“THE GREAT DISCOVERY” ALEXANDER CALDER Through 28 mei 2012, Gemeente Museum The Hague, The Netherlands. Click here for more info. Jan and I are planning on going to visit this exhibition. It’s a large overview of his work, mostly his mobiles and sculptures. I am looking forward to it, I think his work is very [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
Alexander Calder’s jewelry
March 7th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Art, Fashion, Jewelry, Life
Tags:Alexander Calder jewelry·Anjelica Huston·brass jewelry·Georgia O'Keeffe
Dots!
February 29th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Design, Interior Design, Life
For some time now I was looking for something to store my bags and shawls. Look what I found and bought the other day … just my style … simple, modern and warm. Made in first class oak wood, the Dots are a design by Norwegian Designers Tveit &Tornøe. The largest Dot has a diameter [...]
Making coffee the slow way
February 14th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design, Life
Do you know I never owned a coffee machine in my life? Until this day I make coffee by hand through a filter and all of a sudden I am hip because this is making coffee the slow way. And because of that all sorts of gorgeous coffee pots are popular although this one was [...]
Tags:coffe grinder·coffee pot·filter coffee·Neest·slow coffee
Ice skating in The Netherlands
February 7th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Life, Nature, Typical Dutch, Walking the Dogs
This morning very early I went for my daily walk with the dogs, no sun out yet and it was still -13 degrees! COLD! It has been freezing for over a week now and all over The Netherlands people are skating. In Friesland, all the way up north where I live, it looks like this… [...]
Tags:frozen canals·ice scating·scating in Amsterdam·Typical Dutch·winter in Holland
Another one of Jan’s drawings
January 30th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Jan's Drawings, Life
It’d been a while since I showed you a black and white drawing of my partner Jan Kerkstra. I promised Jan to post a drawing once in a while but you know what I sort of forgot about them. My guess is I was too busy making jewelry. Anyway … here is another one of [...]
Tags:black and white ink drawings·Jan Kerkstra·motorcycle·worldtrip
Once upon a time
January 19th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Animals, Life, Once upon a time...
Once upon a time I lived in a big old house in the deep south of the US in the state Georgia. The house used to be part of a cotton plantation and therefore had a large amount of ground around it. In fact so much land that if I went for a walk in [...]
Inspired by Azzedine Alaïa
January 16th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Fashion, Life, Work in progress...
A little while back we visited the exhibition of fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa in the Groninger Museum. Although not all of Alaïa clothing appeals to me, this exhibition is absolutely beautiful! The detail in some of the clothing is just amazing! I have no idea If we ever going to use it, [...]
A new cabinet!
January 10th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Interior Design, Life, Uncategorized
Remember our plan to build a new wall cabinet? After two weeks of sawing, hammering, hauling out old cabinets, cleaning and painting the walls, this is the result. Finally room for my collection of Maigret detectives, artbooks and a whole lot of big and small ginger jars. In search of a new lamp I came [...]
Feeding the birds
January 7th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Animals, Design, Life
I hope you survived the heavy storm o.k.? Here in Friesland, the province where I live, complete pastures are still under water, due to the enormous amount of rain. Lucky for us our little house is built on a mound; so we are save from the water … Will it ever become winter you think? I [...]
The first brooch of 2012!
January 3rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life
Hope you all had a good time and a wonderful New Years Eve? Like every year we tolled the bells of the small church we live nearby and afterwards went to a party to dance the night away! Sunday was a lazy one and today everything went back to normal, so … This is the [...]
Tags:Atelier The Jewelry Story·big silver brooch·coromandel·Jan Kerkstra
