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Images of our Jewelry Presentation 2012

April 25th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Jewelry, Life, My Work

The first weekend of our jewelry exposition is behind us!  Our collection of BIG BROOCHES was presented to the public! Always very exciting … but everything went well with quite a few visitors and positive responses to our new collection … Gallery Terbeek, the location of our presentation is a gallery with a great ambiance. [...]

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Exposition of “The Big Brooches”

April 21st, 2012 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work, Uncategorized

Today our Atelier will be closed because of the launching of our series “Big Brooches” The exposition takes place April 21-22 and April 28-29, 2012 from 13.00-17.00 hours in Gallery Terbeek in Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands. If you like to see a preview … please click over here to read the wonderful post Montserrat Lacomba wrote [...]

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Remember the Lapis Lazuli?

March 16th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

A few weeks ago I showed you this strand of Lapai Lazuli beads. This is the natural color, by that I mean the beads are not painted blue … the Lapis stones have in some places a tiny dot of (gold) pyrite and have a matte finish … This is what I made, a simple [...]

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First signs of Spring!

March 5th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Ceramics, Fashion, Jewelry, My Work

Although the weather is still cold and gray, the first signs of spring are here … Spotted between my blooming snowdrops, Sterling silver Tulip brooch. Jan made this brooch to order. Like to see the response of the person who received this brooch? Click here These really nice Garden labels were seen in here… And [...]

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5 exhibitions at Gallery Marzee, The Netherlands

February 28th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Jewelry

With the works of great jewelers, among them Flora Vagi … … and Karola Torkos.

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A new brooch inspired by Azzedine Alaïa

January 26th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

This is Alaïa a new sterling silver brooch we made recently. The brooch is inspired by a detail of the dress by fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa.

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Tips for under the Xmass tree

December 18th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Design, Jewelry, Textile Art

Today I am finally full time out of bed ! The sun was shining especially for me today so I made a nice long walk with the dogs. A Coffee tasted like coffee again so I declare myself cured from this awful flu. Reading was all I did this last week. In this time of [...]

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Scandinavian design

August 31st, 2011 · 4 Comments · Design, Fashion, Jewelry, My Work, Once upon a time...

Once up on a time we lived in the United States of America. To be more precise we lived in the middle of nowhere in a tiny little place called Watkinsville, Georgia. Just like now we had our own Atelier and made our own line of handmade jewelry. We sold through galleries and did many [...]

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Recipe for a brooch

August 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life, My Work, Walking the Dogs, Work in progress...

These ingredients lay waiting … until I return from walking the dogs under typical Dutch skies …

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The continuing story of the brooch

August 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized, Woodwork, Work in progress...

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 [...]

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