The weather is still lovely! I worked a lot in the garden the past weeks. My herbs and salad garden has never been so beautiful. The timing is all wrong because the lettuce is just ready when we go on holiday … I hope the house sitter likes lettuce … otherwise there is allways the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'handmade jewelry'
A new design silver cuff links
June 11th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Life, My Work, Uncategorized
Tags:big silver ring·handcrafted cuff links·handmade jewelry·silver cuff links made to your wishes
Making a silver clasp
May 23rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · Art, Jewelry, My Work, Uncategorized, Work in progress...
It was busy at the Open Atelier Route last weekend. In two days we welcomed 120 visitors in our atelier! Many interested visitors and lucky for us there were also buyers among them! My newly made necklace Big Yellow sold. (I still have another one) Great, then there will be room for another new necklace [...]
Tags:handcrafted jewellery·handmade jewelry·making a silver clasp·Marion Pannekoek
Open Atelier Route 2013
May 16th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Art, Life, Uncategorized
The weekend of 19 and 20 + May 25 and 26, twenty artists and craftspeople open their doors throughout Opsterland, a beautiful county in the northern part of The Netherlands. Atelier The Jewelry Story also participates, Jan and me welcome you on both weekends. Lots of new designs and new jewelry. For more info: Kunst in [...]
Tags:handcrafted jewellery·handmade jewelry·Open Atelier Jan Kerkstra and Marion Pannekoek
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 [...]
Tags:bespoke jewellery·big brooch·Field Day·handmade jewelry·jewelry made to order·jewelry made to your wishes·maple chest·wooden brooch
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 [...]
Tags:bespoke jewellery·big silver pendant·handmade jewelry·jewelry made to measure·red coral beads·round pendants·seed beads
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. [...]
Tags:Big brooches·Gallery Terbeek Beetsterzwaag·handmade jewelry·jewellery and wood·Jewelry Exposition·Marion Pannekoek
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 [...]
Tags:Atelier The Jewelry Story·bespoke jewelry·handcrafted jewellery·handmade jewelry·jewelry exposition Beetsterzwaag·Marion Pannekoek
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 [...]
Tags:big silver closure·blue stones·handcrafted jewellery·handmade jewelry·natural Lapis·Necklace Lapis Lazuli
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 [...]
Tags:bespoke jewellery·garden labels·handmade fashion·handmade jewelry·jewelry made to order·liberty cotton dress·silver Tulip brooch·snowdrops
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.
Tags:conceptual jewellery·Gallery Marzee·handmade jewelry·Karola Torkos
