Jan Gjaltema
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During his years as an architecture student, Dutch born Jan D. won a national contest for a new urban design of Rotterdam’s inner city, the "Weena prijsvraag ". At the end of the 1970s he received his Masters Degree in Architecture from the Delft Technical University in the Netherlands, where Rem Koolhaas currently teaches. After graduating, Jan began his career as a designer. During the 1970s he also studied lithography at the "vrije academie" "psychopolis" in The Hague.
Jan D. has been engaged in the design of furniture, glass, iron since the early 1980s, and has also occasionally dabbled into architecture .
The very private, some say reclusive, Jan D. is probably the only well-known jewelry designer that does not display his creations at craft and trade shows. Like many other well-known artists, his designs have often been copied but never duplicated to his high standard of craftsmanship.
Though Jan D.’s initial success occurred in Europe, his work is now in demand throughout the United States. Currently, more than 50 galleries in the U.S. represent his works.
All of Jan D.’s creations are handcrafted and fabricated - none are cast. He works with inlays of abalone, mother of pearl and resin in many different colors as well as with precious stones. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he did work in matte finish oxidized silver, and in the mid 1990s he created an extensive line with the combination of rosewood and silver. In the early years of this century he also worked with hand torched translucent enamel, and later fashioned a line with a glass /silver combination. In 2008 he presented a new jewelry line with silver and black obsidian, aventurine and rose quartz.
JEWELRY
Nicolette Absil |
Carolyn Morris Bach |
Ken Bova |
Franchell Mack Brown |
Ashley Buchanan |
Petra Class |
Heidi Collins |
Janine Decresenzo |
Patti Dougherty |
Maria Eife |
Sandra Enterline |
Melissa Finelli |
Fullerton and Bahr |
Susan Green |
Kathy Edwards Hayslett |
Ford-Forlano |
Barbara Heinrich |
Betsy Hershberg |
Caryn L. Hetherston |
Tara Locklear |
David Jones |
David Licata |
Tara Locklear |
Terri Logan |
Chihiro Makio |
Thomas Mann |
Rebecca Myers |
Valerie Mitchell |
Nina Morrow |
Aimee Petkus |
Brienne Rosner |
Cheryl Rydmark |
Melissa Schmidt |
Biba Schutz |
Eric Silva |
Blanka Sperkova |
Didi Suydam |
Rachel Timmins |
Melanie West |
The Williamsons |
Soonran Youn |
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