Earshells series 1 pair 1AB

Silver, Pearls

1.1A: 60 × 71 × 23 mm / 1.1B: 14 × 16 × 13 mm

Based and raised in Amsterdam I am a jewelry maker trained at Vakschool Edelsmeden Amsterdam and at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence. I have exhibited in Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Munich, Florence, Cambridge USA and New York City, I was featured by Vogue Italia as promising jewelry designer and was one of the award-winning artists at Artistar Jewels during Milano Jewelry Week and at the Florence Biennale Art and design. In september 2025 my work was part of ‘Turning Point’, the main exhibition of Gdansk Jewellery Week, curated by Ruudt Peters.
As a medical doctor and a jewelry maker I have an intense relationship with the body and with life. Every day I am confronted with the fact that life is determined by both strength and vulnerability. The fascination for this symbiosis leads me to make jewelry that is characterized by fragile looking and strong organic forms and delicate beauty. Beauty, in the fullest sense, is a necessity; comforting and essential, which becomes even more clear when confronted with illness, pain or loss.
My work is both minimalistic and vibrant. Every piece is one of a kind and handmade of natural materials and precious metals. I get inspired by the fact that natural elements consist of the most pure and balanced patterns and forms. Developing my own techniques, I seek for the clearest configurations, delicately moving along the fluid process that embraces the power of imperfection and vulnerability.
My series “Earshells” are different outcomes of the same wire-design: Every piece is made of one long, uninterrupted, silver wire, the ends connected to each other, creating a full earpiece out of one plain circle around the ear.