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Making a solid men’s bracelet

April 2nd, 2013 · 1 Comment · Jewelry, Meanwhile in our atelier, Work in progress...

Making a cool men’s bracelet ​​on commission … … the customer had her own ideas regarding the design. Silver with wood inlay … And a grey titanium edge with small copper rivets.  

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Big silver pendant Amphora

March 15th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

To make  a pendant shaped like a Greek vase was on our wish list forever. Now with all custom made orders almost done there will be time for new designs … Amphora, a large silver (silver is blackened) pendant in the shape of a Greek vase by Jan Kerkstra and Marion Pannekoek for Atelier The [...]

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Art and Antiques Christmas Fair

December 18th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

Christmas is approaching so busy days are ahead! I am starting Thursday to show our jewelry for 4 days at a Christmas Fair, at the same time all sorts of grocery- shopping need to be done and all those days our Atelier is open too! So probably I will not post much on my web log, [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Work in progress …

September 30th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Work in progress...

Working on a commission for Mr. X, Odessa, Florida His wishes … “I really like the wood & metal combinations … because of how much my wife loves plants and flowers I had an idea of a pendent / pin that possible had some fern like parts …”

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