Kristine Bolhuis Jewelry
Hand fabricated bracelets with movable joints. The joints allow the bracelets to flex and move with the wearer. The bracelets can be made in a range of materials including sterling silver, bronze, copper, and 18k gold. The joints can be adjusted for a custom fit.
Oxidized Sterling Silver flattened wire
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Oxidized Sterling Silver and 14k Gold Fill
Brass and Sterling Silver
Brass and Sterling Silver
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Argentium Silver
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Brass and Sterling Silver
Copper and Sterling Silver
Red Brass and Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver and Red Brass
Sterling Silver
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Hand fabricated earrings with moveable joints. Each earring is paired with its mirror image. Materials vary among sterling silver, brass, bronze, and copper.
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Oxidized Sterling Silver, Brass
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Hand fabricated neck pieces constructed with moveable joints. The necklaces drape, move, and sway with the movement of the wearer.
14k Gold Filled flattened wire with oxidized sterling
Hand forged sterling silver links - oxidized
Oxidized Sterling and 14k gold filled
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Argentium Silver
Hand forged links with moveable rivets
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver and 14k Gold filled flattened wire
Oxidized Sterling Silver and Brass
Oxidized Sterling Silver, Brass
Argentium Silver
Argentium Silver
Argentium Silver
Sterling, Brass
Sterling Silver
Oxidized Sterling and Brass
Oxidized Sterling Silver
Sterling silver and 14k Gold filled flattened and forged wire
There was a woman I would see almost every day while picking up my son from preschool. She wore the same earrings every day – a simple hammered wire elongated hoop. Her earrings are common, familiar, and very much an everyday earring. I took that hoop and multiplied it.
A simple hammered wire earring multiplied
hammered with energy, my energy.
thinking of the energy in stars
the energy of fission
exploding in all directions.
The everyday earring explodes
not so everyday anymore.
Sterling, 18k gold
Sterling Silver
Go ahead,
explore with your hands.
The structure shifts beneath your fingers.
You may discover something
didn't already know.
Jewelry is handled before it is worn.
Sterling Silver
Brass, sterling silver
Brass, sterling silver
Sterling silver
Steel, sterling silver
Steel, Sterling silver
18k gold
Steel, sterling silver
Steel, sterling silver
Steel, sterling silver
Steel, sterling silver
Steel, sterling silver
Sterling Silver
Argentium Silver
Argentium Silver
This ongoing series has arisen from my experiences raising my son who was born with a rare syndrome. As a result of the syndrome, he has no ear canals to transmit sound. We used sign language from his infancy, and were able to speak with him (using our hands) before he could even speak any words.
Larger pieces, installations, 3-D drawings, and experiments
Corrugated Galvanized Steel - unearthed from my backyard
Corrugated galvanized steel
Corrugated Galvanized Steel
Corrugated Galvanized Steel
Steel
Work created during my MFA studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art 2001-2003.
Steel, 18k gold, shelf
Steel, 18k gold
Steel, 18k gold
Steel, 18k gold
Steel, 18k gold, shelf
Steel, Sterling Silver
Steel, Sterling Silver
Titanium, 18k gold
Titanium, 18k gold
Sterling, brass
Sterling, brass
Steel
Sterling silver
Titanium and 18gold
Sterling Silver, Nickel
Sterling Silver, Nickel
Brass, Sterling Silver
Brass, Sterling Silver