But surprisingly enough, jewelry design didn’t come naturally for Zwart. “It was an unexpected passion that caught me off-guard,” she shared in an interview with Vogue. “I had moved to Guatemala to work for a fair-trade accessories non-profit that worked with local artisans to create jewelry & home goods. There was a lot of metal working going on there, and Guatemala has a lot of natural stones that I was drawn to.”

It was there on the shores of Lake Atitlan that she began to study the art of jewelry metal working and was immediately enamored with the notion of being able to sculpt pieces from the ground up that can be worn every day. “After a series of events I started studying metal working on the weekends to make jewelry and fell head over heels in love with it,” she notes. “It was all I thought about from then on.”

Zwart’s design aesthetic is characterized by her fresh perspective and restrained approach. Her pieces feel modern and interesting, yet effortlessly wearable, with influences that include the French Art Deco era as well as her fascination with ancient civilizations. “It is fascinating to me when I walk into a museum and see gold coins, necklaces, earrings and bracelets from thousands of years ago and know that they meant so much to someone,” she says. “As a status symbol, as something they treasured personally, as something that was passed down from generation to generation. This is what inspired me to go into fine jewelry. The allure of creating something that lasts.”

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Toronto-based artist Micah Adams realized that coins are much more than a piece of metal you can exchange for goods eight years ago, when he got an idea to cut out tiny maple leaves from a discontinued Canadian penny using a jeweler’s saw. After that, he decided to look for other objects hidden in coins that he could set free.

Since then, Adams has been making collages and unique jewelry out of objects that he has cut from both domestic and foreign coins. He has exhibited his artwork in galleries across Canada and he sells some of the pieces he creates on Etsy.

Check out some of his impressive works below.

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But surprisingly enough, jewelry design didn’t come naturally for Zwart. “It was an unexpected passion that caught me off-guard,” she shared in an interview with Vogue. “I had moved to Guatemala to work for a fair-trade accessories non-profit that worked with local artisans to create jewelry & home goods. There was a lot of metal working going on there, and Guatemala has a lot of natural stones that I was drawn to.”

It was there on the shores of Lake Atitlan that she began to study the art of jewelry metal working and was immediately enamored with the notion of being able to sculpt pieces from the ground up that can be worn every day. “After a series of events I started studying metal working on the weekends to make jewelry and fell head over heels in love with it,” she notes. “It was all I thought about from then on.”

Zwart’s design aesthetic is characterized by her fresh perspective and restrained approach. Her pieces feel modern and interesting, yet effortlessly wearable, with influences that include the French Art Deco era as well as her fascination with ancient civilizations. “It is fascinating to me when I walk into a museum and see gold coins, necklaces, earrings and bracelets from thousands of years ago and know that they meant so much to someone,” she says. “As a status symbol, as something they treasured personally, as something that was passed down from generation to generation. This is what inspired me to go into fine jewelry. The allure of creating something that lasts.”

The post This Jewelry Brand Is Worn By Your Favorite Celebrities appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

Toronto-based artist Micah Adams realized that coins are much more than a piece of metal you can exchange for goods eight years ago, when he got an idea to cut out tiny maple leaves from a discontinued Canadian penny using a jeweler’s saw. After that, he decided to look for other objects hidden in coins that he could set free.

Since then, Adams has been making collages and unique jewelry out of objects that he has cut from both domestic and foreign coins. He has exhibited his artwork in galleries across Canada and he sells some of the pieces he creates on Etsy.

Check out some of his impressive works below.

The post Artist Cuts Objects From Coins to Create Collages and Jewelry appeared first on Wallpaper Data.