BOE

Along with Marion Herbst, Onno Boekhoudt, Karel Niehorster and Berend Peter, Françoise van den Bosch was one of the founding members in 1973 of the BOE group, the Union of Rebellious Silversmiths. BOE was against the then art acquisitions policy of the State, from which only a limited number of jewellery designers actually benefited. The members were for more openness, more debate, more public information and improved exhibition and presentation opportunities. Their first and only exhibition "Revolt in Jewellery by Five Dutch Artists" was in April 1974 at the Electrum Gallery, London (see NOS film), at the invitation of Ralph Turner. The BOE group led in 1975 to the founding of VES, the Union of Silversmiths and Jewellery Designers, the first trade union for the profession.