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A new Silver Spring Necklace!

April 9th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Last week, Jan and I again photographed several of the new jewelry we created. This time we took pictures both inside … and outside … This is SPRING, our latest necklace. The large beads are made of silver and copper. Do you like to know more about this necklace? I just posted her in our [...]

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Meanwhile in our Atelier … beads

March 29th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Meanwhile in our atelier, My Work, Uncategorized

Suddenly I felt like working with beads again … Every year Jan and I go to Idar Oberstein in Germany to visit an insane large gems trade fair. At this international fair traders from all over the world show their gemstones and beads. We always try to only buy those beads and stones we really [...]

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Making new jewelry!

March 22nd, 2013 · 1 Comment · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

Usually around this time of the year I am always busy making the garden and our yard “summer ready”. Not this year, because it is way too cold and the ground is still frozen. The birds pretend this is not true and continue to sing their song to attract each other, but the wood stove [...]

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Big silver pendant Amphora

March 15th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

To make  a pendant shaped like a Greek vase was on our wish list forever. Now with all custom made orders almost done there will be time for new designs … Amphora, a large silver (silver is blackened) pendant in the shape of a Greek vase by Jan Kerkstra and Marion Pannekoek for Atelier The [...]

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Help I still have the flu!

March 1st, 2013 · 5 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Uncategorized

Dear people I keep it short today, because I am still sick. A kind of flu-like condition where one day you think, well I feel better, but the next day, you feel pretty lousy again. In any case, I crawl back under the covers. Today a picture of a necklace I recreated and a great [...]

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Lets talk about inspiration

December 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design, Jewelry, My Work, Uncategorized, Woodwork

Remember this brooch? I bet you do because this is the third time I mention it on my blog. The other post, which you can see when you click over here, tells about the inspiration for this brooch and were it came from … well, the idea came from walls or sometimes roofs in Belgium [...]

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Collaboration between clay and silver

December 5th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Ceramics, Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

Peter Hiemstra is, and these are his own words, a visual artist who creates “picture stories”. Sculptures that escape the ordinary, everyday life, visual storytelling often somewhere between bizarre and witty, honest and vulnerable. A few weeks ago Peter came to our atelier and asked Jan and me to think about a silver rim for [...]

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Red!

November 29th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Fashion, Handmade, Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Textile Art, Uncategorized

At this time of the year, an association with the color red is easily made … Saint Nicholas, Christmas, New years eve, in short … PARTY! An amazingly gorgeous party dress in a beautiful shade of red. Design by 13Threads. For sale here! Beautiful red handbag made of textile  by Claudia Burkhardt. For sale here [...]

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An impression of our jewelry at Kunst op Nienoord

November 26th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Art, Jewelry, Life

Hope you all had a nice weekend? Me too thank you very much … a little tired but satisfied … The last 2 days we showed our jewelry at Kunst op Nienoord, a nice little art fair in Leek, The Netherlands. Many visitors, many compliments and fortunately we also sold a few pieces. Now it’s [...]

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Variations on a circle

November 19th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

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 … Here is the new series of pendants … They are made of sterling silver and copper. I blackened the silver. Some pendants have [...]

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