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2010-03-15T14:15:00.001-04:00

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meet me on the blogspot

2009-04-10T04:03:00.003-04:00

dear, you can find my words from now on at www.mezereem.blogspot.com. this blog was made in other times and places and the smell of spring felt like starting something new.

you can also find me on my updated website www.mezereem.com

and be sure to check back ones in a while to see which markets/trunk shows i'll attent :)

two thousand nine

2009-01-01T12:41:00.004-05:00

wishing you a splendid year - the year that is called two thousand nine *for two thousand eight i had so many good intentions and way to many wishes and now, after the year is over i can look back on a rural time - some wishes have come true, others are remained to be fulfilled - some intentions found a ground to live on, some went up in smoke. then there is two thousand and nine... look forward, look clearly and soak up what i see and keep reminding myself that i only live in the today

blossom

2008-05-12T09:01:00.005-04:00

this could have been in Japan or in Amsterdam, but it were the full bloom cherry blossoms in Brooklyn New York in 2008. it was the best week since... and i made this year :)

thank you so much shari and lisa for the nice welcome, i'll be here more often now!

time

2008-05-11T09:36:00.004-04:00

time is a basic component of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects.

time is that what was between then and now, and in between many things happened.

time allows one to start over, cause time has no end and no begin. time takes us places and want us to be back on a certain moment. time is totally irrelevant, we can not catch it nor can we hold it, but time makes us feel and understand age. i wish i could change time once in a while, travel back in time, or catch a glimpse of the future. but today i am in the here and now, the present and the past and i will make the future mine.

11 months of time passed since my last post, and who knows what changed in the blog world? are you all still there, waiting to read my scribbles and thoughts... i have a lot of catching up to do for sure, and time can only be used once, i will use it as carefully as possible... so, soon...

potato for sale

2007-06-20T11:10:00.000-04:00

Long time no see... things have been swirly around here. Many changes, big changes, live upside down changes. New goals, new roads new adventures and also a lot to leave behind, let go, and look back at.

But finally my potato ring is for sale in the shop. This beautiful bold silver 925 potato shaped ring is completely hollow and very thin. It makes it very light and comfortable to wear.

The concept of this ring is that it will dent by wearing it, having its own scars trough time... making it a unique piece, one that is formed by you. Maybe you can even tell the events that happened when it dented in that particular area or when you scratched it doing 'something' 'somewhere'.

I want to let you know that I will be lifting my prices on the 4th of July. So this is your chance to buy that ring you always wanted for a very very good price. I also will be adding some more new jewelry. There is a hidden ring on its way :)

till soon!

random things

2007-05-24T10:44:00.000-04:00

Back from Europe, a long trip, a show, a wedding, friends that visited and 2 weeks of showing my parents around in this city :-) YEH!! Things have to be organised, i have to get back in the rhythm, orders to be finished, new things on the way, and a long list of things that i want to do - make - see and more. Now there is time again to meet up, have lunches and dinners and spent time with Poes, who grew even bigger!

Below a shot from part of my show in the Elektrohaus in Hamburg, Germany.

I have been tagged by Martha from UNIFORM Studio, who by the way makes beautiful architectural clothing designs for little and big ones! One day i'll own something she made! So I am supposed to write 7 random things about myself...?

one i am a day dreamer, i can sit, think and look at nothing for a long time - two i was not a cat person, but Poes changed my look and made me adore this big personality animal - three i like to eat cheese and chocolate at the same time on my sandwich - four i am not a talker in big crowds, i am the listener - five i like to keep the books that i have read in my bookshelf as a kind of evidence that i have read them... i tent to forget the books that I've read - six i like the smell after rain - seven i wrote these six things down but as soon as i push the publish button i will thing of a dozen more random things about me

i tag rebecca, wendy, shari and if they had a blog i would tag verena and sandra

Another shot from one of the paintings that was in the show. The image is overexposed and gave this silky white feeling to it. The real colors are greenish... image to come.

My heart goes out to lisa, i look at Poes and can't imagine being without her... she lost her little twin sister... be strong!

wash stool

2007-04-11T20:29:00.000-04:00

Some old work, from my Art Academy times... seems like ages ago! This was one of my final-year pieces. A little Koshikake or wash stool which can be used in the ritual of bathing, the Japanese way. It was designed to be in a bathing house which was also designed by me.

The idea is to assemble the Koshikake before you use it. This very conscious step enables the user to focus on the experience, concentrating on oneself, become aware of ones own body, allowing the user to almost immediately immerse oneself in the ritual cleansing process, leaving the rest of the world somewhere outside of the bathing room. This goal of drawing the attention away from daily life and towards oneself is further enchained by the nature of the Koshikake. The Koshikake is very close to the ground, which causes the body to be in an almost rolled together form, offering a chance to become extremely aware of its own body. In this position the user is able to wash the entire body with ease, enforcing the feeling of being one with oneself, of pureness, cleanliness and relaxation for body and mind.

ausstellung

2007-04-09T12:47:00.000-04:00

Did you had a good Easter weekend? I did and I think this was my first Easter with snow... Yes, yesterday there was snow falling in NY. Today the sun is shining again... a little.

Stage two of the Potato ring is taking much longer than expected, maybe I am to careful or not such a rough person. i don't know... I am even thinking of asking someone as a try-out person. One who is very rough and wears it day and night... Well, as soon as it is showing I will post it here!

I am painting together with Poes (she loves to watch me and follow me around with every step I take. She is so funny... ) the last big painting is going to be finished this week and then there are some smaller ones that I try to do in between. The cards are being printed and will ship out soon by my friend Verena who is coordinating everything in Hamburg. Many thanks Verena!! I am already looking forward to the dinner! :)

Here is the invitation of the show. If you are around Hamburg, be sure to come by!

Back to painting again...

potato ring

2007-03-24T14:34:00.000-04:00

I couldn't wait :) here is the first stage of the potato ring. When second stage is ready to be shown I will explain the concept of this ring. Patience, my friends!

flower and flakes

2007-03-16T10:48:00.000-04:00

This one is for you Paulina!

Weekend is a half a day away, birthday party and other nice times awaiting. And more painting, need to do more painting, more painting... There is another ring in the pipeline which makes its appearance hopefully next week! And then all left to do is watch my little gray monster look at the falling snow. She would look good walking around in it :) I took her up to the roof, she loves it, all the new smells and sounds. Soon we go for a walk in the park!

