Bracelet
1967 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Gijs Bakker was born in 1942 and studied at the Amsterdam Academy of Art and the Konstfack Skolen in Stockholm. He was one of the first artist-jewellers to experiment with synthetic and non-precious materials in the late 1960s and early 1970s. With his wife, Emmy van Leersum, he dominated the radical jewellery scene in the Netherlands.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Acrylic |
| Brief description | Clear acrylic, designed and made by Gijs Bakker, Holland, 1967. |
| Physical description | Clear acrylic disk slit in the middle and the acrylic formed into a larger space for the wrist. |
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| Historical context | Bakker originally worked in traditional materials like silver and gold, but was one of the first artist-jewellers (late 1960s- early 1970s) to develop jewellery made from synthetic materials and non-precious metals- steel and aluminium. From the mid 1960s to early 1970s Dutch jewellery was dominated by the radical work of Gijs Bakker and his wife Emmy van Leersum. |
| Summary | Gijs Bakker was born in 1942 and studied at the Amsterdam Academy of Art and the Konstfack Skolen in Stockholm. He was one of the first artist-jewellers to experiment with synthetic and non-precious materials in the late 1960s and early 1970s. With his wife, Emmy van Leersum, he dominated the radical jewellery scene in the Netherlands. |
| Bibliographic reference | Clare Phillips, Jewels and Jewellery, V&A Publications 2000.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.33-1990 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2003 |
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