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NEW CROP GALERIE ROB KOUDIJS

Online Catalogue

Participating artists:

PAUL ADIE, RALPH BAKKER, DAVID BIELANDER, ALEXANDER BLANK, MARION BLUME, ESTHER BRINKMANN, HELEN BRITTON, NHAT-VU DANG, AMBROISE DEGENÈVE, ADAM GRINOVICH, JOOHEE HAN, HANS HOVY, JIRO KAMATA, BEPPE KESSLER, TAKASHI KOJIMA, DANIEL KRUGER, JULIA MARIA KÜNNAP, FELIEKE VAN DER LEEST, NIKLAS LINK, CHRISTA LÜHTJE, MARC MONZÓ, EVERT NIJLAND, RUUDT PETERS, KATJA PRINS, FABRICE SCHAEFER, BETTINA SPECKNER, TAKAYOSHI TERAJIMA, TERHI TOLVANEN, TRUIKE VERDEGAAAL, JIYE YUN

01.04.2023 - 02.05.2023

NEW CROP

On this very day - the first of April 2023 - Galerie Rob Koudijs celebrates its 16th birthday! To mark the occasion and to kick-start the new strategy of the gallery, we are very pleased to present to you our new online catalogue. 30 of our artists have specially made a new piece of jewellery (or even several pieces) which you can admire in the overview below. We hope you will enjoy looking at - and daydreaming about - all this exciting new work. If you click on an image, you can see the image on a larger scale. Of course we would be very happy to hear from you.

HELEN BRITTON

Horses have appeared more often in Britton’s jewellery pieces. Sometimes honouring their sparkling strength, and more recently as messenger of men’s careless attitude towards the earth and its animals. In these new brooches the mood is more lyrical. Could it be that this time round the horses are dreaming?

2022, brooch 'Horse with Dawn', (10x8x7cm), silver, amazonite, turquoise, € 4350,00
2022, brooch 'Horse withNight', (10x8x7cm), silver, lapis lazuli, german lapis, € 4000,00

MARION BLUME

Now that recycling and the environment (should) have become main issues, Blume went all the way… She made it her principle to employ materials in their natural guises to show off their specific qualities, as can be seen in these earrings. However, to re-use old nails in her necklace was quite a challenge - but she is certainly no quitter – and it resulted in a prime contemporary piece: classic in its structure, playful in concept, easy to wear…

2023, earrings 'CuC2' (4x2cm), copper, wood, graphite, € 625,00
2023, necklace 'Et Cetera', iron, stainless steel, € 1475,00 (SOLD)
2023, earrings 'CuOC2' (3x2cm), copper, wood, graphite, € 625,00 (SOLD)

BETTINA SPECKNER

BETTINA

The artist herself called it ‘classic Speckner’, and that’s just what it is. Sheer beauty attained with Speckner’s signature means of expression: a picture of her own making, printed directly on aluminum, decorated with a, seemingly, random sprinkle of sophisticatedly coloured tourmalines… For your enjoyment!

2022, brooch 'nt', (10x7x0,5cm), silver, alutype, tourmalines, € 3150,00

TAKAYOSHI TERAJIMA

Terayima discovered that he could enter his personal information into an image-generating Artificial Intelligence program and that a portrait would appear. Yet the same data produce different results each day... Well, who knows, perhaps someday an actual likeness will appear! As our personal data keep on accumulating on the internet, it will become harder and harder to remain private and anonymous. By printing some of his amassed aliases on aluminum and hand engraving their surfaces, Terayima tries to blot out his virtual existence, but to no avail. A new version of him will appear again and again, day after day. The artist can also investigate the online presence of a client, and in so doing both produce and – unavailingly - try to erase their image on the internet. Who dares to have this personalized badge made to order?

2023, brooch '17.02.23 Portrait Jewelry' (9x6,3x1cm), aluminium composite, UV direct print, silver, gold 18ct, image generation AI, € 950,00
2023, brooch '20.02.23 Portrait Jewelry' (9x6,3x1cm), aluminium composite, UV direct print, silver, gold 18ct, image generation AI, € 950,00
2023, brooch '22.02.23 Portrait Jewelry' (9x6,3x1cm), aluminium composite, UV direct print, silver, gold 18ct, image generation AI, € 950,00

FABRICE SCHAEFER

Schaeffer is a true specialist in making alluring jewellery out of indestructible, light-weight titanium. This time he decorated its surface with a pattern of specks using the material’s natural capabilities to be coloured. The centrally placed, sparkling diamonds grant life to the results.

