SHARAREH AGHAEI

Designer biography:

I was born in Tehran, Iran, live and work in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. I started my academic education in Art university of Tehran, focused on Art and craft. After the graduation of the BA, I worked as a freelance goldsmith. From March 2013 I started my further education, in Hochschule Trier, Gemstone and jewelry Idar-Oberstein. In September 2015 I had an exchange Semester in Alchimia Contemporary Jewelry School in Florence, Italy. In July 2017 I finished my MFA at Hochschule Trier, Campus Idar-Oberstein. After graduation, I worked as a jewelry maker, stone carver and sculptor.

Collection concept:

Precious Stones are limited substances from the natural resources, which have been extensively extracted by modern manufacturing. Among all these stones getting exploited, the high fashion and jewelry industry is the biggest consumer of these precious stones, of course selected among the ultimate quality. It means the stones with natural characteristics such as inclusions, mini lines or cracks which are not even visible with unaided eyes, will be categorized unqualified, therefore a large amount of rough rocks would end up in leftover piles and sadly considered as trash. Most of the stones I have used in my collection, are from these not more usable material, collected from different carving companies, stone workshops, or artists’ remains, to upcycle and give them another chance to show again their forgotten beauty.

Sharareh Aghaei (Germany/Iran)

SHARAREH AGHAEI

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