Know idea how I found this beautiful Japanese online store, they don’t tell much about themselves so maybe they are such a big name that I ought to know them? Anyway please take a look at their site and blog it is all so very Japanese and beautiful … Hand hammered copper kettle Stools Japanese [...]
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Japanese online
December 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Ceramics, Design, Fashion, Interior Design, Uncategorized
Tags:copper kettle·Japanese interior shop·Jurgen Lehl·wooden stool
Silver hare in a field of turnips
December 5th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Culture, My Work, Uncategorized
Do you remember a few weeks back when Jan began to work on a Silver Christening Spoon? Click here to read about the beginning of this assignment. The whish of the client was to have a silver spoon with the image of a hare. The spoon is inspired by a drawing of the Dutch illustrator [...]
Tags:"The Jewelry Story"·Cornelis Jetses·Custom made jewelry·Handcrafted silver spoon·Jan Kerkstra·Silver Christening spoon
Unleashed!
December 2nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Culture, Jewelry, Uncategorized
Until November 5 2012 the MMKA (Museum of Modern Art) in Arnhem, The Netherlkands presents the exhibition UNLEASHED! This exhibition is an overview of rule-breaking JEWELLERY. In this state-of-the-art overview, pieces of jewellery will break out of the museum cases and be scattered over the walls and floors and decorate streets and squares. From small [...]
Apologies
November 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Lately you might have noticed some irregularities on my blog, or maybe the blog was hard to reach… my apologies…the server is yet again working on something I have no influence on. Hopefully soon all is back to normal … Marion Pannekoek
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Horses and design
November 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Photography, Uncategorized
What a great picture … Horses stand in the shadows of a gigantic wooden table and two chairs during nice autumnal weather at a meadow near Doellstaedt, central Germany. Via Design you trust
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The choice of Mr. X
October 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I wrote about Mr. X from Odessa, Florida who wanted to give his wife a brooch for her birthday. His wishes were simple and clear, please make me a brooch made of wood, silver and maybe a fern leaf. So that’s what we did, we made 3 brooches and had a [...]
Tags:big silver brooch·handcrafted jewellery·Jan Kerkstra·jewelry and wood
Architects and their shops
October 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Design, Fashion, Uncategorized
Many architects were hit badly by the crises, they are unempoyed or as an independent architect they no longer get enough orders. Maybe that’s why I hear lately about architects, especially women, who start their own shop. Not a shop for architectual design but more like a career switch… Like for instance Elena she is [...]
Sad news …
October 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. -Steve Jobs [...]
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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