2022, ring 'Vénéneuse 1171' (1,3x2,8cm), gold, titanium, 2 diamonds, € 1000,00 (SOLD)
2022, earrings 'Vénéneuse 1170' (ø 1,2cm), gold, titanium, 2 diamonds, € 1000,00
2022, ring 'Vénéneuse 1169' (3x3,5cm), titanium, 7 diamonds, € 3150,00 (SOLD)

TERHI TOLVANEN

Tolvanen continued her associative exploration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. In her latest necklace the constituting elements have an architectural quality, while the material and colours summon the atmosphere of Wright’s famous interiors. Next to this refined specimen of human culture, Tolvanen is only too happy to display nature’s achievements. As a contrast to the formal quality of the necklace, she made a brooch in her signature rust-finish, applied on a frame of writhing grape wood, decorated with mysteriously glowing opals.

2023, necklace 'Blue Spaces' (ø 18cm), cherry wood, reconstructed opal, shell, € 6500,00
2023, brooch 'Medusa' (11x9x4cm), silver, opal, grape wood, composite € 3250,00

ESTHER BRINKMANN

Many of Brinkmann’s rings have an archaic quality. In this work sturdy cast iron holds a blackened silver brace that carries a stone. Not a glinting gem: the robust rock in this ring is beyond archaic. It is a meteorite which age is measured in billions of years.

2023, ring '23-ba-04' (4,1x2,7x1,8), cast iron, meteorite, silver, € 1475,00

EVERT NIJLAND

Nijland has continued last year’s quest to connect the earthly with the celestial; with a snake symbolizing the first, and a wing - or pair of wings - the latter. Once again his starting point was sixteenth century artwork: paintings, drawings, prints. Using specialized computer software these (flat!) images were transformed into 3D-molds, in which eventually silver could be cast. Subsequently, the metal was either blackened, burned, or brushed, and augmented with expressive, custom-made glass elements. More unusual aspects are the flamboyant use of colour, and the rigid shape of the snake necklace, which perfectly fits the body.

2022, necklace 'Fra Angelico', (h 16cm), silver, glass, € 6850,00
2023, earrings 'Drops', (L 4cm), silver, glass, € 750,00
2022, necklace 'Winged Snake', silver, glass, € 11.500,00

CHRISTA LÜHTJE

Lühtje manages to expand a minimalistic, almost classical visual language, by applying unusual materials like iron or grinding rock crystal into links. The jewellery pieces she creates are meant to be worn frequently: they are always distinguished, and singular in their solutions, shapes and patterns.

2023, necklace 'CL23.03', gold 21ct, rock crystal, € 9500,00
2023, ring 'CL23.02', gold 21ct, € 4625,00
2023, ring 'CL23.01', iron, € 3100,00
2023, necklace 'CL23.01N', iron, € 6950,00

JIYE YUN

How does somebody from South Korea look at cultural traditions on the other side of the globe? After graduating from Seoul’s Kookmin University, Yun could no longer resist the lure of distant civilizations. After studying in both Scotland and Germany, eventually Morocco’s Ottoman heritage would play a dominant role in the work with which she rounded off her education at the Akademie in Munich… Meticulously made, ultra-lightweight brooches that are very decorative and saturated with the warmth of the sun.

2023, brooch 'ORNATE Garden' (7,7x7,7x1cm), balsa, vivak, lacquer, putty, steel € 950,00
2023, brooch 'ORNATE Brick' (6,2x6x1cm), balsa, vivak, lacquer, putty, steel € 625,00
2022, necklace 'Pillars-Snake-Morocco', balsa, vivak, lacquer, putty, magnet, € 1900,00

JULIA MARIA KÜNNAP

Künnap got inspired by a distant and strange realm: the eighteenth century where rulers – both men and women – underlined their power by decorating themselves with a profusion of glittering diamonds. Of course, Künnap didn’t simply copy the old models and codes. She developed exceptional techniques that enabled her to grind gemstones in unconventional ways. It gives the impression that the stones are starting to melt, or are being harassed by a weird kind of visual interference. The resulting cut stones are as mesmerizing as of old, yet they seem to symbolize a world that isn’t reliable or stable any more – was it ever any different in the past centuries? - everything seems to be in flux.

