I am a holloware silversmith born and trained in the Netherlands. I worked at the Gorham silver company for five years in the design room making mostly flatware models and doing design for flatware. I still make my living doing flatware design and model work for several larger companies as well as holloware models. My own personal work is mostly one of a kind sterling holloware and serving pieces. Pretty much all of my work are fuctional pieces. like teapots, vases, bowls, salad servers etc. I love working in the tradition of fuctional silver work. I now share a studio with my wife, who is a jeweler and sculptor in metal in New bedford,MA in an old brick church that we are trying to restore.; www.yoastsilver.com