Just a short post to tell you this is my 5th day in bed with the most terrible flu I have had in years … Hardly any inspiration to do anything at all … I just read and try to get better. The only thing I did today was making a wreath of holly for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
Dogs
November 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Animals, Handmade, Life, Once upon a time...
A friend of mine is getting a puppy next weekend! So this post is for her …. Once upon a time I lived in Amsterdam. I was very young, had a room to live in, a bike, lots of books and a small dog. Wherever I went the dog went with me, also on the [...]
Tags:dog in transport bike·dog on bike·dogs in the city·Marion Pannekoek·new puppy
Start Sieraad!
November 3rd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Jewelry, Life
SIERAAD ART FAIR 10th edition November 3 through November 10, 2011 Gashouder, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam STARTS TODAY! “Stone is my main material as a jewelry artist. I have worked with it ten years, and still it offers me challenge and surprises. I love it for its versatility, and hate it for its limitations. Working with stone [...]
Tags:cutting stones·Sieraad Art Fair Amsterdam·Tarja Tuupanen
Lazy sunny afternoon
September 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work
The weather has been wonderful in the last 3 days… So guess what … instead of slaving away and making beautiful jewelry we decided to take the day off. I released my pigeons, they took a long bath in the rain barrel and flew around the house. We played frisbee with Lucky Fons the Border [...]
Highlights
September 27th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Ceramics, Design, Fashion, Handmade, Interior Design, Jewelry, Life, Uncategorized
This weekend we visited Meesterlijk in Amsterdam. A few highlights … Jacomijn van der Donk uses twigs, pebbles and paintbrushes in her beautiful jewelry. Snurk produces wonderful bed linens and recently also cushions This is Bob. Bob loves sniffing around, walking, not listening and stealing sandwiches from the kitchen sink. But most of all Bob [...]
Tags:Arjan Vaandrager·Jacomijn van der Donk·Saddle stool·Sjoerd Vroonland·Snurk
My new ceramics!
September 23rd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Ceramics, Life, Uncategorized
This time of the year there are many Art Fairs going on. So far we went to The Open Art Fair, the Ceramic Fair Keramisto and this coming sunday we are going to visit, Meesterlijk, a Design and Crafts Fair in Amsterdam… Many of you asked me what we bought at Keramisto, well here they [...]
Tags:Ceramics·Daniela Schlagenhauf·Karin Putsch-Grassi·Keramisto 2011·Uwe Lerch
Shopping spree
September 19th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Ceramics, Fashion, Life, Photography, Uncategorized
The weather was just fine whilst visiting Keramisto but as soon as we sat down to have our traditional pick nick at the lake it started to rain. Other than that we had a wonderful time and we went on a big shopping spree! We came home with 5 beautiful new pieces of ceramic. Soon [...]
Keramisto 2011
September 15th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Ceramics, Life
As some of you may know I am a collector of ceramics … not a very big one mind you but whenever I have a chance to go to an ceramic fair or gallery I go. This is the 4th time we are going to visit Keramisto, a huge international ceramics fair. Since this is [...]
Tags:Ceramics·International ceramic Fair The Netherlands·Keramisto 2011·Petra Bittl·Pottery
Gone teaching …
September 6th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work
A new school semester started so Jan left this morning to teach his jewelry making classes. For him that means spending less time in our own Atelier, for me it means taking over several of Jan’s “jobs” in our working life. So this is it … the end of summer… But it was a rather [...]
Tags:handcrafted jewelry·Jan Kerkstra·jewellery class·jewelry class
