Hi all,
First thing today we will visit the conservation labs of the Rijksmuseum with Suzanne van Leeuwen, who is a curator and conservator at the Rijks and is the co-author of Jewellery Matters with Marion Unger. The labs are in this building across the street from the museum.
They have the facilities to do all kinds of testing on metal, ceramics, glass, fiber, paintings, etc etc. It is a very well equipt place. Here we are in the metals lab.
First thing today we will visit the conservation labs of the Rijksmuseum with Suzanne van Leeuwen, who is a curator and conservator at the Rijks and is the co-author of Jewellery Matters with Marion Unger. The labs are in this building across the street from the museum.
They have the facilities to do all kinds of testing on metal, ceramics, glass, fiber, paintings, etc etc. It is a very well equipt place. Here we are in the metals lab.
These are trays of some of the things they are currently working on cleaning and repairing before they are photographed.
Part of Marion Unger's collection. She had a sense of humor in case you can't tell.
The first piece of jewelry Marion Unger bought as a little girl.
Here are some of the permanent collection jewelry galleries downstairs at the Rijks.
Sorry for the bad image but fantastic Lalique hairpiece on the right.
This was the most unusual piece of jewelry in the collection. This one was in the amongst the gun collection because it could fire a bullet. Huh?
Then we went upstairs to the modern collection and there was one case with a selection of things including this great tube necklace by Gijs Bakker. We went to lunch in the Rijks with Suzanne and a colleague of hers named Esther Doornbusch who published a website called hedendaagsesieraden.nl.
As we passed out of the museum we hear the Four Seasons being played by this group. The acoustics in the cyclists' passageway through the museum is fantastic so there are always musical groups there.
How do you get a sofa into the top floor of a narrow Dutch house?
Sarah did a show with Iris van Herpen so she wanted to see her and invited us all along. I wasn't allowed to take many photos in the studio but here are some from a book about her. She is preparing for a show so doesn't want the new work seen before the presentation.
Her clothes are fantastic combinations of laser cutting, 3D printing, and handwork. Really amazing and imaginative.
I did sneak these two. But they are from older collections.
Here is the workshop where the hand work is being done.
Here is Sarah, Deedie, and Iris herself.
And on to dinner at the Conservatorium Hotel where Deedie and Sarah are staying. Beautiful.
That's all folks.
With Hugs,
Susan
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