I don´t particularly remember any profession, but as a child I had many hobbies and was a very active child. I was interested in playing on piano, was attending a ceramics course, drawing course, dance group and learning languages. I was always a curious child, not afraid to try and learn new things.
When have you started creating jewelry? How did this passion come about?
When I was a child, I was always passionate about creating different kinds of art. But the moment my passion became a craft was at my university. I was studying sculpture, and I wanted to try something new. So, I was thinking what studio in our school should I try? I chose jewelry studio because I was never able to wrap my head around how the jewelry is made, and I was always amazed by it. I wanted to explore and learn the craft.
What was your first project or significant piece for you and from what point of view?
My very first project was a ring for multiple fingers – a boxer one may say, and you can assemble it by yourself based on your preferences. I was analytically studying my emotions through few months of the semester and created diagrams of my feelings. I assembled the diagram pieces into one ring – boxer as a culmination of the tangle of emotions. But is it really a boxer if it is made out of paper?
How do you charge your batteries? What other passions and creative interests do you have?
Dancing and music are still my biggest energy chargers. But if I´m in the mood to simply be by myself I love to read books in some café.
What does the connection between manufacturing tradition and contemporary design mean to you?
I really admire the complexity of the craftsmanship but at the same time I´m very open the experiments and combinations that contemporary jewelry brings.
Is there a self-portrait piece that speaks most about you?
My whole diploma jewelry collection was a self-portrait art piece about my identity. I explore and study my identity in the context of my own body. I consider human body as our archive which preserve all our memories and our life experiences written on it. This work represents my self-reflection. I literally bring my own skin on the surface. I am searching what jewelry means to me and where can I see it. I find it in my own body and continue to experiment with it. I consider the human body a "jewel". And so I offer a new, my definition, of what jewelry actually is: "I consider jewelry to be something that we choose to decorate ourselves with (tattoo), something that life has decorated us with (scar), and something that we were born with and were given (birthmark)."
Which material have you not yet used is a temptation and a challenge for you?
Since I consider myself as a “beginner” in the craft of goldsmithing I´m very curious to finally work with the expensive materials such as gold. But I would really love to work with stone again but from the perspective of a jewelry artist no a sculpturer.
How was the pandemic period for you as a jewelry designer?
Because we were not allowed to attend the school and use the studio, I was forced to try new ways of creating simply in my living room without any tools. And that is how I got to the videomaking. I simply worked with my body and these videos inspired me in the creation of my diploma thesis, and in the end they were also part of the installation. I consider this experience very enriching and inspiring, and it helped me to be more open to different kinds of art and creating.
How do you see the future of contemporary jewelry?
I´m just curious how it will develop and evolve. I´m excited about new experiments and materials.
