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A new brooch inspired by Azzedine Alaïa

January 26th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

This is Alaïa a new sterling silver brooch we made recently. The brooch is inspired by a detail of the dress by fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa.

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Work in progress

January 20th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Uncategorized, Work in progress...

January is always a quiet month in our Atelier. Maybe everyone still needs to find his or her rhythm in the new year … However, we currently have a couple of nice orders including  a request of a client to look for  a nice strand of Lapis Lazuli, the semi precious gemstone with the beautiful [...]

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Jessica’s earrings

December 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Work in progress...

The Story behind the commission of Jessica’s earrings The order came from a lady whose daughter became 50. We know the client very well but we had never seen her daughter, Jessica, because she lives in Sweden. We asked the client to tell us all about her daughter. A few key words were: gold, black [...]

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Moondance One a new brooch

December 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

And again another new brooch straight from your Atelier! I just added this brooch named Moondance One to our online store … So if you like to know more about it … please click over here …

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Silver hare in a field of turnips

December 5th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Culture, My Work, Uncategorized

Do you remember a few weeks back when Jan began to work on a Silver Christening Spoon? Click here to read about the beginning of this assignment. The whish of the client was to have a silver spoon with the image of a hare. The spoon is inspired by a drawing of the Dutch illustrator [...]

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My favorite brooch

November 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

Sometimes people ask me if I find it difficult to sell certain pieces of jewelry I make. The answer is yes, sometimes I do. Thank god not with every piece, that would be very stressful to want to keep on to all your jewelry and getting upset all the time when selling a piece. But [...]

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Christening Spoon for Mr.X

November 9th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Culture, My Work, Work in progress...

In Friesland the province I live in, it is still a tradition when a baby is born to give a big silver christening spoon as a present. This custom dates back to the 16e age. Our next commission is for such a silver Christening spoon. Mr. X from Wijnjewoude would like to have a Christening [...]

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The choice of Mr. X

October 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

A few weeks ago I wrote about Mr. X from Odessa, Florida who wanted to give his wife a brooch for her birthday. His wishes were simple and clear, please make me a brooch made ​​of wood, silver and maybe a fern leaf. So that’s what we did, we made 3 brooches and had a [...]

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Autumn

October 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Fashion, Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

Today when I am looking outside there is no doubt about it, this is autumn. So high time for … The wonderful shawls and the luxurious knitted accessories by Australian textile designer Danielle Sanders. Please click here for her online store, she ships worldwide. … a very strange toadstool like this one in my garden… [...]

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Mary Frances Brooch

October 11th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Woodwork, Work in progress...

Last week I told you here  about this great request we received from Mr. X, Odessa,  Florida. His wishes … “I really like the wood & metal combinations … because of how much my wife loves plants and flowers I had an idea of a pendent / pin that possible had some fern like parts [...]

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