilustrador
Drop by and get inspired:
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#corneliafunke #magicalimagemakers #luissanvicente #illustrator #mexico
Being an illustrator myself, I am impressed by all those inspiring illustrators out there. It gave us the idea for our feature Magical Image Makers. Today „they“ have been joined by Jonas Laugs
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#corneliafunke #feature #illustrator #lübeck #edinburgh
This is Moose. I knitted him for my sister, because she loves animals as much as I do. How about you? And do you have a favourite animal?
#corneliafunke #animals #animalprotection #biodiversity #knitting
There is a story corner on my website. If you’d like to exchange with other hobby writers, if you are looking for criticism and suggestions or just would like to publish a text, send an email to: mail@corneliafunke.com
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#corneliafunke #stories #website #publishing
cornelia funke back in hamburg ohlstedt writing
Writing once again in Hamburg Ohlstedt - twenty years after we moved from here to California. It still feels like home 🥰
#corneliafunke #hamburg #ohlstedt #back #writing
Cornelia Funke with her dogs in front of Schloss Raesfeld
Taking a detour on our way to England. With a dog walk near Schloss Raesfeld, close to where I was born (but definitely not in a castle) 🙃
#corneliafunke #schlossraesfeld #hometown #dogwalk #england
fan art from Cornelia Funke's website
Curious to see more? On my website, there is a sketchbook for your drawings and paintings, for everything that flows from your fingers. The pages are waiting to be filled, so send us your pictures:
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#corneliafunke #sketchbook #drawings #paintings #website
Author Cornelia Funke's collected notebooks
I prepare my books by filling many notebooks with sketches and notes. A book starts breathing in far more playful and inventive ways when the hand holds a pen and fills pages following its own rhythm and … the story! 😊
Photos: Michael Orth
#corneliafunke #research #notebooks #author #writing #story
Expecting our first official Mulinaccio extern guests for a chat 🥰☕️📚
#corneliafunke #mulinaccio #visitors #invitation #talk
illustration by cornelia funke showing animals in tuscan landscape
Entertaining myself painting my animals and tiny creatures in Tuscany 🫏🐿️🐁🦉🐦⬛
#corneliafunke #tuscany #painting #animals #art
Illustration from "Was bleibt, ist Licht. Ein Trostbuch", published in 2021, Ars Edition
Being an illustrator myself,I am impressed by all those inspiring illustrators out there.It gave us the idea for our feature Magical Image Makers.Today "they" have been joined by Melanie Garanin corneliafunke.com/en/stories/m...
#corneliafunke #feature #illustrator #melaniegaranin #kerzentiere #nils
Our Mulinaccio residency now has a welcome sign! Artist in residence Raquel Mora Vega designed and painted it. Isn’t it so glorious! 😍
#corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #artistinresidence #mulinaccio #welcomesign #illustration
I wrote a Xmas story for La Repubblica called about 5 artists.I based them on artists who live and work in Volterra. Last night they made me a magical gift.They created the 3 creatures I had described in the story and brought them to the Piazza Priori.Grazie Danilo, Renzo, Valdo, Angela + Patrizia
Christmas illustration by Cornelia Funke
I rallied all animals around Volterra to wish you a wonderful Christmas!
#corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #christmas2025 #animals #peace #merrychristmas
Die Deutsche Umwelthilfe hat einen offenen Brief an den Bundesinnenminister geschrieben.In den Niederlanden wird ab 2026 keine private Silvesterböllerei mehr erlaubt seinBündnis #böllerciao fordert ein solches Verbot auch in Deutschland.Hier geht es zur Petition: mitmachen.duh.de/boellerfreie...
A photo of Jane Goodall with one of the chimpanzees from her long-term study in Tanzania, which was taken for National Geographic Magazine by Hugo von Lawick, who later became Jane’s husband. Cornelia has always loved this photo and has it up on the wall by her desk.
This year our advent calendar (which goes online tomorrow) is in memory of Jane Goodall. Since Jane’s journey to Africa, the chimpanzees were especially close to her heart, so the Jane Goodall Institute Germany will introduce you to 24 of its charges. Meet Africa, Nani, Tumbo and many others :)
On December 4, 7 PM, the actress Christiane Paul will read in Lübeck from my book Das Grüne Königreich. Franziska Blinde, who illustrated the story, will take part, too. The event is part of the fundraising campaign "Every child needs books!" by buecherpiraten.de
#bücherpiraten #lübeck #lesung
Book cover "Nachtfalter"
Book cover "Fabelwesen"
Book cover "Das Pferd des Grafen"
New books, all collaborative projects with my artists in residence 🥰
#corneliafunke #newbooks #picturebooks #nachtfalter #moths #jessicafrascht #fabelwesen #fabulouscreatures #rubywarnecke #daspferddesgrafen #sarachristinrichter #inselverlag #nordsüdverlag #dressler
Cornelia's dog Jake on the sofa
My dog Jake had surgery on his ear. But today he is almost back to his old self. Which of course means sleeping on the sofa :)
#corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #dog #surgery #recovery #qualitytime
Am 28. November bin ich um 17:00 Uhr im Günter Grass Haus in Lübeck zu Gast für eine Lesung aus meinem neuen Gespensterjäger-Buch. grass-haus.de/index.php?se...
#corneliafunke #buchpremiere #gespensterjäger #gespensterjägerundderweihnachtsspuk #loeweverlag #güntergrasshaus #lübeck
There lives a wonderful Colombian artist in Volterra, Edgard Abadia, who builds mobiles like this one. It hangs in my living room and makes me smile every single day. 🥰
#corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #artist #colombia #edgardabadia #mobile #babymobile #creativity
Jane Goodall (Photo: ©Katherine Holland)
We will miss you so much, Jane. ♡ You brought so much light into these dark times and your seeds will continue to grow.
Photo: ©Katherine Holland
Cornelia working on a new "Wimmelbild"
Working on the last of 10 Wimmelbilder for a book. Images in which to get lost and find many tiny surprises 🥰 This one is a bookshelf.
#corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #hiddenpicturepuzzle #wimmelbild #illustrating #bookproject
Cornelia Funke's studio, illustrating for Reckless 5
Cornelia Funke's studio, illustrating for Reckless 5
Cornelia Funke's studio, illustrating for Reckless 5
Working on an illustration with themes from Reckless 5 😍
#corneliafunke #volterra #tuscany #studio #illustrating #reckless5 #bookproject
The Volterra Project - a new section on Cornelia Funke's website
Starting today, there's a new section on my website: The Volterra Project. You can get an impression of my Artist in Residence program at my two farms, Fraggina and Mulinaccio. We hope you enjoy it.
#corneliafunke #website #thevolterraproject #artistinresidence #tuscany #art #music #conservation
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
On our way back from Cornwall to Tuscany. Greetings from the Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.
#corneliafunke #cominghome #travel #cornwall #switzerland #tuscany #ontheroad
Cornwall coast
Hello from a Cornwall dog walk. Wild weather here, sudden rain falls and very warm sun in between. Clouds of birds and a thousand stories humming in the wind 🐾 🐾 🥰
#corneliafunke #author #cornwall #coastalwalk #dogwalk #weather #wind #rain #stories #august2025