Lucy Sarneel, 1961-2020, Maastricht, Netherlands. Studied jewellery at Stadsakademie Maastricht (NL) and at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam (NL) with Onno Boekhoudt. Since 2015 she was the tutor of the 2nd year Master of Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School  Florence, Italy. Her works are represented in galleries at Netherlands, Australia, USA, Thailand, China and Spain.


On Lucy's work:
Lucy Sarneel’s distinctive use of fabricated zinc is inspired by the material’s omnipresence in the objects and architecture of her native Netherlands. The material represents the blue-grey sky and sea, and the color of the subconscious. Zinc is the reassuring, domestic world of rain pipes, buckets, and washtubs; towers and dormer windows, the architectural “jewels” of old European cities; and the protective quality of steel preventing rust. Creating fields of tension in form, idea, and material, she uses familiar symbols for love, protection, and handcrafts, as well as forms relating to forgotten traditions, proverbs, popular motifs, and themes from folklore.
For some time her work has developed towards the idea of a jewel as a patron, a soulmate. This provides a counterweight to the high-tech, efficient, and mass-oriented world in which cultures are disappearing as a result of commercialization and globalization. The visual language of her jewelry is associative, often sculptural, and encourages the free experience of thoughts and feelings.


Private and public collections:
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal (CAN); Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York (USA); Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (USA); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (USA); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL); Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL); CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL); Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (DE); Pinakothek der Moderne Munich (DE); National Gallery, Canberra (AU); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (AU); Victoria & Albert Museum, London (UK); National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (UK),;MARZEE collection, Nijmegen (NL); SM's, 's Hertogenbosch (NL); Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen (NL); China Academy of Arts-Folk Art Museum, Hangzhou (CN); Rotasa Foundation (USA); AkzoNobel Art Foundation (NL)