The weather is totally mixed up here in the city, a few days ago we could walk around in shorts and now it is snowing again. I feel like this abnormality has been going on for a while now! The turning of this earth is not so smooth anymore...it is spinning out of control and needs some oil!

Have a great weekend you all! I know i will :)

gray tones

2007-03-03T11:19:00.000-05:00

Today is such a beautiful day here in NYC! The sun is shining, blue skies, Sufjan Stevens on Itunes...the air smells like spring! Hmmm... but it is gonna be cold on Tuesday, so I guess spring has to wait a little longer and I will just enjoy this day as it is. I have some more painting to do for my upcoming show in Hamburg. Working hard and enjoying the moments in between, those are the moment of drinking tea and looking, thinking and figuring out the next step, where to put the next layer. This painting has no name yet, it does have a story so the name will come up ones it is ready. It is about 45 x 45 inches (115 x 115 cm) and I just love the different gray tones, to me they seem so deep... you can sink into them. This is probably gonna be the painting that will be used for the invitation. Although it is not finished yet (it needs a few more layers) I think this is the one. Hope you all have a great weekend!

a year and a week

2007-02-27T20:41:00.000-05:00

One year and a week have passed since my first post here in blog-land. I forgot about it, I knew it was in February...but yeh... Looking back now I see that a lot happened in this one year, Poes came in my live, I met a lot new people and lost some old ones along the way, got my Etsy site up and started selling my jewelry and had my first show for my paintings and jewelry. Nothing but wonderful!

I still have some more jewelry to share - I made these for the 55th Wedding anniversary of 'my' grandparents. A wishbone pin and charm with a little diamond! They were very happy with it :)

weekend

2007-02-26T12:44:00.000-05:00

Last weekend was a nice one! I went to the Armory show on Pier 94. When I arrived there to meet up with friends the line was sooo long that there was a moment I thought I didn't wanna go in. I had this image in my mind of the Friday nights at the MoMa... 'cause it is free on Friday nights, everybody goes. So, yes there were far too many people but it was nice. I saw a few interesting pieces and a lot of interesting people :)

Sunday my neighbor took me to a restaurant in Korea town (or street) called HanGawi. I loved the interior. You sit at tables that are almost floor height and the 'poor' servers (who walk around in some kind of pyjama, very sweet) need to bend down each time they bring you something new. We drank Rose-bud tea and milky rice wine, a whole new experience! I love sake but this is very different. And we ate a lot of fried stuff with a thick sweet and sour sauce.

Furthermore I did some painting and stretching the canvas... Show time is coming closer and closer!

tja

2007-02-07T18:50:00.000-05:00

Yeh! time warner finally managed to fix my internet after 6 appointment, 3 weeks and too many cable guys later! My neighbor got her new connection setup the next day... so much for costumer service :p

Anyway, now I am fully online again which means I am able to skype, internet, email, download, you name it!

Thank you so much for all your nice reactions on the knitted ring! It is so good to hear and I really appreciate it :)

My friends left the city :( but one is coming back to stay!!! and very soon I hope... We went to see Ron Mueck at the Brooklyn Museum - this was very cool. The sculptures look so real, you want to touch them. The looks he creates are unbelievable... Then did some gallery hopping, very crowded and I just saw 1 nice golden picture of an artist I can't remember the name of. I know, that is bad.

gold knitted ring

2007-01-29T10:10:00.000-05:00

Time Warner S*KS! My Internet is running, but not all the time, and they can't figure out why! Very annoying!

Anyway, live goes on and I have some new stuff to show you. This is a gold version of the Knitted ring. This is the Yellow version, but it is available in Red and White Gold too. Soon I hope to show you more different kinds. The knitted ring is a one of a kind ring. It was a collaboration between Tessa and me, she made the rings in wool and I came up with the idea to make them in metal, silver and gold.

You have to see these small clips made by my friend Rogier Wieland! They are so COOL! So hop over to Youtube and rate them 5 stars :)

It is cold in the city, there was some snow but not the sticky kind... hope we have some of that soon. The winter can't just pass without a snow storm, can it? Well, back to painting! Have a great Monday!!

still here

2007-01-22T15:59:00.000-05:00

A year, a birthday, Internet failure, vacation trip, crashed hard-disk and far to many days later I am almost back at blogging again. It has been toooo long, and I missed reading all your stories and looking at your beautiful images. Time just disappeared, it went up in smoke... somewhere between last year and now. And even now it is running faster then I can catch up with. I need to get back on track, start where I left off, or maybe just start where I am now. The hard disk is replaced with a new one and I count the lost mb's. The photo's, the emails, the files...too many to think about, I stopped! Internet is still not running but I hope the cable guy can fix the problem soon so I can be fully back online. In the meantime Poes grew from kitten to cat and made some new friends as did I, and I started gathering new ideas for the next big thing in April and will tell all about that when I know a little more. Friends come to town next week, yeh! And I get to spent some time with a new born guy who stole my heart. I will take it easy here in blog-world, and maybe some things will change...a new year means a fresh start and change is good! So my friends, thank you for being patience, till soon :-) with pictures!

donderstraal

2006-12-01T09:50:00.001-05:00

A special request from Lisa s, Matilda's twin sister - Poes. I mean really, they have to be twins :) Poes just loves to lay on her back...weird girl! By the way, the rat you see (giving to me by my friend Wendy in Holland, when I was wishing for a pet!) has been injured during playtime with Poes. Her tail is half the length shorter now :( poor rat! So I have to find her a new play-pal... This morning she woke me up screaming MIAUW, because she climbed up somewhere she could not get off on her own! She is pushing my limits, seeing how far she can go, how bad she can be... and she can be a monster, a donderstraal! but then when she sleeps :), she is the cutest thing ever.

Today, December 1st and it is 22 C (72 F) outside, I must be in the wrong country... this is absurd! There should be snow, and thick winter coats and hot chocolate milk. I just bought a super nice hat and a beautiful scarf... which I am suppose to wear now, instead I go out in a T-shirt, no coat... the only thing missing today is sunglasses... it is raining. Maybe winter starts tomorrow...

