Studio Stories — afstudeer ring RSS

How this collection started with the graduation ring for my sister Karin. A little over a year ago my sister Karin graduated from university. Oh oh, that meant that there had to be made a ‘traditional’ pearl ring again. A blank sheet of paper was staring back at me, waiting for the first stroke. It’s exciting to start a new design because there are no limitations. Nothing to hold me back from imagining the ultimate design. But also no guidelines and support when it gets rough ;-) So first things first: time to set some boundaries! I started by defining what the piece should ‘be’. Often that aligns with the person I’m designing for. This ring should be: elegant edgy...

The tradition of pearls for graduation. In a lot of families it is tradition to pass down pearls from (grand)mother to daughter. Especially when there is a celebration like graduation and marriage. It’s an honor to receive them. But is it really a joy to wear them? Let’s be honest here: we love pearls because of their rich heirloom tradition but for the same reason we dislike wearing them: we think it is old fashioned and traditional. Although in my family the pearl tradition is not practiced I thought it would be fun to introduce this ‘new tradition’ when my twin sister Annet graduated. Graduation from the Technical university and something ‘lady like’ as pearls did not seem a perfect...