Dushka Jewellery - Dushka Vujovic, Designer
I produce a line of sterling silver and gold jewellery that is
handcrafted using traditional metalsmithing techniques such as
sawing, filing, soldering and lost-wax casting. My designs incorporate
fabricated and cast elements with pearls and semi-precious stones
to create understated wearable pieces.
My approach to designing form, engineering movement and developing
techniques often draws as much from architecture, industrial design
and textile as from the traditional craft of jewellery making.
Designing each piece with playfulness that still allows for comfort
and elegance, I approach jewellery by integrating aesthetics and
function.
I enjoy playing with texture and colors in order to soften the
strict geometry of designs. I often combine several different materials
to produce interplay of surface finish, color - giving the final
pieces a clean, sophisticated, refined elegance.
I am trained in Yugoslavia and immigrated to Canada in 1993. I
now work out of my studio in Toronto. With a Bachelor's degree
from the Drama, Film and Video Department in Belgrade, I went on
to pursue a graduate degree in Textile and Jewellery design and
have been working as a jewellery designer since 1996