So today will be all about painting and guessing the last round of the Compound Word Project, I still only now half of the words...

Have a great Friday friends, almost weekend ;)

me?

2006-11-29T22:00:00.001-05:00

The lovely Shari got the honours of my first interview. I had a great time doing it! And I love reading the other interviews with all these amazing lady's! How did I get to be on that list?

Poes is laying on my lap, while I am trying to figure out the words of the second round from the Compound Word Project. I have a hard time...I really do...! But the photo's are all so nice!

I am getting things done, and slowly reading long neglected blogs of you!

another update

2006-11-26T15:27:00.000-05:00

Hi Friends... can you believe this, it took me for ever to write another post. To much going on in live beyond the computer. I have been busy painting the mural for a baby room which I soon hope to show you after making some photo's. Rings are ready to send out and I am still working on some paintings. There are some orders on the Knitted rings which will be heading to happy receivers hopefully before the holidays. This time we are going to explore them in different shades of Gold.

I managed to update my website with more images of the Layers paintings and my friend Verena has her new website running - for a while already :), have a look at her jewelry.

Also a while ago Wendy came with two friends to have dinner at my place. We had a great time, lots of talking about art and other stuff. She left alone and her friends live in my room now, happy me :) I am sad Wendy leaves to LA, but I am very curious about her word project!

And I was one of the happy people to receive one of Mav's cards. I love it! As I do her holiday gift guide. Lots of nice stuff!

I am off to see Casino Royal...hope it is better than Babel, that sucked!

the show

2006-11-13T22:35:00.000-05:00

Some last preparations, all the rings in their little plastic bag with number and size.

Paintings on the wall, still empty jewelry displays...

And then the moment was here, last weekend was SHOWTIME... all the hard work was rewarded with a crowded show on both Saturday and Sunday. There were so many people that there were waiting lines in the hallway :) All the jewelry was spread out carefully by all the designers and I think everybody was happy with the way it looks.

My paintings fitted perfectly on the wall...it looked SO nice, I am a very happy girl :) I got lots of nice comments! And you know what the best part was...all my friends came to look at the paintings and the jewelry :-) thank you so much!!!

So, I am back to my normal schedule...today was all about cleaning up and giving Poes some attention. And tomorrow I will be back in the saddle finishing orders of rings in sizes I did not had at the show, painting commissions and buying supplies for a mural for a baby room that I will be starting to make hopefully this week. The mural has to be finished soon....because the lovely lady is getting close to due date :) And this is also why I had my first baby-shower this weekend, and it was so nice! It was in Lady Mendl's tea Salon, such a beautiful space. We drank lots of tea, ate many many cookies, chocolate, fingers sandwiches, salad, scones... I was completely stuffed when I had to rush back to the show!

So I will be catching up with you all this week...lots of blogs to read, emails to write and phone calls to make! *Daphne

happy -ween

2006-10-31T18:44:00.000-05:00

My first pumpkin, I made it last year with my Friend! I will be heading out now and watch all the kids spooky-ing trough the neighborhood :)

that time of the year

2006-10-29T16:21:00.000-05:00

It is this time of the year when the plastic bags fly passed your head and end up being stuck in a tree. It is this time of the year when I just want to drink hot chocolate with whip cream, watch a movie snuggled up in bed or on the couch. Hear the wind blowing over the roof, 'knocking' on my window. Hear new sounds...of moving things. It is time for chimney fires, drinking wine and long talks. I remember that 'this time' was a lot later last year...does this mean that winter comes early too? Somehow the darkness outside is giving me this cozy feeling inside, do you have that? This is time to create and I am enjoying it very much!

Have you read wendy's moments, I love them!!

Last night I went to a gallery opening of a friend of mine. He makes these beautiful large abstract paintings and I fell in love with one of them... #105 no picture :( but here you can see some older work of Hiromitsu Kuroo.

...and we saw The Departed

The room went dark wile typing this...I have to turn on the lights! I'll leave you with another picture of Poes, I just couldn't resist ;)

getting closer

2006-10-25T14:22:00.000-04:00

As the show is moving closer I finally send out my invitations. I like doing this, putting the stamps on the envelopes and then slowly let them fall in the mailbox...of to a friend, close or far away...even to far away to come by.

Yesterday I finished some more rings and painted a little more before the gray creature came hanging around upstairs. She just loves to be in the same spot as were I am, especially when I am working. She bangs the brushes with her paw and even walks over my paintings. Since I use a lot of water she steps in the wet paint more then ones but it does not seem to bother her as much as I do :)

This morning we went to the vet a second time, she got spayed last week and since a few days she has this bump underneath her skin at the place of the surgery. The vet said it was normal and I just hope it is. She does not seem to have any pain. On the photo you can see her shaved belly with little hair growing on again...

Well, back to work again - have a great Wednesday!

coney island

2006-10-22T10:23:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I went to Coney Island to meet up with Wendy, Anne and Greg to do some photo shooting in the almost deserted amusement park and its surrounding streets. The train took me one and a half hour to get there and since that was not expected I was late. But luckily not to late to still feel and hear the silence on the boardwalk. The weather was the best, the sky was so blue, the air fresh and cool and the sun was shining...what else to wish for?

I found this great blog called GalleryDing trough Ma Roulotte. The blog is from Maarten who is also a jeweler in the Netherlands. His site has so many links you could keep on surfing all day...check it out! Hope you have a great weekend!!

friday the 13th

2006-10-13T15:43:00.000-04:00

Nothing special about it I think, so far... All the weird stuff already happened last week. I personally don't believe in these things...and wonder where the story came from. Over time things change and the actual story is far from what we think it is today. Like this game we played when I was a little girl. We would all sit in a circle and you would say a word to you neighbor, who would say it the his-her neighbor, and then the last person tells the word he has heard...totally different of course. Yeh for good old times! :)

Yesterday I picked up some more rings and dropped off another batch. I walked passed the 'Sky Mirror' by Anish Kapoor, this time with my camera. The huge stainless steel mirror is on 5th Avenue, Rockefeller Centre. It is a memorial to the British victims of 9-11. It gives you the feeling that you are very tiny and just one of the many many people on this earth. It is not only a reflection of yourself in a visual way but standing there made me look at the others passerby's as well and made me think of what I am to this world and to others. In other words I liked this bombastic thing in the middle of the street.

it took me about 20 times to upload these images...blah!

jewelry show

2006-10-10T21:22:00.000-04:00

You are all invited to the first Fred de Vos jewelry show!

