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Sandra here... it's been a few weeks of radio silence since the start of 2017 so I'm just poppin in to say hi! It might be silent in this online space but certainly not in my studio. The sounds of tools and metal are non stop. On top of that the album 24K Magic of Bruno Mars is played loudly on repeat. With a album name like that it's meant to be #professional deformation ;-) Anyway there are some exciting new developments to tell you about. First I have completely translated my website into Dutch. Dus je kan nu alles over Lasand lezen in het Nederlands! Second my new engagement ring and wedding ring collection is taking shape more and...

Who would have thought? When I was in jewellery school I didn’t quite like gemstones. I thought they were just fancy glitters. Often the design of a ring came second when there was a stone involved. This resulted in very traditional and boring rings. Not my cup of tea. When it comes to design I’m a purist, I belief the design as a whole should be exciting, not just the stone. With developing my Flow collection I got a quick re-introduction to stones again. The flow collection, which originally started with pearls, lured me back to gemstones. But this time I liked the re-introduction. Gemstones are not just fancy glitters, they are little miracles of the earth, they’ve gone through...