{"id":1667,"date":"2021-05-17T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:21:16","slug":"marlies-van-velzen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/en\/marlies-van-velzen\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlies van Velzen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1748 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mirte-detail-jpg-360x549.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mirte-detail-jpg-360x549.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mirte-detail-jpg.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>Who are you? Where are you from\/where were you born? \u00a0<\/em>My name is Marlies van Velzen and I am one of the three goldsmiths and four jewelry designers at Z\u00f4ne. I was born in The Hague.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make? \u00a0<\/em>I make jewellery. The materials I use are silver, gold, copper, enamel, formica and wood. My studio on the Prinsegracht in The Hague is spacious and light. A wonderfully inspiring and peaceful workplace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>What is your inspiration and how do you use it? \u00a0<\/em>The <strong>circle<\/strong>.For me it is a complete shape to which you can still do a lot by bending, combining, turning it inside out, folding it, making a wide edge, a narrow edge &#8211; I could continue&#8230; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0For example, the Circle pendant contains three circles and the accompanying ring two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nature<\/strong>&#8211; my background in Biology?!But I want to add something.My aim is not to imitate nature exactly, or even almost exactly.The shapes that occur in nature inspire me to think further, to combine.What I&#8217;m trying to do is look at a familiar shape from a different angle. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1752 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ketting-ranken-jpg-360x395.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ketting-ranken-jpg-360x395.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ketting-ranken-jpg.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Tendrils\u00a0<\/em>series is inspired by the way climbing plants attach themselves to everything and thus cover entire houses, fences, etc.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1746 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mirte-wit-jpg-360x363.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mirte-wit-jpg-360x363.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mirte-wit-jpg-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mirte-wit-jpg.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>Myrtle\u00a0<\/em>is inspired by the blueberry.Apart from the berry itself, I have reflected on the way it rolls &#8211; not nicely in a round shape &#8211; in the chain. Thinking up something is one thing, but realizing it is something else. With this chain, for example, I thought a long time about the link. It had to be flexible but also hold a certain shape.<\/p>\n<p><em>How did you end up on this path, and what kind of training do you have? \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I have done a number of different courses: Biology; Communication sciences; Chef; film and sculpture at the Vrije Akademy, The Hague; goldsmiths at the City Academy, The Hague; as well as \u00a0courses in Schoonhoven. And I worked for years with Phil van der Klundert, a sculptor from The Hague. In addition to technique, he taught me to really look, to see rhythm in artworks, to (endlessly) investigate shapes, to continue on a chosen theme\/subject and to be inspired by what you have made.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you do any other other paid or unpaid work? \u00a0<\/em>Besides Z\u00f4ne I work at ZonMw.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1750 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oorbellen-ranken-goud-j-360x280.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oorbellen-ranken-goud-j-360x280.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oorbellen-ranken-goud-j.jpeg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>How did you become a member of \u00a0Z\u00f4ne? \u00a0<\/em>Via Rina Ferreira-Papenfus. And I met Rina through a mutual friend. Before that I had heard of Z\u00f4ne from Jose den Hartog &#8211; a former member of Z\u00f4ne.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1754 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ring-2-cirkels-jpg--360x321.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ring-2-cirkels-jpg--360x321.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ring-2-cirkels-jpg-.jpeg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/>Would you like to say anything else? \u00a0<\/em>Actually I want to ask something &#8211; what do our customers and visitors think of Galerie Z\u00f4ne? How can we make the gallery even better, more fun, more original? In short, why do you come to Galerie Z\u00f4ne and what do you hope to find there? I would really love people to let us know.So this is my invitation to email us your ideas &#8211; under the title: <em>Z\u00f4ne, I think\u2026!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1756 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/hanger-4-cirkels-oa2018-jpg-360x196.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/hanger-4-cirkels-oa2018-jpg-360x196.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/galeriezone.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/hanger-4-cirkels-oa2018-jpg.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are you? Where are you from\/where were you born? \u00a0My name is Marlies van Velzen and I am one of the three goldsmiths and four jewelry designers at Z\u00f4ne. 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