Welcome, Jurate. Your store, Fortunate Origami, is crammed with elegant paper earrings and necklaces. You have to spend hours and hours making completely folded lilies, boats, butterflies, even tiny elephants, however particularly paper cranes. Please inform us about your self, your handcrafting pursuits, and your resolution to make origami jewellery.
“I used to be raised in Lithuania, a rustic steeped within the custom of handcrafted
jewellery and textiles, deeply rooted in nature and spiritualism. Having
graduated with a level in graphic design, I labored as a designer for
media, structure and engineering firms earlier than making the daring
resolution to go off by myself and dedicate myself to designing and
crafting my very own line of handmade jewellery.
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| “Paper boats symbolize a perception that we are able to carry our hopes wherever we would like and might obtain our highest aspirations.” |
My collections, whereas numerous, share a typical aesthetic—clear traces that
create supreme frames for colours and textures which are as alive and full
of emotion as they’re disciplined. I take painstaking care to
preserve this stability when beading bracelets or folding origami
earrings.
Lithuania
was the final pagan nation in Europe to be Christianized. Our given
names are predominantly related to nature or pagan spirits who
oversaw varied facets of nature. My very own identify Jurate is derived from
the Lithuanian phrase “’jūra”, which implies “sea”, and Jūrate was the
goddess of the Baltic Sea. Different widespread names imply “wind”, or “solar”, or
“morning dew”, and many others. Conventional Lithuanian clothes and handcrafts use
colours that signify nature and shapes which have religious
significance.
Although life experiences and travels have taken me to
faraway locations and expanded my palate, I’ve by no means deserted these core
design ideas. It’s extra that I now search ever new inspirations
by means of the substrates I work with—be they paper or beads or threads.
I
need to create jewellery that helps individuals categorical their feelings, join with others, or to have fun or memorialize essentially the most
vital moments and folks of their lives.
I moved with my husband and son to The Netherlands almost three in the past. We’re thriving and totally having fun with a splendidly
tolerate, cultured and extremely educated group which has a terrific sense of
humor. This surroundings has impressed me enormously. After I entered the nation by automobile on the day of our large transfer, the primary
animal I noticed was a crane standing on the banks of a canal.
As a
youngster I tearfully learn the story of the Japanese lady Sadako, a
survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima. Sadako, who later developed
leukemia, was impressed by the story of the Thousand Cranes. She had
gathered tons of of sheets of paper and commenced to fold cranes hoping for
a miracle if she reached 1,000. The method of folding and
concentrating on her objective gave her spirits a wanted raise and a function
to her life.
Some say when she died at ten years of age she didn’t fairly
make it to 1,000 however her objective was reached with the assistance of mates and
strangers. When
I noticed that crane that day, I knew I might make origami
crane earrings. And that might be my purpose–to give hope and good
spirits to others by means of my origami designs. I began with cranes and
have added different animals and flowers since then.”
Jurate’s traditional origami jewellery is created with prime quality, sustainable
paper. She describes the folding course of as delicate and targeted. Watch her make an origami lily on Instagram the place she is @lucky_origami.
Every determine is handled with a sealant that makes it extra sturdy and water-resistant, after which it’s completed with sterling silver or 18K gold plated sterling silver
findings.
Her handmade vacation wreath playing cards are a considerate accompaniment to an origami jewellery reward.
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| Jurate Grossman |
Go to the Fortunate Origami web site. Prospects obtain 10% off their first order by signing up for emails that announce new collections and unique affords. Jurate additionally has an Etsy store, LuckyOrigamiJewelry, the place supply is free to the U.S.
She has two further Etsy outlets the place you possibly can see her beaded jewellery, MINTUCHI, and NatureWishJewelry, that options Morse Code jewellery for women and men.