Margo Nelissen
Jeweller
Published: 09.02.2021
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Necklace: Open up your Heart, 2019
Silver, amber, patina.
8 x 5 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Necklace: Open up your Heart, 2019
Silver, amber, patina.
8 x 5 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
Detail view.
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Necklace: Open up your Heart, 2019
Silver, amber, patina.
8 x 5 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
Detail view.
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Necklace: Pods Gold/Black, 2020
Silver, peridot, hematite, partly gilt/patina.
12 x 2 x 80 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Necklace: Pods Gold/Black, 2020
Silver, peridot, hematite, partly gilt/patina.
12 x 2 x 80 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
On body. Back view.
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Necklace: Coral Fragments, 2020
Porcelaine, silver, gold.
55 cm
From series: Porselein20
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Earrings: Water Curles, 2020
Porcelaine, silver.
5 - 7 cm
From series: Porselein20
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Earrings: Cube Dotted Blade, 2020
Porcelaine, silver, gold.
8 cm
From series: Porselein20
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Earrings: Cube Dotted Blade, 2020
Porcelaine, silver, gold.
8 cm
From series: Porselein20
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Earrings: Chalices, 2020
Porcelaine, gold.
3.5 cm
From series: Porselein20
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Earrings: Coral Branches, 2020
Porcelain, gold, prehnite.
7 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Porselein20
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Earrings: Coral Branches, 2020
Porcelain, gold, prehnite.
7 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Porselein20
On model.
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Earrings: Coral Branches, 2020
Porcelain, gold, prehnite.
7 cm
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From series: Porselein20
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Necklace: Chalices, 2020
Porcelain, gold, silver.
Total: 48 cm; Chalices: 1.5 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Porselein20
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Earrings: Drops Gold/Black, 2019
Silver, patinated, guilt, pearls.
2 cm
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From series: Hidden
Different ways to be worn.
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Earrings: Aquamarine hidden Treasures, 2019
Gold, silver, raw aquamarine, gilt
7 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Earrings: Hidden fruit, 2019
Silver, patinated, guilt, peridot.
5.2 cm
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
Different ways to be worn.
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Earrings: Hidden fruit, 2019
Silver, patinated, guilt, peridot.
5.2 cm
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From series: Hidden
Different ways to be worn.
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Earrings: Hidden / Spoons, 2018
Silver, gold, carnelian.
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From series: Hidden
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Earrings: Hidden / Bleugold, 2018
Silver, patinated, gilded.
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Earrings: Hidden / Shine, 2018
Silver, partly gilded.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Earrings: Hidden / Shine, 2018
Silver, partly gilded.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
On body.
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Earrings: Hidden, 2018
Silver, partly patinated.
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From series: Hidden
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Necklace: Two Souls, 2018
Silver, pearls, hematite.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Necklace: Two Souls, 2018
Silver, pearls, hematite.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
Detail view
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Necklace: Hidden Treasures, 2018
Silver, peridot, hematite, partly guilded.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Necklace: Hidden Treasures, 2018
Silver, peridot, hematite, partly guilded.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
Detail view
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Necklace: Sole Soul, 2018
Silver, coral.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Necklace: Lost Souls, 2018
Silver, coral.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Hidden
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Necklace: Sea Creature, 2015
Silver, hematite, nylon
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Creatures
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Necklace: Strange Creature, 2015
Silver, hematite, pearls, silk, coral, shell
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Creatures
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Necklace: Strange Creature, 2015
Silver, hematite, pearls, silk, coral, shell
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Creatures
Detail view
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Necklace: Poetry of the sea, 2015
Silver, wood, quartz cristal, silk
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Island Reflections
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Necklace: Island Reflections, 2016
Silver, gold, aquamarine, silk
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Island Reflections
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Ring: Bleu drop, 2015
Silver, gold, topaz.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Curaçao Memories
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Ring: Lagun, 2015
Silver, gold, sapphire.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Curaçao Memories
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Ring: Triangle with corallines, 2015
Silver, gold, citrine.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Curaçao Memories
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Ring: Prickly with yellow sapphire, 2015
Silver, gold, sapphire.