2023 earrings 'Here Comes The Sun II' (1,3x1,8cm), gold 18ct, citrine radiant cut, € 7250,00
2022 brooch 'Ordinary Days' (3,3x1,8cm), gold 18ct, rose quartz, € 4800,00
2023 earrings 'Here Comes The Sun I' (1,5x2cm), gold 18ct, citrine radiant cut, € 7250,00
2022 brooch 'Tuning In' (2,7x2,7), gold 18ct, citrine, € 6000,00

BEPPE KESSLER

These brooches emerged while the artist was considering the nature of the beautiful. Beaudelaire – the author of Les Fleurs du Mal – called forth the ideal realm of the dream and a carefree spirit of art and imagination. His poetry also made connections with spleen and the downside of the ideal. Kessler became transfixed by this dark perspective and looked for ways to implement it in her jewellery. She decided on applying time consuming techniques like embroidering on wood, working with the ominous forces attributed to certain gemstones, and using pearls which – after all – came into the world because an oyster was troubled by an irksome grain of sand inside its shell.

2023, brooch 'Les Fleurs du Mal 7' (ø 4cm), balsawood, onyx, swarovski crystals, paint, € 1250,00
2023, brooch 'Les Fleurs du Mal 6' (6,5x5,5x3cm), alpaca, balsawood, pearls, paint, € 1500,00
2022, brooch 'Les Fleurs du Mal 5' (8x5,5x2cm), alpaca, balsawood, coral, paint, € 1750,00

RALPH BAKKER

Combining the attitude of a goldsmith with a mentality grounded in the fine arts, can lead to remarkable results. In these new bracelets – two brand-new ones, one an outstanding vintage piece (still in mint condition) - Bakker shows what kind of surprising results can be obtained with precise craftmanship and gold, silver, tantalum or enamel. As all these bracelets fit fairly close to the wrist, they are a pleasure to wear.

2023, bracelet 'A1', gold, tantalum, steel, € 7950,00
2023, bracelet 'A3', gold, tantalum, gold leaf, € 7500,00
1996, bracelet 'A2', gold, silver, enamel, € 7500,00 (SOLD)

DAVID BIELANDER

Always wanted to own a cuddly parmesan cheese grater? This is your chance! Bielander has always succeeded in creating a surprising interaction between familiar objects and unexpected associations. Not only did he manage to make stones smile, and shells stick out their tongue, he also uses materials with a huge technical mastery, just look at his ‘cardboard’ jewellery series. This time round he embossed stainless steeI into this adorable object, a joyful alternative to the usually rather grim looking implements used in the kitchen.

2023, object 'Parmesan Grater', (L 15,5cm), stainless steel repoussé, € 2500,00 (SOLD)

DANIEL KRUGER

In these troubled times Kruger has made jewellery pieces that celebrate the power of objects, the protection provided by tokens and amulets. He also contributed to this catalogue two exceptional older works from his private collection. These are also related to the traditions connected to jewellery: both are highly personal re-interpretations of historic models.This exuberant necklace and the brooches provide a glimpse of his solo exhibition we have organized at the end of June, at the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.

2023, necklace 'O23', silver, glass, coral, € 2750,00 (SOLD)
2006, brooch 'O06, (9x6x2cm), silver, gold, chrisophase, coral, € 3250,00
1995, brooch 'O95, (8x6x0,5cm), gold 900+750, emeralds, fire opals, topas, € 7450,00

HANS HOVY

Some artists refuse to be restrained by conventional categories. Hovy is the best example: he is a sculptor who just as easily enjoys creating drawings, carpets or impressive vase-like objects made from glass or ceramic. Sixteen years ago, he was only too keen to try his hand on designing jewellery. Over time he has produced an impressive array of monumental necklaces and other pieces. On this occasion he came up with these two playful, snake wood rings, each one complemented with its own stand.

2023, ring on stand '1810' (16,2x8,6x5,8cm), snake wood, € 1950,00
2023, ring on stand '1809' (13,5x7,2x6,2cm), snake wood, metal, € 1950,00

PAUL ADIE

The rings are bold as ever, his bracelets even more colourful. Adie is always triggered by languages and this time he has incorporated Dutch words in the pieces. That is intriguing for the wearers of his jewellery in the Netherlands, but equally so for people who don’t speak the language. Only think of the tree-like creature ‘Groot’ from the Guardians of the Galaxy motion pictures, who only can utter one line: ‘We are Groot’ – which, by the way, means in Dutch ‘we are big’.

