The Latest Story » big silver ring http://thelateststory.com The life and inspirations of a jewelry designer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:18:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Precious beauties http://thelateststory.com/2011/06/16/precious-beauties/ http://thelateststory.com/2011/06/16/precious-beauties/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:48:32 +0000 Marion Pannekoek http://thelateststory.com/?p=5606 Last week we sold the ring “Green as Grass’!

The ring is part of our series “Flying Saucer Rings “.
In this series the rings more or less have the same basic shape but the gem and the way that stone is placed in the ring is always different.

So on our list “Jewelry to make ” is now added a Flying Saucer Ring.
And another thing… we had a valid excuse to invite the person we buy our gems from!

That’s always such a delight; to have someone come to your studio with hundreds of gems from which you may choose!

Here are a few of our new beauties … amethyst, garnet, tourmaline, peridot …

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Well… we came up with yet another ring for our series Flying Saucer Rings.
This ring has a beautiful opal set in a bezel of 18-karat gold. If you like to know more about this ring, please click here to go to our online store.

Last week we made a simple yet elegant silver napkin holder.

And… I am not sure but did I ever show you this ring before?
Her name is Blue Basket,  she is made of Sterling Silver in combination with a very nice Turquoise stone.

Have a lovely weekend!

P.S.
Did you see “Having a Ball” the latest made to order project 13Threads is working on? Very neat… please take a look at her blog

]]> http://thelateststory.com/2010/11/19/flying-saucer-rings/feed/ 2 New work and work in progress http://thelateststory.com/2010/11/01/new-work-and-work-in-progress/ http://thelateststory.com/2010/11/01/new-work-and-work-in-progress/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:52:54 +0000 Marion Pannekoek http://thelateststory.com/?p=3600 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 web shop

]]> http://thelateststory.com/2010/11/01/new-work-and-work-in-progress/feed/ 3 Wrapping up the week… http://thelateststory.com/2010/08/14/wrapping-up-the-week/ http://thelateststory.com/2010/08/14/wrapping-up-the-week/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:19:43 +0000 Marion Pannekoek http://thelateststory.com/?p=2950 This week Toast presented a beautiful new collection of clothing.
Toast

And we (Jan and me) created a new ring called “Blue Eye”
Sterling ring Blue eye silhouet

The actress Juliette Binoche bought a new pair of earrings, or is it the lipstick?
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And yesterday I stumbled upon these funny chicken-paintings of Nicolette Arens on the Internet while looking to buy three chickens and a rooster in addition to my livestock.
Kippen

Hope y’all have a wonderful weekend!

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What will I do? Painting the house, working in the garden and a canoe trip.
And perhaps when there still is time we to go to East Site 2010, an exhibition
of sculptures in Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle.

I end this week by showing you two pieces of jewelry we recently made.

A little while ago I wrote about my “struggle” with a new design for a necklace. Well this is the result… made of silver, gold and red coral…
Click here for more details.
silver necklace Red Leaf

Last week we made 3 new rings in our atelier!

Fortunately we already made pictures because yesterday one of the new rings, this simple silver ring with turquoise already sold!
big silver ring Labyrinth

Hope you all have a very nice and relaxed weekend!

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It is made from Plexiglas wire and wood and measures 85 cm. high.
Wire Man 2 blog

He’s been playing around with a new idea and this is the prototype in copper.
Oervrouw prototype blog

Last week we sold this beautiful ring. I am afraid we will never encounter such an amazing sea-green color aquamarine anymore…
Ring Blue Sea blog

Yesterday I heard that not my blog but the blog  Schrijven Voor Internet won the Dutch Small Business Blog Award. Still many thanks for your votes, compliments and comments on my blog. It meant a lot to me.
Have a happy weekend!

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Jan Kerkstra sculptuur detail

has Lucky Fons the dog, who was adopted by us from the shelter a few months ago, decided to trust us unconditionally and that makes life easier for everyone…
Lucky Fons

has Lois of 13Threads, yes… the one of the beautiful handmade clothes, a new design skirt in her shop…
13threads skirt and jacket

are we working in the studio on a new ring …
Grote zilveren ring Jan Kerkstra

and there will be a Biënnale of Illustrators in the Toneelschuur in Haarlem, The Netherlands on Saturday, June 5, so tomorrow! It is a digital exposition with lots of fantastic illustrations…

Illustration by C.S.Neal
C.S.Neal illustrator

Meanwhile, I have 78 votes for my nominated blog, one can still vote until June 10 ! Thank you so much !
I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

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Our house
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Despite the snowstorm on Saturday we had a visit in our studio. It was a lady who on our presentation last weekend had seen and fallen in love with a beautiful silver ring. Because the  ‘Mushroom’ ring is a one of a kind ring, we already reserved it for her. But apparently she could not wait any longer…

Silver Mushroom ring
paddestoel ring blog

]]> http://thelateststory.com/2009/12/21/snowed-in/feed/ 1 Once up on a time… http://thelateststory.com/2009/09/29/once-up-on-a-time-2/ http://thelateststory.com/2009/09/29/once-up-on-a-time-2/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:52:45 +0000 Marion Pannekoek http://thelateststory.com/?p=837 This incredible blue turquoise in the big silver ring is a “Barcelona “ stone…
30 Ring Blue Cloud 2

Once up on a time we visited the beautiful city of Barcelona.
We walked for hours through the city to visit collegue jewelry designers.
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We found little shops with wonderful jewelry in places you would not expect them at all. In one of those shops was a man with a big love for stones, precious and non-precious. He had a large cabinet with drawers full of the most amazing gems, all natural colors and with unusual cuts.
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We ended up buying a whole bunch and named those stones “Barcelona ”
And yes, before you ask… we also visited some of the great buildings of Gaudi.
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