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Discover Benelux & France | Fashion & Design | Eva Schreuder
Heartfelt and handmade TEXT: PAOLA WESTBEEK | PHOTOS: VALERIE DELSMAN & GRĂŠGOIRE BEAUDEQUIN
Jewellery, especially the handcrafted kind, often transcends the realm of being a simple fashion accessory and becomes an intimate form of wearable art. For Dutch jewellery designer Eva Schreuder, the absolute bonus between the union of art and object is the sentimental value given to her pieces by those who wear them. Schreuder, a Leiden native who decided to make a career out of her passion for jewellery-making launched her first collection in 2011. She explains: "I think it's important for jewellery to come with its own story, yet there should always be room for the wearer to make it personal and apply it to their own life." Her inspiration is not only sparked by the visual, but is also the result of her own experiences. This is one of the main reasons why she likes to think of her pieces as "heartfelt and handmade" – meaningful words that happen to be the aptly chosen inscription on her newest packaging labels. "I create my pieces with love, from my heart, and with the conviction that if
you make something with love, you consequently bring that across." Outside of her yearly collection, she very much enjoys creating exclusive commission pieces: "It gives me immense pleasure to turn memories into wearable heirlooms," she says. Working with silver as a base material, which is as versatile as it is beautiful, she
also crafts in gold (mainly on commissions) and uses a wide variety of materials ranging from stones to even paper and wire. Though her pieces can sometimes be decidedly rugged around the edges, Schreuder's creations are characterised by an almost intrinsic poetic subtlety. www.evaschreuder.nl
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