2023, bracelet 'Mooi', silver, paint, lacquer, € 1625,00
2023, ring 'Heart', gold 18ct, € 1975,00 (SOLD)
2023, bracelet 'Nu Breekt Mijn Klomp', silver, paint, lacquer, € 1975,00
2023, ring 'Geil', silver, paint, lacquer, € 1250,00
2023, ring 'Mooi', silver, paint, lacquer, € 1250,00

AMBROISE DEGENÈVE

The road to beauty is not always a straight one… The violent destruction of pearls provided Degenève with an unusual finish for his new pieces. For the necklace he created extremely light frames that were abundantly covered with the fragmented pearls, with a result that feels both familiar and alien. The ring has a similar, astonishing effect. You almost witness the process being executed; however, the form is classic, with a traditional, gradual build-up towards to four pearls on top.

2023, necklace 'nt', iron, crushed freshwater pearls, silver, mineral, € 3375,00
2023, ring 'nt', freshwater pearls, crushed freshwater pearls, silver, mineral, € 1275,00
2022, ring 'nt', freshwater pearls, silver, copper, € 1475,00

ALEXANDER BLANK

After working with signs and codes that are known the world over, Blank recently took to an opposite approach: wanting to confuse our visual expectations. He created shapes that tempt the viewer to ‘read’ the image that is nevertheless intentionally elusive. In his new brooches he went one step further by choosing a version of Corian – a adamant artificial material he employed more often – that confuses the viewer even through its colour and composition; it looks like wood or natural stone.

2023, brooch 'En Vague III' (12x4cm), corian, silver, € 875,00 (SOLD)
2023, brooch 'En Vague III' (10x7,5cm), corian, silver, € 875,00

JIRO KAMATA

The custom-made miniature lenses Kamata developed last year to produce rings that were highly successful, are now returning in brooches and earrings. The results are refined jewellery pieces that subtly play with the light and reflections. Pieces that employ the latest technical innovations, yet are brimming with Japanese associations.

2023, brooch 'Oculus #09' (4,5x4,5cm), silver, sapphire lens, PVD coating, € 2350,00
2023, earrings 'Oculus #07' (L 6cm), silver, sapphire lens, PVD coating, € 1900,00 (SOLD)
2023, brooch 'Oculus #06' (6x8,5cm), silver, sapphire lens, PVD coating, € 2750,00
2023, earrings 'Oculus #05' (L 3,5cm), silver, sapphire lens, PVD coating, € 1575,00 SOLD)

MARC MONZÓ

Spanish exuberance and figuration have always been alien to Monzó’s jewellery from the very beginning. Everything he creates is permeated by the same minimalistic, puristic principles. This bracelet is a case in point: it appears to be almost simplistic, yet the piece is a sophisticated interplay with the things we are accustomed to. Monzó sawed a standard, gilded silver bracelet into two half circles – only left connected, and fixated, for a mere five millimeter. In doing so he added a delicately structured silver surface to the usual shiny golden exterior. A fitting addition to the artist’s ever expanding, intriguing oeuvre.

2023, bracelet 'Split Bracelet', silver, gold plated silver € 675,00 (SOLD 3x)

FELIEKE VAN DER LEEST

Van der Leest always manages to surprise by making unusual connections and amazing combinations. She made two pieces, both meant to be worn on the arm, that couldn’t be more different. Her brightly coloured, cheerfully frolicking frogs make up a bracelet that will bring a smile to anyone’s face. The restrained hues and shapes of the other bracelet clearly refer to the world’s daunting, continuous train of shootouts and warfare.

2022, bracelet+object 'Bullet Train' (24,5x1,8x2,2cm), silver, pyrite, resin, € 3300,00
2022, bracelet 'Cymbalinos' (12x12x5cm), silver, cubic zirconia, plastic, textile, € 1995,00

TAKASHI KOJIMA

When somebody trained as an architect starts to design jewellery, unexpected things are about to happen… For instance, the Japanese Kojima does not set his gemstones in a conventional way, but he creates constructions in which stones are held in place by tension and can even be stacked on top of each other. The results can lead to classical looking, simple rings, but just as easily to spectacular objects as these examples show. They are a genuine renewal for the craft of the jewellery making.

2022, ring 'Point 7' (front+side), silver, smoky quartz, black ruthenium coating, € 3150,00
2019, brooch/pendant 'Point Effect' (ø 7,5cm), silver, smoky quartz, black ruthenium coating, € 7250,00

JOOHEE HAN

Innovations in jewellery do not necessarily have to do with metals and stones. Han started making sculptural forms using silicon rubber decorated with tiny fragments of egg shell. Because the material was extremely light it allowed her to produce big objects and invent new ways of fastening these pieces.

