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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jan Kerkstra'
The continuing story of the brooch
August 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized, Woodwork, Work in progress...
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Jewelry in wood
May 10th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Jewelry
More and more jewelry makers are using wood. As the following photos will show, the results most of the time are quite beautiful and every designer has his own idea about design as well as the use of wood. Pin of Beech wood and silver by Dutch designer Beppe Kessler. Bangle by Anthony Roussel. Anthony [...]
Tags:Atelier The Jewelry Story·Beppe Kessler·Jan Kerkstra·jewelry in wood
Boxed Inn
February 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Jan's Drawings, Life, My Work
Our Open House, which is going to be at the end of March, needs a lot of attention at the moment. It seems a million things need to be done. Invitations are at the printer, last minute new jewelry design is underway; the hallway of our house is almost finished painting, press releases are written… [...]
Tags:black and white drawing·ink drawings·Jan Kerkstra·Open House Jewelry
Another one of Jan’s drawings
February 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Art, Jan's Drawings, Life, Once upon a time..., Uncategorized
Having a tattoo is a very common thing these days, during the time this drawing was made it wasn’t … This drawing dates from the time when Jan was a medical student in Amsterdam. It was a time when he got to see a large number of naked people and for the first time saw [...]
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JAN’S DRAWINGS
January 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Art, Uncategorized
Drawing has been part of Jan’s life since he was a very young boy. Throughout his life, my partner Jan made black and white drawings to “mark” events in his personal life or in history. Some of these drawings are nothing more than abstract doodles while others tell a whole story. A few months back Jan [...]
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Feedback please!
November 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Life, Photography, Work in progress...
My life as a jewelry designer is not always about making jewelry … In recent weeks we have spent little time in our Atelier. Instead, we sat behind the computer to play around with a design for a new website. Good Lord what a large and complicated task! Fortunately, some aspects such as the layout [...]
Tags:Dog with jewelry·handmade jewelry using wood·Jan Kerkstra
Exciting!
September 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Art, Jewelry, Life, My Work
Today I am going to be very busy composing the jewelry collection for the exhibition “Designers in the Oude Hortus”. Coming weekend we are invited along with 10 other designers to present our work in the wonderful setting of the Botanical Gardens of the University Museum in Utrecht. More info? Click here I have set [...]
Tags:handcrafted jewelry·handmade jewelry·Jan Kerkstra·long necklace·scuptures made of natural materials·Vormgevers in de oude Hortus
Sea green aquamarine
June 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, Jewelry, Work in progress...
Jan’s new sculpture “Wireman” is ready! It is made from Plexiglas wire and wood and measures 85 cm. high. He’s been playing around with a new idea and this is the prototype in copper. Last week we sold this beautiful ring. I am afraid we will never encounter such an amazing sea-green color aquamarine anymore… [...]
Tags:big aquamarine·big silver ring·Jan Kerkstra·Plexiglas wire·sculpture
New design “rising sun”
May 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Jewelry
Today I will show you a new ring. Jan designed and made it last week. It is a large silver ring with a beautiful pattern in the silver surface. In the middle an orange fire opal mounted in gold. Large silver ring by Jan Kerkstra of Atelier The Jewelry Story
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Jan in the spotlight…
April 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, Jewelry
My partner Jan’s passion is wood; whenever he can he works with it. Like for instance in this silver bracelet with ebony wood. ( for the story behind the bracelet see our online store ) Or in this abstract sculpture made of ebony Yes… last weekend he made a fence, so the dog will not [...]
