1.0Jos van den Elzenhttps://josvandenelzen.nl/en/Pikselhttps://josvandenelzen.nl/en/author/piksel/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JjzxsA2m1A"><a href="https://josvandenelzen.nl/en/jos-van-den-elzen/">Jos van den Elzen</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://josvandenelzen.nl/en/jos-van-den-elzen/embed/#?secret=JjzxsA2m1A" width="600" height="338" title="“Jos van den Elzen” — Jos van den Elzen" data-secret="JjzxsA2m1A" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://josvandenelzen.nl/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://josvandenelzen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/002_bymarjo_zw_Jos-van-der-Elzen_010918_5685_web.jpg1024834The urge for Jos to explore new worlds and to go beyond his frontiers brought him to unusual professional sidetracks. One experience showed him the way to go. In 1983 whilst visiting Bogota, Colombia. Jos stayed with a Goldsmith who taught him some simple techniques. During a short absence of his host, he took the opportunity to work on some assignments on the goldsmith’s bench. In the early morning he started to work with utmost concentration. As Jos began to feel the first pangs of hunger, he took off to grab some lunch at a nearby sandwich bar, only to find out it had been past 18.00 o’clock in the evening and the shops were closed ...This turned out to be a life changing event. For Jos the pieces of the puzzle seemed to have fallen into place: he was to become a goldsmith.