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Alexander van den Hoven

  • Goldsmith
  • Arnhem, Netherlands
  • Master Artisan
Alexander van den Hoven Goldsmith
Contact
Dutch, English, German
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+31 652263904
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Wearable fine art

  • • Alexander discovered his craft in secondary school
  • • He won the National Diamond Competition in 1983
  • • Sharing his knowledge is vital to his practice

It was during a crafts class in high school that Alexander van den Hoven was introduced to a jewellery-making career. He soon realised he had a natural talent for producing jewellery when he turned small copper coins and rings into pendants by enamelling them. The enterprising 14-year-old started to sell his pieces. Today, as master goldsmith, he works with precision and a design sense garnered during his studies at the art academy. Inspired by the way branches diverge in trees or the arrangement of leaves in a flower, Alexander gives life to the unexpected, allowing chance into his designs, which results in colourful jewellery that surprises.

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Diamond Fantasy ring

This ring is an unstructured arrangement of gems and diamonds in different shapes, sizes, and colours, with in the centre a large oval cut ruby.

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Lapis lazuli in a clear stream

This ring is inspired by the image of a child looking into a small, clear stream at the stones and fish. It is made of polished gold and platinum alternating with rough gold and diamonds, and in the middle is a rough, highly imperial, blue lapis lazuli gem.

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Glittering diamonds in a clear stream

This ring is inspired by the idea of a child looking into a small, clear stream at the stones and fish. It is made of polished gold and platinum alternating with rough gold and glittering cut diamonds, with a slightly larger rose-cut opaque diamond in the middle.

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The Grape Twig Ruby ring

The rose gold grape twig curls around the finger as though it is growing there. At second glance, one sees the white gold line that ends in a diamond, hidden in the rose-gold twig. The oval cut ruby is a dewdrop together with white glittering diamonds.

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Small bowl with grapes

This is a small silver bowl on a pedestal of silver and taxus wood. When held, the texture of the hammering and the irregular edge can be felt, as well as the fine grapes at the notches on the rim. A vine twig clings to the side of the bowl, holding the diamond.

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