The Blog

Literature in steel

|Such a shame the artist does not tell which books he used for all of his beautiful sculptures. Art Passages, Andrew Hayes

Badass Mother Fucker

|Tattoo inspired rings, made with CAD and laser engraving techniques. Jewellery Michael Flavin, Tattoollery

Meaningful jewellery

|She works with fragile and unusual materials like pubic hair, spiders or rose thorns, in combination with gold. It’s for the wall though, since it

WEarable MEmo

|The designer got this idea after seeing nurses frequently writing notes on their hands. Great for a drawing and handy for your grocery list, having it

Outside on the inside

|If only. An almost traditional Japanese house with a roof terrace for star-gazing. Project Mandai Courtyard house. Architecture Atelier M+A, Singapore

Studying one-line portraits

 |Searching for a way in between blind portraits – 1 and 3 – towards half-blind portraits – 2 and 4, for some dear things in

Play for the feet

|Delicately fabricated rugs by Tibetan artisans, hand-knotted in Nepal using all-natural materials and purified rain. It’s absolutely worth watching one of their mini-documentaries: this one (7

Blind contour portrait

|They say when you start a business, your first clients will be family & friends which counts for me too…one of my oldest friends is

Oesterplat

|In The Netherlands 25 million oysters are farmed annually. This graduate from the Design Academy Eindhoven recycles the beautiful mother-of-pearl shells into fossil-like kitchen walls

LOVE-pins

|Broches made of rotating hearts around a heart of gold. Material 1st grade oxidized silver, 18ct gold

Symbolic teardrops

|She knew what she wanted, simple earrings with big pearls. The client was dying in the same week that I got the commission. She wanted

Honey, I shrunk the client

|Working on a new project, for which I’ve asked the client to go for a 3D-scan. Still don’t know which details will survive since he’s

Star-Wars-architecture

|The old ones were quite bold, but now there is this new sophisticated 3D printing technique with concrete for the walls of your house to

Symbols 4 Hope

|Modern charm bracelet for a Californian girl finishing her Master CPA (Certified Public Accountant) this week at SMU in Texas. Together with her mom, I

Lady Ariel Justice

|Bracelet for a girl finishing Law School in America. As a child she was crazy about Disney’s mermaid Ariel. A VSI-diamond makes the belly button. Material

Wild is the Wind II

|My favorite goldsmith colleague S. asked me to replicate a set of ocean-earrings that I’d made for myself. Often I use metaphors or figurative drawings in