Onno Boekhoudt (1944 - 2002) Onno Boekhoudt (1944) died in a car accident on Monday 28 October. Boekhoudt saw himself as an artist who used jewellery as a means of expression. What he made wasn't necessarily an item of jewellery and even if it was then it was in relation to concerns like the enclosing of a small space or research into form and material. Boekhoudt trained as a goldsmith at the Technical School, Schoonhoven, and the Staatliche Kunst und Werkschule, Pforzheim, Germany. He also took evening classes in sculpture and model drawing at the Art Academy in Utrecht. Between 1974 and 1990 Boekhoudt was head of the Department of Jewellery at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, since 1984 he lectured at the Academy of Arts Constantijn Hugens, Kampen and since 1990 at London's Royal College of Art. During his time as a lecturer in Amsterdam he trained generations of new jewellery designers. In 1996 he was awarded the Françoise van den Bosch Prize for jewellery. The following year he had a major retrospective at the Groninger Museum to coincide with the publication of his book 'Why Not Jewellery'. Boekhoudt was an inspirational and driven artist. As well as teaching and making jewellery, he also organised exhibitions, wrote articles and was a member of various committees - and all undertaken with immense dedication and generosity. Boekhoudt always followed his own path and was not drawn towards trends and fashions. The field will very much miss his energy and vision. (LdB)