COLLECSSION is a made-up word.

COLLECSSION is about COLLECting and paSSION.

COLLECSSION features three new collections of brooches inspired by the delicate world of botany.

pieces created from vintage buttons and toy soldiers.

a comment on an alternative reality.

constructed to resemble plant-life, but they reveal a secret intent – the soldiers seem to be dancing, playing (think synchronised swimming).

Second Life features eighty-eight brooches – each one unique, numbered, and available exclusively at RA.

sixty-one brooches made of copper with an acrylic layer.

just as in nature, what comes out of the tuber is always a little unexpected and surprising.

unique colour effects are created by folding and unfolding the copper

think of the inkblots in the rorschach test…

the structure creates a vein-like relief illustrating the beginning of life, like the Tuber.

no two Tuber brooches are quite the same, nor ever will be.

a series rendered in grey sketching board.

cut and assembled to mirror elements of nature.

each piece hand-made as a variation of the first.

every brooch is a new interpretation, the birth of a new life form.

each Sketch is coated to be water resistant, but keeps its strange mix of roughness/delicacy.

‘Pine’ is the first Sketch and consists of thirty-four different brooches.

A special edition of Penna – only available at RA – Kloosterstraat 13, Antwerp, Belgium

All the butterflies used for the design has the initial of ‘R’ or ‘A’.

Animal materials, such as skin and bones have been used for centuries for the making of jewelry.

The Animal Necklaces uses a different type of animals as material.

The Animal Necklaces offer a refreshing alternative to animal-material based jewelry.

Materials: beads, soft-toys

Now for sale at RA

A series of brooches inspired by insects’ wings.
This project explores the qualities and possibilities of using ‘fake’/'imitation’ materials instead of real insects parts.

Photography: Boaz Cohen

Special Thanks to: Burgers Zoo, Arnhem

Penna is now available at:

GALERIE NOEL GUYOMARC’H, Montreal, Canada

Silke and the Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

see more of Little Wonders..

always be hugged by your favorite animal!
materials: plastic beads, soft-toys

a peace maker! These guns use animals which need their winter sleep and cannot be used to harm.
materials: toy guns, soft-toys

graduation project at Hiko Mizuno Jewelry College. inspired by the beauty of the grapes plant after the fruits have been eaten. if you wish you can always add a new grape.
materials: hand-cut rubber sheet and plastic grapes
exhibited at: Spiral gallery, Tokyo, 2005 & Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen 2005