Are you snowed in yet? The day after the weatherman predicts snow in The Netherlands. Well we just have to wait and see won’t we? I learened my lesson from last year when we were snowed in for a few days and have my kitchen cabinets stocked up with food! Today I like to show [...]
Entries from November 29th, 2010
Snow and interior design
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Design, Uncategorized
Tags:Alain Gilles·Bonaldo·Green Furniture Sweden·Mark Braun·Rimgaile Samsonite
New Works of Dinie Boogaart
November 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Art
Is the rest of the world also that pretty this morning? Over here in Friesland (way up north in The Netherlands) the trees and landscape look like a white frozen fairytale… Dinie Boogaart is a realistic painter. As every year around this time Dinie shows her most recent works in her Gallery in Nijega, The [...]
Hot finds
November 25th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Fashion, Handmade
With these hot finds on Etsy you’ll stay nice and warm this winter! Dumadumadum sweater dress by Design by Nihan, Istanbul Harvest warmers made of 100% Harris tweed wool by Innerwild, Scotland Eco wool ear flap hat by Very Sage from Brooklyn, NY T-sweater in taupe by Eveldas Neverland, Canada
Tags:fingerless gloves·handknitted sweater·handmade clothing·Handmade woolens·knitted gloves
Amazing work
November 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Jewelry
Pretty amazing work by metal artist David Bielander ! Born in Basel, Switzerland, David Bielander lives and works in Munich, Germany. He uses an wide variety of materials and processes, and his work is always marked with a high level of craftsmanship and a keen wit. (So sorry … no link to more information this [...]
A love for rugs!
November 22nd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Design
Do you know I have a weakness for rugs? Thank goodness it’s only small rugs I like because big rugs most of the time, are outrageously expensive … No idea where this crazy craving of mine comes from… Even very old and worn rugs I can’t throw out. Any way, with this weird little secret [...]
Flying Saucer Rings
November 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fashion, Jewelry, My Work
Curious about what more we have done recently besides working on our new website? Well… we came up with yet another ring for our series Flying Saucer Rings. This ring has a beautiful opal set in a bezel of 18-karat gold. If you like to know more about this ring, please click here to go [...]
Tags:13Threads·big silver ring·handmade clothing·handmade jewelry·made to order jewelry
The complete works of Hella Jongerius
November 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Design
Until February 13, 2011 the complete works of Jongerius is shown in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands The Dutch designer Hella Jongerius (1963) is considered one of the leading industrial designers of her generation. Jongerius is known for the special way she fuses industry and craft, high and low tech, tradition and [...]
Tags:Dutch design·Hella Jongerius·Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Feedback please!
November 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Life, Photography, Work in progress...
My life as a jewelry designer is not always about making jewelry … In recent weeks we have spent little time in our Atelier. Instead, we sat behind the computer to play around with a design for a new website. Good Lord what a large and complicated task! Fortunately, some aspects such as the layout [...]
Tags:Dog with jewelry·handmade jewelry using wood·Jan Kerkstra
Bench is a bench is a bench…
November 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Design, Handmade, Uncategorized
It is not often that I show you images of interiors on my blog. But I find these pictures of Another Country so lovely, so full of light and a love for wood that I like to share them with you over the weekend. Have a good one! Another Country makes contemporary craft furniture. The [...]
Tags:Another Country·contemporary craft furniture·handmade furniture
Textile Art
November 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Art, Textile Art
Embroidery, knitting, quilting, it all sounds a bit old hat. But if you look in the right places, you’ll soon dicover a whole world of contemporary textile art. I found the Dutch textile artist Mieke Werner on the beautiful and very interesting website of Textile Plus, magazine. Since 1983 Mieke makes sculptures of textiles . [...]
