Just listed a great new Brooch in our online store. The title of the brooch is Kleine Beer, (Little Bear) and is somewhat similar to Grote Beer. The brooch is made of ebony, silver and rose wood. The Kleine Beer Brooch is a design by my partner Jan Kerkstra. If you like more info about [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Work in progress…'
The continuing story of the brooch
August 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized, Woodwork, Work in progress...
Tags:"The Jewelry Story"·big brooch·handmade jewelry·Jan Kerkstra
Wrapping up the week
December 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Life, My Work, Work in progress...
This week was about snow and frozen fog on trees in a dazzling winter landscape. It was cold and people were skating! Photo via Raym It was also the week Jan decided to make a new design for a napkin ring. As you can see it’s all coming along fine… I am working on a [...]
Tags:Marion Pannekoek·silver napking rings·Urban bike·very long necklace
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 [...]
Tags:Dog with jewelry·handmade jewelry using wood·Jan Kerkstra
New work and work in progress
November 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Work in progress...
Last week I made many different silver beads. Not sure what to do with them yet… but I think I’ll make a few more necklaces from the series “Nio” again… This is our latest ring “Green as grass”, isn’t it a beauty? You can find more info on this big sterling silver ring in our [...]
Tags:"The Jewelry Story"·big silver ring·green precious stones·long silver necklace·Peridot
Soccer and design
June 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments · My Work, Work in progress...
Just a little post to wish you all a good weekend! Here in Holland everybody has a wonderful weekend because our team just won the soccer game against the Japanese in South Africa ! They played this afternoon, streets were deserted and it was quiet in our shop… Time for us to fiddle around with [...]
Sea green aquamarine
June 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, Jewelry, Work in progress...
Jan’s new sculpture “Wireman” is ready! It is made from Plexiglas wire and wood and measures 85 cm. high. He’s been playing around with a new idea and this is the prototype in copper. Last week we sold this beautiful ring. I am afraid we will never encounter such an amazing sea-green color aquamarine anymore… [...]
Tags:big aquamarine·big silver ring·Jan Kerkstra·Plexiglas wire·sculpture
Sterling silver letter openers
December 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · My Work, Work in progress...
One of our last commissions were these 2 letter openers with initials. Forged out of rods of sterling silver and inlayed with ebony and cherry wood. Aren’t they beauties? These are the silver rods the letter openers are made of.
Guggenheim inspiration…
November 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · My Work, Work in progress...
Remember the commission a few weeks back for a silver napkin holder? You can read about it in this post. Well, as you can see… it is on its way… Have a very happy weekend!
Work in progress..
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Jewelry, Work in progress...
Just so you know we are still working away… The name of the new ring Jan made is … ‘Blue World’. Isn’t it a beautiful shape Lapis Lazuli stone?
The making of….
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Work in progress...
Today I show you a photo of the work in progress of “Stairway to Heaven 2” our new wooden bracelet. These are fun bracelets to make… For this one we used chestnut and ebony wood. The metal hinges are made of titanium and the little dot of orange you see is acrylic.
Tags:bracelet·chesnut·ebonywood·Handmade·Jewelry·Marion Pannekoek·modern bracelet·titanium
