World Artisan Gems

Name:  Julia Goland

Website Link: http://julishland.deviantart.com/     http://picasaweb.google.ru/julishland

Where are you located? Israel

Tell us a bit about yourself: I’m 26 years old. I’m the person that always in search of itself. I am a very impulsive and emotional person and it’s helped me  in my work.  I love to collect different beautiful, non-standard and not necessarily useful things.

When did you begin designing jewelry/art?  Four years ago

What made you choose this type of art? My great-grandmother was an actress in the theatre and she was a very creative person – she always used to  make all her costume jewelry by herself. When I was a child, I found her jewelry box and I was amazed by the  beauty of this jewelry  and  I  decided to do something myself. I took my mother’s old beads and created from it a bracelet and necklace. When I have shown it to my mom, it became a big scandal;  because I have unstring an antique pearls necklace which my great-grandfather had brought from Germany. So… it was my first experience in jewelry making. I think, that this  in many ways was my first step to my present work.

What materials and methods do you use?  Mainly  leather, but I also  use a lot of other materials, like wire, beads, polymerclay, it may be even something that isn’t necessarily intended for jewelry making like a  floristic accessories or packing materials.  And as for  methods… I don’t follow any tutorials or instructions, I love experimenting  with material possibilities, basic leatherwork  techniques that I use are burning, cutting and dyeing.

Where do your design inspirations come from? From a lot of things around me – from nature, historical jewelry,  fashion,  etc.

What is your best working environment/where is your studio? My studio is in my flat. It’s very disorderly place and all over the flat you can find different stuff, leather cords, paint, beads, unfinished jewelry or something else.

Where can your products be seen?  Deviant Art and Picasa web

Are you a fan of any jewelry artisans? I’m not the fan of any concrete jewelry artisan but  I’m a big fan of contemporary jewelry style

Tell us a little about one of your favorite creations: My favorite creation always the latest one. In this case it’s the “Morning in the forest” necklace (seen below).

Morning in the Forest