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Eindhoven in Art
lot of ambitions.” Through this path she has established a great
imagination. Furthermore, your
career background. The road to success was not easy while
art reflects your personality, that
being in the Netherlands according to Golnaz. Not only the
way you create a piece that might
Dutch language, but also the educational system was different.
be called ART!” She added: “I make a piece of
“Then I started to work hard to realize my dream to call upon my
jewelry as a mini art through
artistic talent for visual arts.”
reflecting
my
personality,
if
someone likes to buy and wear “My eyes catch every detail on things that I see, and my heart and
my jewelry it means they like my
hands want to form them into an art object”
personality and that gives me
Since 1990 she has been painting on silk with her own design to make
the passion to make more.”
wearable art. She developed other directions by following courses including training to become a silversmith. “Working with silver and
There are some sticky notes on
other precious metals appealed to me the most.” That is why she
her desk, like a quote from artist
added the design and making of unique jewelry, also as wearable art to
Pablo Picasso. “Art washes away
her portfolio. Nature, colors, shapes, and fashion inspire her to make
from the soul the dust of everyday
her jewelry as small pieces of art.
life.” “During hard times,” Golnaz continued, “whenever I am busy
In 1992 she opened her “Atelier / Gallery Golnaz”.
with designing and crafting an
“Art is not a study! It is the completion of your vision, imagination, the
art piece, I forget the rest of the
reflection of your personality and creativity”
world.”
Her personality shines through the jewelry pieces she makes. There is no creation that Golnaz made without love and her passion for life. Hendriks has mentioned earlier that “I do believe that there are various art educations that we can follow, but to me I do not think that art is a study. I believe that art is the completion of your vision, your
Text & photo: Masah Fofana