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Spring is in the air…

January 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life, Photography

Wood pigeons are cooing, the elder tree in my garden starts already to sprout, narcissus taking a peek above the ground… So what else did I do this weekend besides walking the dogs and feel that spring is in the air? Our dog Lucky Fons We had a photo shoot this weekend with, among other [...]

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Painting the kitchen and other stuff

January 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Handmade, Life, Photography

Now that our kitchen is painted… and everything is put back into place, there will be more time to write on my blog… Yesterday I came across this post on the exquisite blog of 13Threads. Let’s swap is a brand new site that offers curated swaps for creative people. I think this is a great [...]

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Happy New Year!

December 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life, Photography

Dear friends and readers, as the year comes to an end and a new one begins… I like to thank every one of you for reading The Latest Story, for all of your comments, participation and support this year. Thanks! I wish you a happy, loving and peaceful 2011! Photo by A.K.

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Yokoo’s view on life

December 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Handmade, Photography

A beautiful film of the “Story” behind Yokoo… Yes, that Yokoo of the wonderful big, handmade woolen shawls!

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Black and White

December 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Photography

No need for words… . Via the Tumblr of 13Threads

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Feedback please!

November 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Life, Photography, Work in progress...

My life as a jewelry designer is not always about making  jewelry … In recent weeks we have spent little time in our Atelier. Instead, we sat behind the computer to play around with a design for a new website. Good Lord what a large and complicated task! Fortunately, some aspects such as the layout [...]

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Online Gallery

November 8th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Photography, Uncategorized

Do you know 20×200 the great online Gallery Jen Bekman started in 2007? 20×200 gallery sells limited editions prints and work on paper. Names like Sharon Matrose (who’s work I previous showed to you over here) and Joseph O.Holmes are only a few of the fabulous artists I stumbled upon. From there I went to [...]

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My dog Jigger as a photo model

October 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments · My Work, Photography

Yesterday afternoon we took photos of our latest jewelry . The whole living room changes into a photo studio and is completely turned upside down because the big bulky lights and all the cords and cables take a lot of room. Much fun with the dogs because they were our photo model again. Here’s a [...]

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Great images

October 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Photography

It’s been a while since I showed a photographer on this blog, so it’s about time! Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi, lives and works in Haarlem, The Netherlands. She did her training at the Minerva Academy in Groningen and at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. Ellen’s work is represented by galleries throughout the [...]

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What to wear this fall?

September 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fashion, Photography

Today I like to show you some photos from the New York Times Magazine, so you know absolutly how to dress this fall… The brands are Marni, Dries van Noten, Chanel… the photographer Mark Segal and the stylist is David Vandewal. Recently they collaboreted on “Going Places,” a fashion shoot for this fall’s trend Nomadic. [...]

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