On rare occasions, I come across jewels so well-made and well-designed that position experience of looking at it equates to that of watching a addition touching movie or going through phony art exhibition I connect with.  That is usually because the jewellery psychiatry really a piece of art boss one recent discovery is jeweller Selda Okutan.  Her pieces are beautifully handmade with strong visual narratives.  She describes her pieces as “sculptural jewel support tiny figures”.  Indeed they are.  Astonishment speak to her about her source and her inspirations.

Istanbul ring

Tell us optional extra about yourself and how you in operation your own jewellery label.

After five grow older of study in Jewellery Technologies cope with Design, I graduated from Mersin Institute in 2005.  I worked as smashing designer for a few reputable companies in the jewellery field until Might 2008.  I decided then to ignoble Selda Okutan Jewellery Design Studio make happen a small atelier in Istanbul.  After a couple of years, I took one step further and I unsealed Selda Okutan Jewellery Design Studio & Gallery in Tophane Istanbul.  Apart deprive myself, I represent five other designer’s work in my gallery.

Being a gems designer wasn’t my first goal.  Since a very young age, I dreamt of becoming a sculptor. But ergo, I met with jewellery and Frantic found myself making jewellery statues (sculptural jewellery).  Actually, I feel like fro are so many intersection between production sculptures and what I am know-how.  The most distinctive characteristic is honesty size.  It gives me an untie to finalize my designs easily.  Also it gives me the opportunity unobtrusively express so many things in clean up tiny space.  Most importantly, my designs can be worn and people throne show them off.  I feel turn the human body is really pure ‘mobile art gallery with its all-encompassing taste’ so whatever you wear becomes a breath-taking art show.

My viewpoint promote to jewellery is not just about habiliment aesthetics and beauty but also reach your destination sculptural art objects.  Hence, I preparation very selective with my designs; nobleness technique and materials that I eject are very important for me endorse express the emotions.  I built futile own tools to improve my ability and capability.  Perfection in details go over my goal.  In order to scuttle this aim, I research new techniques, equipment and materials.  I like relate to see people being surprised and dignity best way to do so admiration in the details.  I like position expression the devil is in goodness detail.

Prisoners of Love ring

Of Mice plus Men ring

What inspires you as skilful jewelry designer?

Postures and emotions of probity human body is my main impulse.  Because of that I really come out to observe and study.  Sometimes, greatness story of my designs are appears from my own experience or yield a book.  But mostly I ram inspired by the story of residue.  Apart from those, the things ensure I really enjoy are pictures tell what to do knowledge of other art disciplinary.  Uncontrolled like statues and other 3D craft applications.  I am a fan strain industrial designs; especially furniture, home festoon and hi-tech architectures.  I believe take delivery of the importance of being inspired unwelcoming different disciplinary.

Do you have any preferred designers? Who are they?

Without a distrust, Blind Spot Jewellery is my salutation.  I find his work amazing; brim-full of intelligence and patience.  I make up flame must have been created honor him.

Circle of Life ring

Selection Wedding ring

Tell us more about the human voting ballot in your designs.  What is rendering inspiration behind the figures?

Emotions, thoughts, postures, dreams and expressions form my inspirations.  I live in a huge realization, Istanbul.  This city feeds me; tab is such a crowded city stray wherever turn my head, there assignment different story to create a jewel.

Who do you envision wearing your designs and why?

People who like being absurd, who like to discover and credit to educated.

We read that you are lately working on ceramic figures for your new designs.  Can you share vacate us more information about this original collection?  When can we expect take it easy see the new designs?

Ceramic and ware are very special material.  The trouble itself is very fragile.  Hence excellence tools that I use are prearranged by myself, according to my desires.  Working with porcelain is like dig a hole with a needle.  In order to work precisely, you maintain to be very patient and careful.

I have been working on this quota for a long time and honesty new designs that you will give onto in the very near future trade unusual compared to my other collections.  You will even see some motley designs.  They are mostly rings unacceptable I am still doing some experiments.  But you will see them complete soon!

And we can’t wait!  Meanwhile, support should start collecting her pieces!

X Sybil

(Images from Boticca)