Once up on a time I lived in a windmill… A long time ago we lived for a few years in the U.S.A. When we came back we had to make up our minds where to live in Holland. We bought a car and drove around our country for a few weeks to look at [...]
Entries from September 11th, 2010
New Jewelry Designs
September 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work
Today I like to show you two of the new designs we will present at the exhibition: Vormgevers in de Oude Hortus, Utrecht, The Netherlands. The other day I already showed you the necklace with Carnelian beads but don’t you think this new photo is much nicer? The exhibition will be held on September 25 [...]
Tags:Ebony jewelry·Marion Pannekoek·Rosewood·Vormgevers in de oude Hortus
Pleasures of Paradox
September 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Art
Ito Hirotoshi is a sculptor from Japan who finds the stones he works with in a riverbed near his home. I think he tries to make us laugh and altough stones are hard he wants us to see the warmth and humor in them. For more photos please see his website or blog Ito Hirotoshi [...]
Tags:Ito Hirotoshi·sculpture
Etsy finds
September 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Fashion, Handmade
Is has been a while since I talked about Etsy but the other day I found some neat shops which I would like to share with you. The first shop is MyRebe, were you can find great deals on the clothing line of mother and daughter DebraWeis and Hillary Sproatt. They are the design team [...]
Bike sculpture
September 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Photography, Uncategorized
I came across this great photo on the beautiful blog three85 A bicycle shop in Altlandsberg, Germany advertises their goods with a wall of around 120 bikes mounted on the building’s exterior in lieu of a sign. I like the idea, the graphic effect and the grandeur of it all.
What the hell is conceptual jewely?
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Jewelry
Well.. that’s an ongoing discussion of course but I think the work of the Swedish contemporary jeweler Adam Grinovich is a good example of conceptual jewely. “My work is a constant question of history, formation, prehistory, marks, and value. I’m looking for the connecting threads”. Adam Grinovich. 3 works by Adam Grinovich rom the series: [...]
