Goldsmith.
Wax carver.
Jewellery researcher and teacher.

After graduating as a concept and product designer at the Design Academy Eindhoven, I moved to New York where master goldsmith Dan Peligrad guided and educated me on my path to jewellery. Now I work in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, as a designer, goldsmith and jewellery researcher. I specialize in custom-designed and organic hand-carved pieces, with strong gravitation towards a minimalist aesthetic and finding poetry in shape.

Besides a maker I am also a researcher. From an early age I’ve been fascinated by man-made objects and how we use them. The book ‘At Home’ by Bill Bryson is one of my favourite reads. Since 2020 I’ve started my own research into jewellery wearing in Europe, specifically the 16th and 17th century. Portraits of the time give us a glimpse at many unusual wearing habits and jewellery pieces, plenty of which are forgotten today. I’m currently writing a book and organizing lectures on the subject under the name ‘Forgotten Wearability’. A first copy of the book can be found at international museum libraries such as the V&A, Rijksmuseum and Musée des arts Décoratifs. I’ve been asked by multiple international schools to share my knowledge thus far and also provide custom lectures, which you can read about on my Workshops and Lectures page.

When creating a piece of jewellery I combine the three branches of design, craft and research. Buying a piece of jewellery from my hand means to receive a refined and timeless piece with a striking aesthetic, which incorporates details taken from the past.

Junior stonesetter and hand engraver.

In the spring of 2024 I went to Rome to refine my stonesetting knowledge and learn the basics of hand engraving. I successfully finished the traditional burin course at The Gerardi Stonesetting School, and aim to rediscover old forms of stonesetting, to revive them within my creations.

The video on the right shows an interview with me during my time at Gerardi.