The invitation is ready and I wish I was... still working hard to make everything that is on my list of things that I want to show. The show is going to be amazing, lots of designers and all their different styles. Can't wait to see it all in one room. I hope that I have enough time to start this new thing that I have been thinking about for a while now - a very special necklace. We'll see :)

My card for the art show is coming soon, this week for sure!

In the bus downtown I started reading 'the history of love' by Nicole Krauss...and couldn't stop. Join reading this wonderful book in the 'book-club' hosted by Shari, Lisa s and Ash. Go for more info to Lisa s musings this friday.

waiting to dry

2006-10-05T15:02:00.000-04:00

The sky is so amazingly blue, the sun is shining, and cool fresh air - the perfect October day! I am in the city but if I close my eyes I can see myself walking (or better - running and jumping) on a hill, dried grass around me, little stream far down... A little like 'Christina's world' from Andrew Wyeth which is one of the paintings I really love to see when I'm at the MoMa.

Up to the studio again and paint some more... 'Cause I work in al lot of layers and use lots of water it needs a long time to dry before I can apply the next layer. I am working on several paintings at the same time trying not waste any time, but a little pause ones in a while makes me reflect on that what I have painted so far...a little distance is good! Below you can see one of the paintings I am working on now (not revealing so much though...), for a show next month! I will tell you soon some more about that. Have a good Thursday everyone!!

geometrical

2006-10-02T13:08:00.000-04:00

New stuff in the shop! Some geometrical shapes this time... All in silver 925 but also available in gold on request. Please have a look at the circle, square and round ring :)

aurora robson

2006-10-02T12:51:00.000-04:00

In answer to Lisa's question, I did see Aurora Robson's jungle and I loved it. It really was a jungle, so much to see...and again the colors she used were amazing, lots of green tones. Have a look at this link. Look at one of those sculptures and than imagine you see multiple of them hanging around you. Very nice!! Too bad it wasn't in a larger space, that would have even been better :)

art 212

2006-10-01T17:19:00.000-04:00

Just back from the show and positively surprised. Often I am a bit disappointed by the work shown in such shows but not this time. I even got to see Lisa Solomon's work in person and I really loved it! See here for yourself.

Two artists work I really liked are Sarah Smelser, her work might look a little doll on the net but the colors in real time were amazing. And Isabel Bigelow had some beautiful colored paintings, very dreamy.

Sarah Smelser

Isabel Bigelow

flow

2006-10-01T13:47:00.000-04:00

Flow acceleration, is that a word you would use to say that things are going and that they go good! Anyway, ... I couldn't be happier!! There are several things to work on and soon I hope to tell you some more about it.

Later today I will go to the Art-212 show, I hope to see some interesting new stuff and will post about that later.

Little Poes has a big character and likes to do things her way. She is very active and right now she is bugging me writing this post. She LOVES attention and has no shame asking for it :)

showtime

2006-09-27T14:01:00.001-04:00

I just had to show you this picture, isn't she gorgeous? Today we hanged out at the rooftop for a little while. She really enjoys all the activity around her, the new smells, the fly she is trying to catch!

When I am not playing with her I am working on the jewelry show in November. I hope that I can give you some more information soon. For now I can only tell you that it will be on the weekend of 11-12 November noon till 6 pm in SoHo New York. On my list to make is a new necklace that I hope will turn out great and lots of rings. Today I try to finish two orders so I can send them out to the other side of the big pond :)

poes

2006-09-24T18:51:00.000-04:00

It has been a while since you have seen me around here...but I am back and not alone! I will let you meet my sweet new lady that I adopted from a shelter place in Brooklyn last week. Here name is POES and she is 8 weeks old. And man is she easy to love. As soon as she was in the apartment she crawled out of the box and explored the room., walks stairs, climbs couches, finds small hiding places (I let her wear a little bell so I can find her when she moves) and Poes loves to be cuddled to sleep. Well, you understand that I am very, very happy with this little monster that I have been waiting so long to find. And she will be stealing away all my time :) Poes is lief!

little potatoes

2006-09-02T15:43:00.000-04:00

...drooly day, the rain is still pouring down... We went for a quick visit to the Craft Museum where we saw the Schmuck (German word for jewelry) exhibition but I was not blown over from what they were showing, there were a few nice pieces like the 'little potatoes' from Dutch jewelry designer Carla Nuis.

I am still figuring out all the words from the compound word project. Is it just me having a hard time? It was so much fun to see all those beautiful pictures, thanks again Shari and I am looking forward to the next one in a couple of months!

This week I was given some nice chocolates by my love, and eating them made me really wanna go to Max Brenner. I can't wait to drink a hot chocolate milk from their Hug Mug :) Lucky me that I can make my own hot chocolate and drink it from the Hug Mug given to me by my friend Janita who brought it all the way from Australia to New York via Holland *beam*

knitted ring

2006-08-30T12:14:00.000-04:00

I know, it looks like there is almost no difference with the 'white' ones but this one is silver 925 shining like crazy :) It is the first knitted ring completely finished... Tessa has knitted a ring in wool and I came up with the idea to make it in silver. We have a lot more ideas to come, so stay tuned on this one...

Furthermore I am working on new design for the upcoming show in November in New York (more info will follow). My sketchbook is bursting with little drawings, I want to make them all but I think there is not enough time for every single one of them. And some of the designs need to develop a little more before I can start working on them. Sometimes I wonder where the ideas come from, in my case I think they are fusions of several images I have seen in nature, fashion or things on the street. A combination of shapes, forms and lines... Anyway, you'll see what comes up :)

Anyone going to see some shows during Fashionweek here in NY?

hero rat

2006-08-29T21:22:00.001-04:00

I used to have a rat as a pet...and now I found this website of Hero rat trough chiemitti. Have a look at the video and adopt a hero rat! I think it is the best thing ever!!

another trip

2006-08-29T12:39:00.000-04:00

We had a wonderful short trip to the other side of the ocean. I finally saw the Eiffel Tower close by and strolled along the small streets in Paris, drinking a very nice glass of wine in the late evening sun. And another one to be sure it tasted that good.