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Curaçao Memories
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Ring: Turquoise drop, 2016
Silver, gold, prehnite
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Curaçao Memories
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Ring: Parting, 2015
Silver, gold, chrysobyryl
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Curaçao Memories
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Ring: 3 rings Curaçao Memories, 2015
Silver, gold, chrysobyryl, hessonite
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Curaçao Memories
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Necklace: Golden chalices, 2015
Silver, gold, gold plated, peridot
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Secret Garden
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Earrings: Seedbud on a leaf 1, 2015
Fairtrade gold, silver, pearls
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Secret Garden
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Earrings: Seedbud on a leaf 2, 2015
Fairtrade gold, Silver, pearls
Photo by: Margo Nelissen
From series: Secret Garden
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Earrings: Flowers on a leaf, 2015
Fairtrade gold, silver
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From series: Coral Flowering
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Ring: Flower circles, 2014
Silver
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From series: Coral Flowering
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Necklace: Calabashes, 2013
Silver, gold, yellow diamants
From series: Secret garden
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Ring: Double spherical seed, 2013
Silver
2.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm
From series: Secret garden
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Necklace: Prickly seed, 2013
Silver, gold
From series: Secret garden
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Ring: Coral flowering bunch, 2013
Silver
2.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm
From series: Coral flowering
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Earrings: ‘Star’ seeds, 2014
Silver, Gold
5 x 2 cm
From series: Secret garden
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Necklace: Calabashes blossoms, 2013
Silver, gold, peridot
From series: Secret garden
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Ring: Red seed, 2013
Silver, enamel
2 x 3.5 cm
From series: Secret garden
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Ring: Moonlight blossom, 2011
Silver, pearls
2 x 2 x 2.5 cm
From series: Coral flowering
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Necklace: Floating blossom, 2011
Silver, wood, topaz, textile
From series: Coral flowering
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Ring: Lava, 2007
Silver, glass
3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
From series: Fire glow
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Necklace: Amethyst amulets, 2003
Silver, amethyst
From series: Amulets
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Necklace: Twisted seeds, 2002
Gold, iron, vegetable material
From series: Seeds Indeed
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Necklace: Double spiral, 2002
Silver, iron
25 x 25 cm
Photo by: Aatjan Renders
From series: African Renaissance
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Bracelet: Waves, 2002
Silver, iron
10 x 10 cm
Photo by: Aatjan Renders
From series: African Renaissance
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Brooch: Eyes, Aura & Spiral, 2001
Gold, silver.
12 x 4 x 0.5 cm
From series: Textile Collections
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Earrings: Eardrops Shells, 1987
3,5 x 4 cm
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Margo Nelissen is a contemporary jewelry designer currently based in the Netherlands. Patterns and structures play an important role throughout her collections, first by the use of textile techniques, now by surface treatments. During Margo’s three-year stay in the Caribbean, tropical (underwater) nature provided her with a treasury of new inspiration.
Statement
About her Series HiddenWhat interests me most is how we interact and how we show or hide our motivations, secrets, and scars. We wear masks to protect ourselves and not feel vulnerable. With our shields up and self-promoting masks, we appear in a full battle state, preventing ourselves to deeply connect. When we open up our hearts, we feel exposed. But it also makes us feel strong. We shine and attract attention.
The collection Hidden presents pieces of jewelry with a clear inside and outside. The outside is like a protective shield, like a spiny fruit that doesn’t give away easily the treasured inside. The wearer chooses how to wear the pieces and thus communicates his state of mind to the world.
On Margo Nelissen work
During her career Margo Nelissen has designed several collections. The first jewels from the 1980s are the result of studying and applying ancient textile techniques in metal wire. These applications prove to be inexhaustible. Margo constructs golden earrings from minuscule weaving and knitting work to robust yet airy iron and copper necklaces. The inspiration for the designs arises from her admiration of African ways of adornment and the symbolic meanings jewelry can have. Also historic motives are a great source of inspiration for her.
Over the years Margo experimented with new techniques to allow for her new forms of expression. She has created cast collections, collections consisting of natural material and for example a collection in which glass splinters are used. Since her stay in the Caribbean from 2010 to 2013, her interest shifted to nature. Her amazement about the Caribbean underwater world and tropical plants and seeds led to a whole new visual language in her jewelry.
A new environment has had a great impact on the art of Margo Nelissen. She moved from The Netherlands to another part of the world, the Caribbean. This three year stay in the tropics let to different collections; Secret Garden inspired by her tropical garden and the abundant rainforest of South America, Coral Flowering inspired by patterns and shapes of coral and Curaçao Memoriesinspired by the island itself, its rough nature in contrast to its sparkling culture.
Characteristic for all her work is the refinement and detail, even in robust big pieces.
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