Maija Vitola
Jeweller
Published: 28.09.2020
gmail.comBrooch: Blossom, 2020
Hand-carved ebony wood, gold plated sterling silver, garnet.
7.5 x 4 x 2.2 cm
From series: Enlightening Everything
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Brooch: Enlightening Everything, 2020
Ebony wood, gold plated sterling silver, black pearl.
8.8 x 9 x 2 cm
From series: Enlightening Everything
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Brooch: Enlightening Everything, 2020
Ebony wood, gold plated sterling silver, black pearl.
8.8 x 9 x 2 cm
Photo by: Otto Zitmanis
From series: Enlightening Everything
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Ring: Above, 2020
Hand-carved buffalo horn, gold plated sterling silver.
4 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
From series: Enlightening Everything
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Ring: Black Sun, 2020
Hand-carved ebony wood, oxidized sterling silver, white sapphire.
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
From series: Enlightening Everything
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Necklace: Mother Night, 2020
Hand-carved ebony wood, gold plated sterling silver.
17 x 25 x 1.7 cm
From series: Enlightening Everything
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Ring: Nakedness, 2019
Hand-carved camel bone, sterling silver, pearls, white sapphire.
2.9 x 4 x 3 cm
From series: Enlightening Everything
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Brooch: Bright Sadness, 2019
Hand-carved camel bone, sterling silver, pearl.
3.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 cm
From series: Lightness of my Childhood Memories
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Brooch: Family Roots, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, ebony violin peg, sterling silver.
12.5 x 4 x 0.7 cm
From series: Lightness of my Childhood Memories
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Earrings: China Rose, 2019
Gold plated sterling silver, garnet.
4.9 x 5.3 x 1.2 cm
From series: Lightness of my Childhood Memories
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Necklace: China Rose, 2019
Gold plated sterling silver, garnet.
17 x 21 x 1.8 cm
From series: Lightness of my Childhood Memories
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Earrings: Desire, 2017
Hand-carved camel bone, sterling silver.
2.8 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm
From series: Lust
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Brooch: In the Beginning, 2017
Sterling silver, hand-carved bone.
2.7 x 10.5 x 2.2 cm
From series: Lust
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Ring: Lust, 2017
Hand-carved camel bone, oxidized sterling silver.
2.6 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
From series: Lust
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Necklace: Thou Shalt Not, 2017
Hand-carved camel bone, oxidized sterling silver.
17 x 24 x 1.7 cm
From series: Lust
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Necklace: Thou Shalt Not, 2017
Hand-carved camel bone, oxidized sterling silver.
17 x 24 x 1.7 cm
From series: Lust
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Earrings: Lust, 2018
Sterling silver.
2.1 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm
From series: Lust
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Ring: Desire, 2017
Hand-carved camel bone, oxidized sterling silver.
2.6 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
From series: Lust
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Necklace: Sacrifice, 2017
Lamb ribs, sterling silver.
14 x 33 x 3 cm
From series: To the Bones
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Necklace: One Without the Other, 2017
Hand-carved bone, oxidized sterling silver.
17 x 20 x 1.7 cm
From series: To the Bones
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Ring: 21 gram, 2017
Hand-carved bone, oxidized sterling silver, ebony wood.
3.7 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
From series: To the Bones
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Necklace: To the Next Page, 2018
Hand-carved buffalo horn, oxidized sterling silver, black pearl.
4.6 x 5 x 1 cm
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Earrings: Rise, 2018
Hand-carved buffalo horn, sterling silver, pearls.
2.5 x 4 x 1.6 cm
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Necklace: Birth, 2018
Hand-carved bone, sterling silver, mother of pearl, pearl.
6.6 x 53 x 1.5 cm
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Brooch: Birth, 2018
Hand-carved camel bone, sterling silver, pearl.
6.7 x 3.7 x 1 cm
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I am a Latvian jewellery artist living and working in Riga. Bachelor's degree and Master's degree I acquired by the Latvian Academy of Arts in the Metal Design Department. I'm working in the jewellery art field - designing jewellery, participating in local and international jewellery and design competitions. The creative process is my inner need, without which I cannot imagine my daily life.
Statement
Jewellery created by me represents subtle handmade and delicately intimate message. I focus on human inner world, where without the highest fundamental values – love, respect and devotion, there are also craving and lust. The inspiration for my work is the course of a human life, the experience gained in it, the fundamental values that layer by layer makes the jewel something valuable. Mainly I am working with natural materials such as bone, horn and wood combining them with silver. I create sculptural art jewellery that becomes a link between my perception of the world and the viewer. There have always been many symbols in my works - this is the way how I express my feelings. The choice of material depends on the purpose of the work, but often when I'm carving material by hand it feels like the material tells its own story, allowing me to create works that are unique and sculptural representations of my world.CV 
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