2023, brooch 'nt' (9x9x1,5cm), egg shell, silicon rubber, steel € 395,00
2023, brooch 'nt' (12x9x2cm), egg shell, silicon rubber, steel € 725,00 (SOLD)

ADAM GRINOVICH

The past decade, Grinovich has taken the use of cubic zirconia to a new level. Up till now his lavish application of the glittering stones was set in computer generated, steel frames. In this latest piece he returned to an approach that is more hand-on: sawing, folding and bending a sheet of silver into a tridimensional shape; the settings for the stones are made with a similar approach. It is this down to earth simplicity that gives the piece its endearing casualness.

2023, pendant 'Garland' (7x6x1,5cm), silver, agate, cubic zirconia, cord, € 950,00

KATJA PRINS

Prins fascination for the blurring boundaries between the human body and the sort of improvements science nowadays offer to it, spilled over to her production methods. The polyurethan parts in these recent brooches have been made with a tool that allows the artist to produce shapes by hand, that can be directly executed by a computer with a high-end 3D-printer. The resulting white elements are vaguely anthropomorphic, light weight, and soft to the touch. The flexible accents made from white or red coral and jasper add an intriguing layer of meaning to the results.

2022, brooch '(in)-Somnium 13.2' (4x5x2cm), silver, polyurethan, coral, € 1850,00
2022, brooch '(in)-Somnium 12' (6x6,5x1), silver, polyurethane, jasper, € 1850,00

TRUIKE VERDEGAAL

A critical view on our consumer society and the theme of recycling occurs also in the jewellery world. Verdegaal recently made beautiful pieces based on the traditional theme of the flower brooch, with a deceptively classical appearance. Deceptive, because they are utterly unconventional, having been build-up mostly from vintage jewellery pieces and assorted fragments. The miniature ‘flowers’ surrounding the butterfly, for instance, are in fact multiple crowns from old watches.

2023, brooch 'Watch this Sunflower' (6x1,7cm), gold, silver, doublé, brass, acrylate, steel, € 2575,00
2022, brooch 'Lily of the Valey' (8cm), gold, brass, jade, pearl, glass, silk, € 2250,00

NIKLAS LINK

Link’s jewellery pieces have always been based on his own portrait. By incorporating the phenomenon of distortion into his work, he succeeded in developing a surprising, fresh approach. The distortion of a face may reflect both the euphoric and the gloomy; both the ups and downs of life. Naturally Link’s features have been abstracted beyond recognition into seemingly clear shapes, that are open to the interpretation by any observer. The use of handblown glass means a further duality: the glass may be clear and transparent, however the colour of the surface on which the piece is going to be worn, will provide its own distortion, as will the inclusions and the slight unevenness of the material.

2023, brooch 'Distorted-2', (8,5x7,5x1cm), hand blown glass, annodised titanium, stainless steel, € 1575,00

RUUDT PETERS

Peters has always been driven by the talismanic forces that may be contained in jewellery. His starting points were often linked to religious traditions and imagery. That being the case, it is intriguing that his new pendants have such clear, monumental shapes, and are made from simple, pure materials. In their construction Peters took care that the wooden object would have a perfect balance when worn. Yet, the names of the pieces are as equivocal and veiled as ever.

2023, pendant (left) 'HAARA Pea', (10x4,5x1cm), ebony wood, textile € 2200,00 +++ 2022, pendant (above) 'HAARA Krotxa', (10x4,5x1cm), ebony wood, textile € 2200,00

NHAT-VU DANG

More and more Dang succeeds in merging his Dutch background and design principles with influences of Southeast Asia, the land of his ancestors. His necklaces have been assembled using exceptional, rare pearls and inventive, sculptural fasteners, that provide an intriguing finishing touch.

2023, necklace 'Oviduct', silver, shell, freshwater-akoya-baroque pearls, € 1500,00
2023, necklace 'Radiant Luster', silver, grey+pink freshwater pearls, € 1350,00

All the works in this catalogue are for sale. They will be send world-wide free of shipping costs, and can be admired in Haarlem. If you want to visit us, just make an appointment by email, app or phone. If you need any additional information: don’t hesitate to contact us! We are looking forward to receiving your reactions.

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