Contemporary jewelry is always merged with the art world and world situation. Jewelry design discipline does not stand alone.
Read MorePeople are connected with nature, we get strength from there. To recover, I go to the forest or to the field. It happens when I have emotional tension, and the war in my country is a very strong stress, believe me!
Read MoreI am a restless soul, a living channel, I ask questions, research, test materials, connect with the world that interests me and surrounds me.
Read MoreThe way I assemble materials is about my relationship with the world, especially how I perceive it. This is precisely why I want to introduce some black resin inserts into my pieces.
Read MoreWe should be thankful to all the craft people and silver/goldsmith masters before us, who invented and developed all the techniques, tools and gadgets that we can use now to experiment and fulfill our crazy ideas!
Read MoreI make all my pieces by hand, nothing is poured into moulds, my fingerprints can be found on every piece. Traditional hand modeling is the way I like making my pieces.
Read MoreEvery time it has to be something new, something innovative but based on the classic ways to do it.
Read MoreContemporary jewelry art is a fairly young discipline, meaning there are still many opportunities to come such as a collaboration with other artfields, to create an interdisciplinary movement for example. The future of contemporary jewelry looks promising.
Read MoreContemporary jewelry is a development of the manufacturing tradition and increases the value and meaning. In addition, it gives us unlimited possibilities for creativity.
Read MoreI think tradition is very important to enrich our view on the subject.
Read MoreTraditional is heritage, so it is part of the cultural DNA, so there is a connection. One thing leads to another.
Read MoreI feel that art (together with contemporary jewelry) is a new religion. Because, as said by Wassily Kandinsky in his book "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" (1911) "art is a child of its time and, as part of the spiritual life, has an awakening power".
Read MoreWorking with the same material for a long time deepens your knowledge and sometimes drives you to unexpected discoveries.
Read MoreTradition it's like a religion, you can trust it, but innovations they are feels to me like a spirit, who is guiding you through challenges of time and helps you find an answers to the new questions.
Read MoreI think contemporary design feeds on what it finds around it, so it's kind of a continuation of traditional jewelry work.
Read MoreIn contemporary design, it is important to look cool, but in order to contain one's own story, one's own philosophy about the process of making it is contained.
Read MoreWhat if I make it twist? What if I add more onto it, how does it look, how does it feel? So I don’t pre-set what I am going to make, but the design and making will lead.
Read MoreTo be honest, since I started being aware of my existence here, I was fascinated by art: colors, shapes, textures, feelings, everything that it means. So, looking back, the answer was obvious from the beginning, but, you know, there is this idea which is deeply rooted in some minds that artists cannot make a living from their art.
Read MoreI started this as a hobby in college, when I did a ring and a pair of earrings, using beads. Until recently, the desire to create jewelry remained a small passion. In 2020, I took a few courses and it became clear to me that I need to follow my passion and learn more techniques.
Read MoreThe pieces from the first collection, Rhound echo, were plants, flowers, or fresh leafs from nature. It's instinctive and natural to me to always have in my hands a piece of nature I find around when I'm out.
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