Ieva Grigienė (Lithuania) - Global Design Graduate Award
Ieva Grigienė
Biography:
I am a jewellery artist focused on the fusion of craft and art. There are times when ideas come first, but usually my hands think better than my head, yet instead of resisting, I enjoy it. I like to observe my environment, look for interesting forms around me and later, having collected different, mostly natural forms, I search for combinations that I have not seen before and turn those matches into jewellery pieces.
Collection concept: OPEN RING
Open ring is the collection of rings made of various, mostly natural gemstones which I wanted to be in a way endless. I sought to preserve the ragged force of them, so I worked fast and spontaneously, leaving marks of the work process and patches of raw stone, thus conveying the freedom of unfinishedness in the final result.
Open Ring_2021_serpentine, stone from the river
OpenRing_2021_rock crystal,hematite,gold
OpenRing_2021_jade, amethyst
Open Ring_2021_rose quartz, chrysoprase