He gained craft certainty through his father, a skillful man who mastered working with every material. As he himself says, he has been devoted to jewelry making since forever. Already in elementary school, he made wire rings for his classmates. Later, he used leather for their production, then clay, and when he started doing metalwork for jewelry, copper captivated him....
He gained craft certainty through his father, a skillful man who mastered working with every material. As he himself says, he has been devoted to jewelry making since forever. Already in elementary school, he made wire rings for his classmates. Later, he used leather for their production, then clay, and when he started doing metalwork for jewelry, copper captivated him. He trained as a locksmith and after school, he held several jobs until he tried the path of a freelance artist in 1986, which he still pursues to this day. Alongside jewelry, he also makes trays, candle holders, lamps from hammered copper sheets – sort of experiments in applying jewelry to objects, but jewelry remains his most important theme. He doesn’t weld or solder jewelry, but rather connects them by hammering, forging, and weaving. He creates both unique jewelry pieces and more frequently jewelry collections (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings). He works with wire in a two-dimensional space, which appears spatially after modification.
He finds inspiration all around him. For him, forged objects are inspiring, but also, for example, bobbin lace or old jewelry captured in the inspiring book by Helena Johnova, Jewelry, as well as geometric shapes in general, e.g., spiral. He really likes the spiral, he sees it as something energetic, from which he feels the development of power. It can be found in many ornaments, old and new, so he likes to explore it from every angle. And then he just tries to create. When he picks up a wire, he has almost nothing around him, but he wants to make something out of it that others like. What motivates him in his work is to come up with new things, to combine motifs. In his jewelry, he sees formal dynamics, and he guards that. From his own feelings, he creates jewelry that symbolizes beauty and harmonizes with the wearer. As he himself says, he didn’t have to make jewelry in life – then he would probably lose the joy of creation and become just a manufacturer. He also considers setting the price for jewelry to be very important so that it is affordable for ordinary people.
His products can be found in shops selling artisanal and jewelry goods not only here but also in the Czech Republic, England, and Germany. He is a regular participant in craft markets, where he also demonstrates his craftsmanship.