Now that temperatures are a bit normal, trees are green and flowers start to bloom, insects and flying creatures are coming out of their hiding places … This insect habitat is made by URBAN LADYBIRD. COCOON is handmade in London using organic cotton, waxed with beeswax from Britain to waterproof material and keep the insects [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Nature'
Flower meadow and a new design ring
May 27th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work, Nature
It was a lot of fun … but right now we are a little tired after two long weekends of Open Atelier! This was the third year our atelier was part of the Open Atelier Route. Despite the bad weather the interest was large and in two weekends around 200 people visited our workshop to [...]
Tags:Amazone opal·big silver ring·flower meadow in the making·handcrafted jewellery
Still
March 27th, 2013 · 6 Comments · Handmade, Nature, Photography
Every now and then I run into a little gem … She named her blog STILL Wich is as you will see quite an appropriate name … Every day she places a photo on her blog. Most of her images have something to do with nature and all pictures are taken by herself. And if [...]
Spring!
March 5th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Life, Nature, Uncategorized
Today finally I feel fit enough to return to work. In time for the nice weather! And look what has happened in the few days I was sick … Because although temperatures were freezing last night and everything was white this morning, the sun is out and I realized that it is not long before [...]
Beautiful autumn colors
October 30th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Animals, Fashion, Nature
Jan and I are making a new series of jewelry. The idea was laying on my workbench for years in the form of a fleeting sketch waiting for a good time to develop. I named the concept: Variations on a Circle … the first pendants are ready and we believe they are beautiful, once I [...]
Autumn
October 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Animals, Life, Nature
Just came back from my daily walk with the dogs … and yes it is true, we can not longer ignore it, autumn is here … the leaves are falling the wind blows and it is cold. A great time to search for mushrooms, this year I found porcini mushrooms in my own garden … [...]
Tags:autumn·Cep·homing pigeons·penny bun·porcini mushrooms·pumkin recipe·walking the dogs
A multi functional tree house
September 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Animals, Architecture, Design, Nature
I am fascinated by all tree houses …and why you ask? I am not sure because as some of you know I am not a romantic type of person … A few years ago I found on the Internet a possibility to stay in a tree house, somewhere in southern Spain. Via a ladder you [...]
Typical Dutch
April 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Architecture, Life, Nature, Typical Dutch, Walking the Dogs
Today I like to show you some typical Duch images … This is the recently opened Maritiem & Jutters Museum (Beachcombers and Sailors Museum) on the island of Texel, The Netherlands. It’s a great building I think. The architects Mecanoo from Delft have provided the building with four interlinked, playful roofs. The thought behind this [...]
Tags:canal·Dutch countryside·Dutch landscape·Frisian farm·Maritiem & Jutters Museum
Jewelry from nature
March 29th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, Nature
Edgar Filipe Silva Mosa, is a young jewelry designer born in Lisbon, Portugal,1986. Educated at 2009/2011 Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, USA – 2005/2009 Bachelor Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL and 2001/2004 Art and Design Education, António Arroio, Lisbon, PT. Edgar has won many grands and was featured in even [...]
Tags:art jewelry·conceptual jewellery·Edgar Filipe Silva Mosa·jewelry made of wood
