The Find: designer Anneke van Bommel’s whimsical accessories
The Find: designer Anneke van Bommel’s whimsical accessories
Fans of lumberjacks, Canada or even just gentlemen with beards in plaid shirts will enjoy Toronto-based designer Anneke van Bommel’s Canadiana accessories. Bommel takes classic Canadian iconography—like axes, moose and, um, playfully wrestling grizzly bears—as inspiration for her series of jewellery, which she sells at her Etsy shop Touch the Dutch. While brooches are typically the province of ladies and the occasional dandy, Bommel offers a huge selection of pieces that would suit even the most masculine of men (even if the axe brooches above could hardly break the skin of a finger).
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- Axe silhouette brooch, $56. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/51042001/silhouette-axe-brooch">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Grizzly bear high five brooch, $77. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/50174320/grizzly-high-five-brooch">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Wolf Moan brooch, $77. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/46818329/silhouette-wolf-moan-brooch">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Sterling silver axe necklace, $59. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/76003615/sterling-silver-axe-necklace">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Beaver brooch, $18. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/72433082/silhouette-beaver-brooch">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Moose antler necklace, $39. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64145108/moose-antler-necklace-hand-cut">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Lumberjack brooch, $82. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/21529372/lumberjack-pin">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
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- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Secret Order of the Lumberjacks axe brooch, $185. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/65507559/secret-order-of-the-lumberjacks-axe">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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- Secret Order of the Narwhal Society brooch, $77. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67320475/secret-order-of-the-narwhal-society">Click to buy »</a>
- (Image: Anneke van Bommel)
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
- The Find: Anneke van Bommel accessories
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Fans of lumberjacks, Canada or even just gentlemen with beards in plaid shirts will enjoy Toronto-based designer Anneke van Bommel’s Canadiana accessories. Bommel takes classic Canadian iconography—like axes, moose and, um, playfully wrestling grizzly bears—as inspiration for her series of jewellery, which she sells at her Etsy shop Touch the Dutch. While brooches are typically the province of ladies and the occasional dandy, Bommel offers a huge selection of pieces that would suit even the most masculine of men (even if the axe brooches above could hardly break the skin of a finger).
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