About Us

My name is Katja de Vries. I'm a jewellery maker, illustrator and all round craft enthousiast based in Haarlem. After graduating as a graphic designer in 2012 at The Hague's KABK. I started in the second year of the bachelor illustration at the KASK, in Ghent. In 2016 I finished my masters in Illustration there. 

During these years I also started to have a passion for jewellery making and smithing. Wanting to create a combination between my illustrations and my jewellery, I also stumbled into pin making. It's what started my business, as the Illustrationist. 

I'm always trying to gather new knowledge and skills on different materials, techniques and fields. Such as wood, metal, fabrics, laser cutting, bookbinding, metal and web design.