Creative material: wood

Soutache / wood bracelet by Antidotum

Alina z Antidotum sais: Wood is a beautiful material and creates special feeling when worn as jewelery part. It brings you warmth and calmness. Closer look reveals its complex and delicate pattern of grains and shades of each layers. Wood works best with contrasting materials ie. metal. Combined with textiles, wood ephasizes their natural feel.

Black spots and brown wood earrings by Emerald Mystery

Dorota z Emerald Mystery sais: I use wood because I just love it. In natural color, painted or varnished. In my work I use wooden buttons and beads: simple and decorative as well. I combine wood with many materials as well as fabrics or yarn. For earrings I mix it also with coconut, felt, mother of pearl and stone (I especially like the combination of turquoise and natural wood). The wood is light, which is especially important in earrings, it feels warm and friendly.

Autumn beaded bracelet by Devika Box

Dorota z Devika Box sais: One of my favourite materials to work with when I create my jewelry are colorful wooden beads. I believe wooden jewelry combines elegance and fashion as well as the beauty of simplicity. Chunky, round and what more important very light, are perfect to mix with felt or silver. I also love using small wooden beads of different shapes to finish my necklaces or to separate larger elements. Wood, for me, has this " Nature feeling" and I love to give this earthy touch to some of my jewelry.

Bread box by Szostak

Witold z Szostak sais: Wood is a versatile material, available and used almost anywhere. However, from the same piece, depending on location, destination, method of treating, finishing, ideas, heart and talent one can do shelves in the basement, or create something that will not let us forget it - and that’s what I like. You can not ignore the fact that wood is durable material, often very hard to work with it’s not different from the struggle with steel, stone or concrete, with which wood combines great in architecture and design.

I feel real relief as I finish something - especially a large, complex and laborious piece. Working with wood can be really tough. However, the reward: the revelation of the finished item a source of satisfaction.

Calm tuna cellar by Szostak

Agnieszka

Creative material: wood

Lone Tree 8x12 Fine Art Print by MAXGORSKIPHOTOGRAPHY

Wood: well known and highly appreciated creative material all over the world. It’s easy and rewarding to work with. As Pawel of PMSTUDIO sais: The thing I like about wood is the amount of possibilities that come while creating something. Within a few hours, you can take a block of wood, and change it into an interesting shape. Another thing is the smell of wood. No other material that you can sculpt in, creates as aromatic of a smell as wood.

Shield by PMSTUDIO

Every tree has its own special wood type with individual color, smell, density and hardness. Pawel continues: My favorite type of wood is basswood (known as lipa in Poland) due to it’s softness, many possibilities of dyeing it, and it’s smell. You can create all types of pieces from it, ranging from large bulky shapes into small delicate ones.

No.8 Pendant by PMSTUDIO

Asia of JOANNAFELT matches wooden beads with felt balls, Asia sais: they come together perfectly, wooden beads have interesting colors and shapes, they are so natural, ecological, they bring nature to my mind.

Felt necklace with wooden beads by JOANNAFELT

Monika of MONIKAJANCEWICZ sais: wooden jewelry goes naturally with every out fit!

How to take care of your wooden belongings? As Pawel sais: There are a few main points that should be kept in mind with wooden jewelry. Firstly, the wood should not come in contact with water, detergents, perfumes, or other chemicals. In case it get’s dirty, the dirt should be removed using a moist and soft rag. You should never use any rough materials.

Green Square by MONIKAJANCEWICZ

Monika adds: If not worn wooden jewelry should be kept in cool, dry and dark place! Sun causes bleaching and can also easily make your precious wood crack. To keep it shiny use a drop of olive oil from time to time and remember to wipe it thoroughly afterwards.

Agnieszka