This incredible blue turquoise in the big silver ring is a “Barcelona “ stone… Once up on a time we visited the beautiful city of Barcelona. We walked for hours through the city to visit collegue jewelry designers. We found little shops with wonderful jewelry in places you would not expect them at all. In [...]
Entries from September 29th, 2009
Monsieur Dress Up
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Design
How was your weekend? Mine was fine too, thank you… Today I show you the work of Loayl Loot. This Canedian based collective was formed in 2004 by Doha Chebib, Carmen Douville, Dara Humniski and Anna Thomas. The pretty coathanger is made of maple and designed by Anna Thomas. Monsieur Dress Up can wear your [...]
Beautiful ceramics at Keramisto
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Ceramics, Life
Last Sunday we went to the Mokerheide near Nijmegen, to enjoy all the wonderful ceramics at Keramisto. The weather was nice and we walked along the stands for hours… This international fair is held in a parc and afterwards we always relax at a small lake, our minds full of the beautiful things we have [...]
Sieraad 2009
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Fashion, Handmade, Jewelry, Uncategorized
This very beautiful jewelry is made by Sarah Louise Kelly an England based jeweler. Although she is traditional trained to work with metal, these days she loves to work with sensitive and ephemeral paper. Many of the pieces include several hundred hand pressed rivets, intricate laser cutting and complex paper folding techniques. And all of [...]
Tags:Jewelry Fair Amsterdam·Saloukee·Sieraad 2009·Sieraden fair
Typical Dutch
September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Life, Uncategorized
The fun thing about having foreign friends staying over is the way you see your own country through their eyes. So all of a sudden you see the world around you in a different perspective. Like for instance this typical Dutch picture; a green pasture with cows and a cornfield with a boat sailing in [...]
Tags:black and white·cows·Dutch·sailboat
Napkin holder inspiration
September 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Architecture, Handmade, My Work
The last few months were rather slow in our studio. And with slow I mean hardly any commissions came in. That does not mean we weren’t working hard, because we made many new designs in the last half a year. But last week all of a sudden 3 very nice commissions came in. One of [...]
Pigeons and Art
September 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Animals, Art, Life, Uncategorized
Last Sunday we went to a glass fair in Leerdam and I still owe you a review. It was a huge affair and I have mixed feelings about it. I guess I expected to see more modern glass. We happened to take the wrong entree and first had to work our way through booths with [...]
Tags:duiven·Jos Jonkergouw·mother with young·pigeons·Wijk bij Duurstede
“Dreams”
September 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Handmade, My Work, Uncategorized
“Dreams” is an object I made a few years back. It was one of those designs I could clearly see in my mind. I could pretty much see how I wanted everything to look. Not an easy way to start a project, because sometimes techniques don’t work out, concessions need to be made and before [...]
Tags:copper·coromandel wood·hollow ware·Marion Pannekoek·patina·silver object
Belgium Silversmith
September 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Handmade, Uncategorized
Helena Schepens is a silversmith based in Antwerp. She makes beautiful silver objects and vases. Just lately she surprised me by working in wood. Don’t you think those wooden bowls are wonderful? On her website you will find many more examples of her interesting work…
The making of….
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Work in progress...
Today I show you a photo of the work in progress of “Stairway to Heaven 2” our new wooden bracelet. These are fun bracelets to make… For this one we used chestnut and ebony wood. The metal hinges are made of titanium and the little dot of orange you see is acrylic.
Tags:bracelet·chesnut·ebonywood·Handmade·Jewelry·Marion Pannekoek·modern bracelet·titanium
