Celebrating the traditional textile craft through contemporary jewellery making

Why do I make jewellery?

Why do I make jewellery?

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I make objects that are removed from necessity – we don’t need these objects to survive. However, I see such objects as products and subject of discourse. And this is just one of the reasons why they are amazing creations.
How often are you asked about your mass-produced pieces of jewellery that you are wearing? Of course, you get these questions and I suppose there are mainly two of them. Where are they from and how much do they cost. That’s it. Don’t get lost in a non-sense mass anonymity. Craft is still an opposition against big-money capitalism just as it was more than a century ago. It is still a social movement without a certain understanding of where it is going, however craft gives thousands of people dignity of their own labour, control of production, sustainability and personal empowerment.

 

Following a line

Following a line

Russian blogger Rita Maslova is wearing the small caramel CHOCO earrings

Russian blogger Rita Maslova is wearing the small caramel CHOCO earrings