In ‘the olden time’, I would have traveled to Tokyo to attend the award ceremony & exhibition of Silver Accessories Contest that took place in December 2021. As it is how it is with our current world, I woke up … Continued
LEAVES & LOVE Jewelry Exhibition at the Winter Garden of Helsinki 14.-19.9.2021Astari G. Swatantri with ‘Honey’Meira Rauta with ‘Under the Canopies’• For the exhibition, I created in total five new jewelry pieces. Here they are: A pendant with 24K gold … Continued
My piece ‘Sweet Moments’ was awarded a Semi Grand Prix at Silver Accessories Contest 2021! :) I’m humbled and grateful <3 The theme for the contest was ‘Inspiration’, and my jewelry was inspired by activities I’ve been embracing at home … Continued
From 8th to 27th September 2020, I and my friend Meira Rauta held ‘Leaves & Love – Treasures of the Winter Garden’ which was the continuation of our ‘Leaves & Love’ exhibition last year. You can read about it in … Continued
I collect cabochons, and this year I decided to join the cabochon jewelry challenge on Facebook group, initiated by the amazing metal clay jewelry artist and enamelist Joy Funnel. So the idea is simple, to create a cabochon jewelry per … Continued
When days are cold and grey, I like to go, or at least plan of going, to the Winter Garden of Helsinki. It’s a place where the climate is warm and it’s green throughout the four seasons, a perfect place … Continued
If you are my newsletter subscriber or you’ve read my previous blog posts, you might have noticed that I’ve been working on updating my online studio. Oh, it’s still a lot of work to do, and as much as I’d … Continued
That’s it, the first month of the year! Whether you have any specific plans for the year or let things flow, I’m sure you always have plenty to do, and I wish you all the best :) Calligraphy This year … Continued
Where did time go? A lot of things happened since the beginning of summer that took much of my time and energy. However I’m all the time busy designing and creating jewelry, as well as continuing my other projects in … Continued
This month 12 years ago, I started my metal clay studio. Wow. The first time I came across silver clay online I even hesitated with this ‘clay that becomes silver’. Good thing the next day I revisited the website to … Continued