Here is a small summary of it all - Paris - Eiffel Tower - lots of subway traveling - Louvre - Mona Lisa - Pain au Chocolate (lots of them, hmmmm) - Wine - Kusmi tea - Sacre Coeur - Centre Pompidou - chocolate - TGV - Lyon - car to Bagnols - wedding of a lovely couple - beautiful Chateau - green all around us - amazing dinner - early wake up - car back to Lyon - TGV back to Paris and in the plain to NYC - coming back very tired but happy :) I wish I could have stayed longer...

corner of my home

2006-08-16T17:49:00.000-04:00

well, actually, this is a large part of the house... The photo is taken from another part, which is my studio and is undergoing a big renovation. Lots of piles, so maybe I should join Shari and Lisa s with their pile images. I am a master in making piles of things, I pile about everything. Letters, books, magazines, paper, paintings and so and so. I try not to and stuff it all away in boxes, but even those I pile up!

The sun is going down, and the streets are covered with shade, this is the best time to be out. I love it when the city is busy with people going home, doing groceries, picking up laundry and getting ready for the night. I could watch it for hours...just looking at people...

smiling again

2006-08-12T11:33:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I went to see the sold out movie Little Miss Sunshine. It was so funny that I had pain in my stomach from laughing. Really, this was the most funniest movie since a long long time. I will not tell you anything about it, just watch the preview and go there!

words

2006-08-10T19:06:00.000-04:00

I hope that by looking at this flower I can get some peace in my mind. Clean the wound. Go on... Words can sometimes hurt so much! Right at this moment there is a very loud thunderstorm exactly above me. Rain is pouring down, making a little river come out of my chimney. The room gets filled with bright white flashes. Being safe in this house I know I'll get there, somehow, someday with a big smile.

30, but not me

2006-08-09T18:11:00.000-04:00

It is a 'Happy Birthday' day! And a big one...my love turned *30* today! He got a big cake with candles and two air-balloons and lots of presents! Tonight we go out for a nice dinner to a restaurant that he hopefully likes. (i am very sure he does...we are going to eat his favorite food) It is always nice if it is somebody else's birthday, 'cause you see this person having a happy face. But 30 gives him the creeps, a little. Lucky me that I can still say for a few more months that I am in my twenties!

nice weekend

2006-08-07T14:42:00.000-04:00

We had a really nice weekend! It started on Friday evening with friends and a dinner at an Italian restaurant in Battery Park with a view on the Statue of Liberty, lots of people hanging out there to relax in the park with the cool breeze from the water. And after this we went to see a funny movie. Normally I would be freezing in the Theater but this time the airconditioning did not work and everybody was sweating like crazy... The movie was very American but made me laugh! Saturday we woke up late and spent some time around the house, ate a Falafel for lunch from the streetmarket and then went to the Dia:Beacon. The building was beautiful and so was a lot of art. I really liked the huge Iron sculptures from Richard Serra

the big 'black' holes of Michael Heizer

and the white striped paintings from Agnes Martin.

Sunday we ended the weekend with a little biking along the Hudson river... It was a really nice weekend. How was your weekend? Have a nice monday!

feeling hot hot hot

2006-08-02T14:44:00.000-04:00

If only you could smell half of what I smell from these beautiful flowers... :)

The airconditioner can't take it anymore...it is running full power and still it his hot inside. Half of the flower called it a night, but the other half keeps blooming and smelling amazingly! They say it is gonna be better in a few days, still hot but better. My studio space can now be used as a sauna, no more painting for the time being. And the roof is a paradise for everything that can survive above 45 C - 113 F. Laundry dries instantly though :) !!

I am still working on my word for Shari's compound words. I hope it turns out the way I imagined.

knitted rings

2006-07-30T14:06:00.000-04:00

Some more pictures of the knitted rings of the little collaboration (edit: this is no longer a collaboration, we have parted our ways since there is a disagreement on who owns designer-rights for a specific part of the design). In the picture below, you can see how the rings are sprued, ready to be casted! They look so delicate and hopefully they keep that appearance.

And here you can see how they look after the casting process, now they still have this beautiful white color which will disappear after transforming them into their final state. I wish that this white color could stay on there but even if you would leave it on it will disappear when you wear the ring. I think they still look very delicate and somewhat fragile, I can only dream how they would look in a nice rich yellow gold. - more pictures to come.

water towers

2006-07-26T21:19:00.000-04:00

I love these water towers, and the best is that they are all over town!! This one is my daily view... I am trying to make a collection of photo's of all the nice ones I see. Got a lot of work to do then...;) Today was a slow day...some painting, some letter writing, trying to phone to Holland (but I guess they are all out enjoying the very hot weather while sitting on the nice terraces, I am jealous!).

the process

2006-07-25T23:28:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to show you this picture of a little collaboration (edit: this is no longer a collaboration, we have parted our ways since there is a disagreement on who owns designer-rights for a specific part of the design). This is already stage 2 and hopefully it will make it to the next stage. When it is finished I will show some more. This is really fun to do , all the experimenting and trying out. The process of getting there might take a little longer then expected. You have this final image in your mind but somehow along the way it changes and becomes even more beautiful :)

in need for 'greens'

2006-07-24T13:34:00.000-04:00

Dramatic sky!! Last weekend we went out of the city to breath some green air in a small botanical garden. After spending maybe half an hour walking trough the 'greens' we needed a little refreshment. Looking for a nice coffee place or some sort we soon found out we had no option but the usual Dunkin Donuts. We killed our time there, waiting for the next train to bring us back...

I was the last person to join Shari's compound word project. I am looking so much forward to the result already. And I am having some great ideas with my word :)

eating air

2006-07-21T14:04:00.000-04:00

The days were nice and relaxed, the smell of summer was refreshing back home on the other side of the ocean, only to come back in the City and feel like I am eating air. That is how 'thick' it feels here... We spent some nice days visiting almost all parts of the country and catching up with family and friends. Visiting some galleries, the days were flying by! I need to get back in the rhythm here, organizing stuff, making my studio space look like a studio space again. (I started a clean up just before I left , and that says it all) and making the jewelry, people ordered from me :) I have an urge to paint and make other small stuff. Write letters and make new jewelry-designs. I hope it lasts a long time.

