A Talk with Zita Jansen, Goldsmith, The Netherlands
“My way of working is like a rippling stream”.
Zita Jansen (1969) went to the craftsmen school “Vakschool Schoonhoven” by the age of 17. After graduating from goldsmithing she studied at the Academy of Art in Utrecht, training: 3D Design. One year later she got the opportunity to start a jewellery& goldsmith workshop with a friend and enjoyed that for 14 years. Since 3
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List of Museums with jewellery or gem collections
France
- Le Louvre, www.louvre.fr, Paris
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr, 107 rue de Rivoli Paris
- Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, www.mnhn.fr, 61 rue Buffon Paris
- Musée National du Moyen-Age, www.musee-moyenage.fr, 6 Place Paul Painlevé Paris
Germany
- Museum Idar-Oberstein, www.museum-idar-oberstein.de , Idar-Oberstein
Italy
- The Etruscan Museum of Villa Giullia, Piazzale di Villa Giullia 9, Rome (No official web-site, Castellani collection)
Netherlands
- Allard
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About
Margriet Sopers, FGA
Having a diploma in jewellery, FGA and a propaedeutic of the Academy of Art followed-up by interesting years as a jewellery expert at Sotheby's & Gemeentelijke Krediet Bank, as well as being a member for years of the Society of Jewellery Historians, I am glad to share with you today's world of jewellery.