Maija Vitola
Jeweller
Published: 06.07.2021
Bio
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.-
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Bamberg, Germany -
Cloris Yuchen Ding
Providence, United States -
Sébastien Carré
Strasbourg, France -
Clodagh Molloy
Dublin, Ireland -
Enric Majoral
Barcelona, Spain -
Letizia Maggio
Fontanafredda, Italy -
Annarita Bianco
Avellino, Italy -
Lidia Puica
Satu Mare, Romania -
Sandra Bostock
Mexico City, Mexico -
Viktoria Münzker Ferus
Pixendorf, Austria -
Nicole Schuster
Munich, Germany -
Miriam Arentz
Berlin, Germany -
Deniz Turan
Istanbul, Turkey -
Karin Johansson
Gothenburg, Sweden