There was so much catching up to do with all the blogs of you guys that it will surely take me some more days to read it all. It feels good to be back and I'll try to post a little more regular.

pear bracelet

2006-06-19T21:45:00.000-04:00

YEH!! The Pear series is complete. The final piece is there, the bracelet! It is made to fit me, but with little adjustments and a bigger size it will fit you too. It is made from sterling silver and wraps tightly around the wrist. I still need to make some photo's of my latest finished jewelry on hands and so, to show you how beautifully it fits the body. That will be a little project for this week and I hope I'll have that ready at the end of this hot, sticky, warm, clammy weather that has fallen up on us. But, we'll survive...the airco is running top-speed! ...I can only shiver thinking about what is yet to come...even hotter, sweatier weather :) All this hotness gives me a good excuse to drink lots of iced soy Chai, hhmmmm :)

Another thing I will do this week is add the Cabochon ring and this bracelet to my online store. Further more I'm working on getting the Felt series completed. I want to add some tiny earrings and a nice pendant and maybe a bracelet as well. But I haven't made my mind up about that yet. We'll see... ps - for now, no more 'blogs I like'

friday - red

2006-06-16T19:12:00.000-04:00

Last day of color week, I had a lot of fun watching everybody's photo's! I don't have that much red around the house. The only red around here are some book covers or the Sun-maid raisins I take as a snack....So here is my red, my hair and yes, it is mine :) the photo credits go to Rogier Wieland who is a lot more than a graphic designer. Have a look at his site!!

thursday - blue

2006-06-15T21:28:00.000-04:00

this day was so nice...enjoying the warm weather on my roof and in the park. The sky was blue with lovely white clouds, those sky's are the best! They make me happy!!! And that will be my blue for today. Tomorrow will be the last day of color week :(

cabochon ring

2006-06-15T13:59:00.000-04:00

I finally finished this cabochon ring which I really like. It has a white beryl cabochon stone and a large shaft which is higher than normal. The V-shaped ring part makes it very comfortable to wear. I normally don't wear large rings or even a lot of jewelry but this one I am definitely going to show off. The glow of the stone is just beautiful. Well, enough bragging...

If you would like one also, just send me an email (mezereem at gmail.com) and I will post it soon on my online store :)

wednesday - black/gray

2006-06-14T22:35:00.000-04:00

A late post, we discovered a deserted outlet store somewhere in New Jersey. I am still trying to figure out if it was deserted because of the late time that we were there or because it looked like it was falling apart. It was built for people with a car and since non of us owns one we had to go walking around. No walking roads what so ever but we did manage to find a crossing with a crossing light, somewhere in the grass. Anyway, I ended up bringing two pairs of summer shoes home :) and then had dinner at PUKK (a vegetarian Thai with the best appetizers!).

So today is a black-gray color day. It started of being very gray today but later the sun came trough. And almost all of my clothing is some kind of black, I always think that there are many kinds of black. So I could take a photo of my clothes but I thought that I let myself be inspired by our x-ing experience earlier today...

tuesday - brown

2006-06-13T19:40:00.000-04:00

Ok, I cheated...this is a photo from my archives. But I wanted to show you the brown of these beautifully built Japanese wooden houses. So many colors of brown again...well enjoy!

thin felt rings

2006-06-12T17:10:00.000-04:00

Thin felt rings are online for sale, have a look!!

monday - white

2006-06-12T12:01:00.000-04:00

The first day of color day! So today's color is white. I do have a lot of white in the house, I love white. 'Cause for me it is pure, clean, simple, but than again, white is not really white if you don't have a contrast. There can only be pure white with a little black next to it... Anyway, my post is a white that I see everyday during breakfast. Lots of whites on white...

more jewelry

2006-06-10T17:07:00.000-04:00

The weather is a little better today. Still chilly but there is sun again. So a good day to make some pictures of my newest jewelry. These are thin versions of the felt ring. It looks very nice when you stack them in different colors and they are very comfy to wear. You can find them soon in my store.

Well, I am off to buy some wine and have a dinner with friends. See you monday with the first color of color week!

color week

2006-06-09T11:07:00.000-04:00

Here is an announcement for color week, next week. I am looking so much forward to participate in posting a color everyday. And have to say that these colors are my favorite. So please join and post a color a day according to this scheme Arc from Port2Port laid out.

on that note...an announcement for another photographic week of color to start on monday june 12. here are the rules! please post a single photo on your blog to the following schedule color theme:

monday - white

tuesday - brown

wednesday - black/grey (but not a b&w photo)

thursday - blue

friday - red

it has been a while...

2006-06-06T21:30:00.000-04:00

I know, it has been a while... ...but I needed to post on this day. '666' or 6 July 2006, special dates somehow always fascinates me. They only come ones and then it is past forever. A memory, a date, just numbers... I like to look at how people put the date on a letter. First of all it is different in many country's, but then people also have their special way of writing that date. My way of doing it will be something like this - New York, 6 July 2006 - How do you start your letter?

In the mean time I have finished some more jewelry. I hope to make pictures tomorrow if the weather allows me to. The days are mostly gray here in NY, some sunny moments though. It will get better, I just know :)

I leave you for now with this gray painting I made some years ago. This is just a small (30 x 30 cm - 12 x 12 inch) one...I am now working on a larger (1 x 1 meter - 40 x 40 inch) green one.

pear pendant and earrings

2006-05-31T17:01:00.000-04:00

Some new jewelry that I have been working on already for a while. Now the pear collection is almost complete. (there is a bracelet on the way...) I have to make some more pictures of how it looks when you wear them and then they will be for sale in my online store.

beautiful graphic

2006-05-31T10:47:00.000-04:00

Look at this amazing graphic translation of my blog. You can do it yourself here. And maybe you wanna have a look at all the others.

updates

2006-05-31T09:21:00.000-04:00

Small update, I think I finally got the atom-rss feed to be working. So now you can subscribe to my blog! Hope it works, let me know if you have any problems...

