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Entries Tagged as 'Napkin rings'

Silver napkin ring made to your wishes

December 11th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Handmade, My Work, Napkin rings

December is the month of candles and twinkling lights, of enjoying fine food with family and friends at a beautifully decorated table. Do you know napkin rings are absolutely hip again? This past year Jan and I have sold quite a few of them. So last week we decided to add a new design napkin [...]

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Old Treasures.

July 5th, 2012 · 5 Comments · My Work, Napkin rings, Uncategorized

Did I mention we, Atelier The Jewelry Story are working on a new site? Yes, indeed a lot of work and a very lengthy process, thanks for asking. Yesterday I had the task of going through hundreds of photos, to look for usable images of pieces Jan and I made in the past. And look [...]

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Extraordinary Copper Masks

December 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Handmade, Napkin rings, Uncategorized

When heated in a flame, metal like silver, gold and copper, becomes soft and can be bend or forged and raised with a hammer. Jan and me use this technique to make silver candle holders,  napkin rings or this vessel. VAGABOND JEWELRY uses it to make less traditional adornments … Kest Schwartzman graduated from Massachusetts [...]

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A new design and other things

February 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Latest Design, My Work, Napkin rings

How was your weekend? Hope your weather, wherever you live, was better than ours! We had this severe storm here in Holland and I have been busy to clear our yard and driveway of all sorts of debris and broken of branches. A few weeks ago I told you in this post about Jan working [...]

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Some early Xmas shopping

December 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Ceramics, Design, Handmade, My Work, Napkin rings

This morning we woke up to a white white world of snow… So who knows… maybe we will have a white Christmas! Here is some early Xmas shopping. Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm! Miho deerhead made of recycled wood 23k gold Dot Design on handmade, natural white tableware by Baily does not bark [...]

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Silver napkin holders

April 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · My Work, Napkin rings, Uncategorized, Wedding rings

I don’t know why but lately we have a lot of commissions for silver napkin holders. It is indeed a beautiful and lasting gift. A while back I wrote about this napkin holder. At that time we were inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. My first design of napkin holders ever were these. Inspiration [...]

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