Design sketch for a great custom made order for a wooden pendant with opal. Soon we will be on holiday. It’s been pretty busy in the studio this summer. So I am looking forward to a few days of leisure. Do you know that more and...
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Meanwhile in our atelier … Do you remember this drawing? It was the design plan for what eventually would become the long wooden necklaces series NATURE … … worn here by 13threads. The beautiful gray dress is for sale in her shop. Now I’m trying to come...
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Lapis Lazuli is a true classic indeed. Many people love the intense blue color of this stone. Lapis Lazuli is found in Afghanistan. As you know a difficult area right now, so Lapis Lazuli is becoming more and more expensive. If our regular supplier has new...
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In the past weeks Jan and I have been busy in our atelier. But I am glad it is a nice sort of business so we are very happy. What are we doing? We are currently working on several commissions and orders, like for instance our Forever...
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Meanwhile, in the studio … At the moment we have many orders for wedding rings FOREVER. Still we found time to make a new ring. The green | yellow colored stone, a lemon trine has been waiting patiently for a destination. That destination turned out to...
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New work in progress … Jan is designing a new brooch. Regularly people ask me why I don’t show work in progress photos more often. Well the main reason is that we often forget to take pictures. But it’s also because I don’t like this type...
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Nuts and pods as inspiration.A small glimpse of our experiment with natural materials. On the days that our atelier is closed, we try to work as much as possible on new designs. Currently we are experimenting with casting nuts and seed pods in silver. On the...
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Meanwhile in our atelier … what’s up? For now we keep it a secret … will be continued …
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How some things go … For some time now I was thinking of how handy it would be to have a nice looking scoop to measure loose tea leaves. The idea buzzed around in my head and slowly a design arose. I discussed the idea...
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Meanwhile, in the studio … Well look at this! Finally a few warm days. Jan took advantage and worked outside for a while. In the photo you see Jan making a cavity in a large silver circle. After this Jan needs to continue working in the studio...
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Design sketch for a great custom made order for a wooden pendant with opal. Soon we will be on holiday. It’s been pretty busy in the studio this summer. So I am looking forward to a few days of leisure. Do you know that more and...
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There’s work to be done. It’s been very quiet for a while in our atelier, not many people came by. And suddenly here they are again; the beautiful commissions. Including these … to be continued …
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It’s really spring now. Time to work in the garden and taking long walks with the dogs. Some other issues come to mind too … but I think you should be in the mood for spring cleaning, don’t you think? So when Jan proposed to...
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We cordially invite you to The Jewelry Story OpenDoors 2017. The whole Pentecost weekend you are very welcome for a bite, a drink and to meet nice people … that’s the idea. At the atelier you can admire the latest jewelry and we also transform our house...
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Are you already in the Christmas spirit? Inspired by the beautiful snow that has fallen overhere in the last 2 days, I started with the Christmas decorations. This is the driveway to our workshop. Once the lighting is in place along our very long driveway,...
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Last week we received a great custom order to make an ebony pendant. The client, a woman, wrote her wishes to us via e-mail. On our site she had seen a pendant she liked, but unfortunately it was sold. She asked us if we wanted...
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Work in progress! In the photo Jan is working on making a new ebony brooch with ruby. At the last Sieraad Art Fair in Amsterdam we had 2 Music brooches with us and they were both sold! The design is by my partner Jan. There...
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Meanwhile in the atelier … there are long earrings with amethyst and fire opal in the making … I think it is a rather daring color combination, but I always have the idea that Jan sees colors differently as I do. Jan is the one...
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Meanwhile in our atelier … The long gold earrings are slowly starting to take shape. In de photo Jan is working on making gold bezels for the 2 fire opals. Will be continued …
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Meanwhile in our atelier we are working hard to expand our collection with some new rings. We definitely need new work because at the end of November we take part in the fair Meesterlijk in Amsterdam. Meesterlijk shows craft and design at a beautiful location...
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