And I updated the blogs I like!

paper ring

2006-05-30T18:30:00.000-04:00

So today I added some photo's to the rings I sell in my online store. Now you can see how they look on your hand. And I added this beautiful paper ring, which is actually one of the first rings I made. I started liking it more and more. Have a look!

melting heat

2006-05-29T13:26:00.000-04:00

I am melting away on my rooftop, and in the house it isn't any better. Soon it will be time to put on the airco, but just not yet...I don't like the humming sound it is making and I guess I secretly want to enjoy this overwhelming heat. Can you smell the summer?

online store

2006-05-19T09:16:00.000-04:00

YAH! I opened my online store, mezereem*jewelry. Now all the beautiful rings can be bought online. Have a look at the first items there, and come back soon 'cause there is more to come :)

isn't it gorgeous!!

spoons, forks and knifes

2006-05-17T17:41:00.000-04:00

I went to the Cooper Hewitt museum where they have a big exhibition about tableware called: Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500–2005. Lots and lots of spoons, forks and knives. I liked the way they dressed up the table in the old days. Tiny little silver cups where you could put on your salt. We don't have that anymore nowadays, those special tools to give that table just the extra good look!

felt ring

2006-05-15T09:37:00.000-04:00

Maybe you came across this 'felt ring' on my website. It comes in two different widths and can be ordered in silver, 10K or 18K gold. All felt rings are handmade to order which means that no single ring is the same. You can buy them in my online store where I also sell some other pieces. Come and have a look.

dreams of flying

2006-05-12T11:03:00.000-04:00

Camilla Engman just posted this link of Jan von Holleben. You have to see them all! Every single one of them is like a little fairytale.

Long shadows on the beach...

teapot

2006-05-11T12:30:00.000-04:00

This gorgeous teapot made by Mono is serving me everyday. It has a huge sieve that allowed the tea-leaves to float around freely. The other products made by Mono aren't bad either. They mainly use stainless steel. Another teapot I really like is this one from Beehouse. But I guess you can only drink from one teapot at a time...

daphne mezereum

2006-05-10T11:24:00.000-04:00

A few weeks ago I found this beautiful picture of a Daphne Mezereum on Flickr. The bright red color against the blue sky... The berries are very toxic although they look very attracting to eat. Here you can read some more about the story behind this tree. Also Gianlorenzo Bernini made a huge sculpture of the moment Daphne is transformed in to the Laurel Tree by Apollo (1625).

morimoto

2006-05-08T11:24:00.000-04:00

How dependent can you be on the internet? As a friend said to me: your lifeline to the world! And she is so right. There does not go a day by that I don't read all those interesting stories on other people's blogs.

Friday we went to Morimoto here in NYC. A very cool Japanese restaurant owned by the iron chef, Masaharu Morimoto himself. And he was there...in his grey outfit. The food was super! They had some great vegetable sushi! But I was really there to see the architecture. Morimoto is designed by my favorite architect Tadao Ando and I loved it. The website is still under construction but I guess it will soon show you some of the architecture of Ando. I liked that the area was divided in separate corners and different levels. So every time you turned around a corner there was a new seating area. The bathroom doors were not finished yet although they were fully equipped with a Japanese toilet. Not the old one but the 'spray you everywhere' ones. The overall look was very nice.

concerts online

2006-05-02T20:47:00.000-04:00

The best concerts online, taped in Paradiso and Melkweg in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You can see it all on the Fabchannel! And they just keep adding all those great concerts... End of the month you can see The Presidents of the USA.

bags and so

2006-04-30T10:42:00.000-04:00

Have a look at this beautiful leather bag designed by Natassia Jacobs.

and another very nice designed felt bag by Pia Wallen. I wish I could have them both!

although this piece of clothing, designed by Rianne de Witte, is from 1996 it could be hanging in the stores today. The skirt and jacket made out of one piece makes it very special. I can see myself walking around in this!

funaki

2006-04-20T11:08:00.000-04:00

I love this jewelry gallery called Funaki, they present the nicest work. Maybe some day... The owner is Mari Funaki who herself makes beautiful jewelry. Very simple and delicate. It almost feels that if you would wear one of her rings it will change form.

vitamin water

2006-04-19T12:00:00.000-04:00

It is 'vitamin water' weather again. The sun has been shining for the last few days. Today it is going to be 24˚C. Jippie jippie!!! Vitamin water is probably just water with a taste, like lemonade. And maybe some added vitamins. But the taste is great, I really like the one with dragon fruit.

*Daan, ik wil je niet jarloers maken hoor! Ze moeten maar snel een importeur in Nederland zoeken!*

izima kaoru

2006-04-17T19:36:00.000-04:00

Izima Kaoru is a Japanese photographer who makes beautiful but strange pictures. First you see an image of nature or a part of the city. But when you look closer you see a dead woman. As he zooms in on the 'scene' you get to see more and more details of how this woman might have died. The woman are wearing all kinds of high end fashion. And as weird as the subject may seem, the pictures are really nice to look at. You have to google around a bit to see more of his work.

architecture and so

2006-04-14T13:30:00.000-04:00

To all the architectural lovers: you have to see this presentation video made by Brooklynfoundry.com for O.M.A.

And have you already seen the 4 x 4 house from Tadao Ando. You can find more pictures in the book Top Japanese Architects. I would want to live in a house with that kind conscience-ness of the light.

naked as we came

2006-04-10T23:01:00.000-04:00

naked as we came from Iron and Wine

maybe, maybe it is spring...soon!

ice age, the meltdown

2006-04-09T12:18:00.000-04:00

The squirrel is so cute!

typoglycemia

2006-04-08T22:49:00.000-04:00

I kenw tihs estiecxd but seineg the txet trornasfm hree wtih my own eeys mkaes it eevn mroe stangre. It is ture taht you olny need the frsit and the lsat ltteer of the wrod to let yuor mnid mkae up the oredr of the rset of the lrttees. Uilbbeanleve! Hree you can let yuor own txet tfnsorarm itno Typceiylgmoa. Hvae fnu!

robert rauschenberg

2006-04-08T16:51:00.000-04:00

When I saw the book 'Short Stories' by Robert Rauschenberg (American, born in 1925) I just wanted to have it. I think that it is the best work by Rauschenberg. Read his story on Wikipedia. A while ago I went to the exhibition of him in the Metropolitan Museum. There was so much to see, you could spent a lot of time in that space. Here are two of the 'Short Stories'.

antonio tapies

2006-04-07T12:05:00.000-04:00

My friend introduced me to his artwork a few years ago and I immediately liked it. Antonio Tapies was born in 1923 in Spain and has a enormously amount of paintings on his name. He also worked with a lot of other well known artists, for example Anselm Kiefer. Tapies' books are extremely expensive but very nice.

hand made pear ring

2006-04-06T15:36:00.000-04:00

Today I introduce to you the Pear ring. One of the rings that I have been working on lately and there is more to come. The Pear ring comes in Sterling Silver, 10K Gold and 18K Gold in any size you like. The ring is completely hand made from scratch, that means that I don't use a mold and your ring will be one of a kind. You could wear one or stack multiple of them.

