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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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Big beautiful extravagant rings!

August 27th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

As promised here the pictures of our new harvest of jewelry! We designed a series of large silver rings which we have given the name RAIN. Big beautiful extravagant rings. The circle, which is not quite a circle, has a diameter of about 3cm. The orange stone is a fire opal; the blue one an [...]

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Another photoshoot

August 13th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work, Photography, Uncategorized

Yesterday we took a number of photos from jewelry we recently made. Sometimes it takes but a minute before you have few pictures to your liking but more often it is a lengthy process, I find it an interesting proces, also  a bit frustrating. For the umpteenth time we tried to get a good shot [...]

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A small break!

May 29th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Life, Uncategorized

We are going to have a small break! So this means a pause of about 10 days on my blog. It was a busy spring season and this break is meant to re-energize for the next Jewelry Happening. The first is in July when our silver jewelry collection will be officially presented that we designed [...]

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New jewelry

April 17th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

A few last minute pieces … Last week we made a few more jewelry pieces. These pieces are the last ones we are making for the Jewelry Presentation we are having coming weekend. Two new brooches by my partner Jan Kerkstra of Atelier The Jewelry Story and the long necklace is a made by me. [...]

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Ring looking for a beautiful hand

February 10th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

Another new brooch! Made of sterling silver and beautiful Wengé wood in an unususal shape. Fairly big but not too … And why I have no idea … but this great ring has still found no owner, so today I place her in the spotlight once more. Want to know more about this big silver [...]

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Moondance One a new brooch

December 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

And again another new brooch straight from your Atelier! I just added this brooch named Moondance One to our online store … So if you like to know more about it … please click over here …

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My favorite brooch

November 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

Sometimes people ask me if I find it difficult to sell certain pieces of jewelry I make. The answer is yes, sometimes I do. Thank god not with every piece, that would be very stressful to want to keep on to all your jewelry and getting upset all the time when selling a piece. But [...]

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Collage of 3 new brooches

September 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Latest Design, My Work

What can I say? We don’t seem to stop making brooches … Soon in our online store …

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Gone teaching …

September 6th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work

A new school semester started so Jan left this morning to teach his jewelry making classes. For him that means spending less time in our own Atelier, for me it means taking over several of Jan’s “jobs” in our working life. So this is it … the end of summer… But it was a rather [...]

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