Womankind – August 2019

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After high school, I worked at

a kindergarten for a year. My plan

was to save money to travel for a

year. When I saved enough money, I

travelled with a friend to Thailand,

Cambodia, and Laos. We picked

these places because we’d heard that

the people were lovely and the pric-

es were low, so we could travel for

longer. We didn’t really have a plan

when we left Denmark - we just had

our tickets.

When I returned to Copen-

hagen, I worked at a shoe shop to

make some money. Every day I’d say,

“Oh, I don’t want to do this for the

rest of my life.” It was so boring and

repetitive. I always wanted to be a

goldsmith, so I went to a goldsmith

school. But to go to this particular

school you need to find a goldsmith

teacher, so I approached different

goldsmiths and asked if they’d take

me. Finally, I found Kasia Gaspar-

ski, a very talented goldsmith. Af-

ter a year of visiting her workshop

each week, she said, “Okay, you

can be my apprentice.” That’s how

it started. The funny thing is that

her mother and my grandmother

worked together as graphic design-

ers so there was a connection be-

tween us. Learning the goldsmith’s

trade took four years and I received

a very modest salary. When I fin-

ished school, I did some work for

other designers, making jewellery,

and then one day one of the stu-

dents from my old school called and

asked me if I’d like to open a shop

with her, and I accepted. That was

about three years ago.

Gold is a hard material so you

have to use tools to model it. Silver

is lighter and softer to work with and

reflects so many colours. It is very

warm. When I make my jewellery,

sometimes I draw a sketch first. But it

almost never turns out like the sketch

because during the process of creating

I find other more interesting oppor-

tunities. I create earrings, necklaces,

rings, and bracelets. Earrings are the

first thing I notice on a person. They

frame the face and make a statement.

Are you wearing big gold hoops? Are

you discreet or outgoing? Clothes also

reveal a lot about a person’s personal-

ity, but I think jewellery is something

you want others to see first.

Five months ago, I had a baby.

I had always thought that having

a baby would be so unimaginably

After high school, I worked at
a kindergarten for a year. My plan
was to save money to travel for a
year. When I saved enough money, I
travelled with a friend to Thailand,
Cambodia, and Laos. We picked
these places because we’d heard that
the people were lovely and the pric-
es were low, so we could travel for
longer. We didn’t really have a plan
when we left Denmark - we just had
our tickets.
When I returned to Copen-
hagen, I worked at a shoe shop to
make some money. Every day I’d say,
“Oh, I don’t want to do this for the
rest of my life.” It was so boring and
repetitive. I always wanted to be a
goldsmith, so I went to a goldsmith
school. But to go to this particular
school you need to find a goldsmith

teacher, so I approached different

goldsmiths and asked if they’d take

me. Finally, I found Kasia Gaspar-

ski, a very talented goldsmith. Af-

ter a year of visiting her workshop

each week, she said, “Okay, you

can be my apprentice.” That’s how

it started. The funny thing is that

her mother and my grandmother

worked together as graphic design-

ers so there was a connection be-

tween us. Learning the goldsmith’s

trade took four years and I received

a very modest salary. When I fin-

ished school, I did some work for

other designers, making jewellery,

and then one day one of the stu-

dents from my old school called and

asked me if I’d like to open a shop

with her, and I accepted. That was

about three years ago.

Gold is a hard material so you

have to use tools to model it. Silver

is lighter and softer to work with and

reflects so many colours. It is very

warm. When I make my jewellery,

sometimes I draw a sketch first. But it

almost never turns out like the sketch

because during the process of creating

I find other more interesting oppor-

tunities. I create earrings, necklaces,

rings, and bracelets. Earrings are the

first thing I notice on a person. They

frame the face and make a statement.

Are you wearing big gold hoops? Are

you discreet or outgoing? Clothes also

reveal a lot about a person’s personal-

ity, but I think jewellery is something

you want others to see first.

Five months ago, I had a baby.

I had always thought that having

a baby would be so unimaginably