I sell the rings in my online store where I also sell some other jewelry. Please have a look!

music

2006-03-27T17:19:00.000-05:00

Finally the Gotan Project serves us with a new CD 'Lunatico'. There is no information yet about when and where they give a gig, but as soon as they hit town I would love to go. Other music I like listening to, Cat power, just a few weeks ago I bought there last CD 'Greatest Hits' Lali Puna, they have a great website, be sure to check it out Belle and Sebastian, also a new CD Damien Rice, this website is cool too and I have been listening to KCRW radio over the net lately, lots of nice music. Maybe you have already heard of Pandora. A tool where you can find a lot of music trough other music. Last weekend we watched 'Walk the line', a movie about Johnny Cash. I liked it... what do you like?

onno boekhoudt

2006-03-20T09:30:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures of the jewelry made by Onno Boekhoudt (1944-2002). I admire his way of working, making lots and lots of sketches and tryouts. I have been lucky to see one of his exhibitions in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. The jewelry was displayed in randomly placed wooden boxes. Which gave it a very serene look. Unfortunately there is not much to find about his jewelry on the web... but all his work (jewelry, sketches, drawings, sculptures and so much more) is bought by the CODA museum in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.

would like to have those

2006-03-18T12:03:00.000-05:00

This book 'meditative space' is the second in its serie. The first one was 'Space'. Both books show beautiful spaces which are mostly in Japan or influenced by Japanese architecture. I definitely would like a copy of that! And have a look a this Medium Taylor Tote bag. I love the leather and it simple shape. But the price...!!

new spring things

2006-03-05T15:58:00.000-05:00

I fell in love with Camper shoes about 8 years ago. The very minimal ones are my favorite and they fit so comfortable. You could walk forever... Here you can see one lovely pair of the new spring collection. Look at all those little flowers. If only it wasn't this cold outside :-)

Also new spring clothes at Cora Kemperman. Unfortunately you can't buy them in the US. But be sure to visit if you are in the Netherlands or Belgium.

this is New York

2006-03-04T21:06:00.000-05:00

If you did not read - saw it already, This is New York by Miroslav Sasek. He 'wrote' the book in 1960 and was reissued in May 2003. The drawings are really beautiful! He made similar books about Paris, Rome London and a lot more cities.

I come to a place like New York, for example, that I have never visited before in my life. I begin by going to see the things I've heard about or read about-- the monuments, the landmarks and particular places of interest. One thing leads to another until the book is completed. All I really do is run from my hotel to someplace and then back to the hotel! - Miroslav Sasek

egon schiele

2006-03-01T17:42:00.000-05:00

This is my favorite painting by Egon Schiele 1890 - 1918, it is the portrait of another painter named Karl Zakovsek made in 1910. He was only 20 years of age by then. Egon Schiele didn't live long but he made a lot of work in the time he was around. You can find some of his works in the Neue Galerie in New York. Where you can also find some Gustav Klimt paintings. Other than that the Galerie is a beautiful building and you can have a nice Austrian lunch in cafe Sabarsky.

munch, rothko and newman

2006-02-27T12:22:00.000-05:00

Last Friday I went to the MOMA, for free. Normally it costs $20 but on Fridays between 4 and 8 it is target free night. You just need to like standing in line for a bit and be in the museum with hundreds of other people. I went to see the Munch exhibition...but unfortunately the big piece, the Scream 1893, is still missing after it was stolen from the Munch museum.

There is also a temporary exhibition of New Architecture in Spain. A lot of models to see, really nice. And then of course, there was my favorite painter Mark Rothko. I took a very bad photo of this beautiful black and grey painting. I couldn't find a photo on the web so you have to do it with this one.

Also this weekend there is an Art Fair organized by the ADAA in New York. Here you could buy a Barnett Newman painting for $14.000.000 and a lot of other famous painters where represented by the different galleries. Maybe the upcoming Armory Show will expose me to some affordable paintings.

louis vuitton

2006-02-23T11:52:00.000-05:00

Recently the Flag store of Louis Vuitton in Paris, France was opened with a performance of Vanessa Beecroft. The 7th floor is dedicated as a gallery and there will be five annual exhibitions. The first one is done by the Italian-American artist Vanessa Beecroft who lives today in New York. This "Alphabet concept" imagined by the artist organizes a choreography of naked women whose articulated bodies form the letters of the alphabet, whose celebrates it interlaced LV. The exhibition will be there from January 12 until March 31 2006. So if you happen to be in Paris...

find me...

creatures

2006-02-22T16:40:00.000-05:00

The site of Marianne Lovink shows a lot of little creatures. Her sculptures are a creation of imaginary hybrids - ambiguous new versions or mutations of the "natural" that are both unpredictable and unsettling.

It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are - ee cummings

so fragile

2006-02-20T22:35:00.000-05:00

Every day I look at this beautiful postcard which was send to me by a very good friend. It is a painting of the Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck, The Primary School Girl, 1908. Schjerfbeck was an extremely slow painter. When she began painting, the first brushstrokes would show whether the mood was right. If not, she would wait for a better day. When she eventually returned to the canvas weeks later, she would often wash off everything she had painted earlier. Sometimes she scrubbed the canvas until it lost its sheen and became worn and fragile - as fragile as the little girl in the picture. I love the simplicity and the colors she used. Like time stands still.

this is a start...

2006-02-19T16:40:00.000-05:00

All things have to start somewhere... And so, this is the first post on my new Blog. Not sure what I am going to put down here, but it probably will be a lot of nice stuff that I see and want to share with you. It will help me to organize (I will soon figure out how I will be doing that...) the overloaded bookmark list that I have and let you peak in my world of 'likes'! So, while times goes on the Blog will grow. In the meantime take a look at the beautiful view of the snowstorm that was here last week.