Alina Abegg: Inside a Jewelry Designer’s 1,800-Square-Foot Berlin Home

You’ve got mentioned that you simply course of reminiscences together with your jewellery. What do you imply by that?

Ever since I used to be little, I’ve been amassing objects, books, and little treasures. My sister had the good thought of constructing cabinets within the open-plan kitchen, my favourite room, the place I can retailer and have a look at all this stuff. It’s nearly like a little bit cupboard of curiosities, from crystals and gem stones that I’ve acquired as presents from pricey pals or purchased on my travels to a small illustrated e-book of Swiss landscapes that jogs my memory of my homeland. On this meshing of experiences with household, pals, and friends towards the backdrop of my very private assortment, tales and reminiscences emerge. And that’s the place I get concepts for my designs. The place the current meets the previous, I discover leisure and inspiration.

Is it potential to seize a sense in a bit of jewellery?

For me, it’s about creating reminiscences, desires, and feelings in a tangible kind. Capturing a sense in a bit of jewellery means rather more than simply producing an aesthetically pleasing design. My Alina Abegg label lets us be impressed by the imaginations of kids. Each bit of jewellery is supposed to unlock the reminiscence of 1’s personal childhood, a light-hearted time when imaginations can run free. Each bit ought to be a type of token that reminds the wearer to take a look at the world with the curiosity and pleasure of a kid. My creations are symbolic of affection and self-acceptance, of the liberty and likewise the braveness to really embrace all components of oneself—the playful, the delicate, and the daring. In a manner, the jewellery possesses a double that means: It’s an inside course of that I am going via many times and that I would like different individuals to be inspired to do as effectively. Keep true to your self. Go your personal manner. If it feels gentle and liberating, it’s good.

Did you’re employed that manner when furnishing the condo?

Intuitively, precisely. I comply with my intestine and gather issues that encourage me and let the whole lot come collectively organically. That all the time occurs fairly by impulse with me. It’s intuitively {that a} temper is created that speaks to me, related with my jewellery designs. I like creating items which have a narrative and shocking particulars, however I by no means strictly plan issues. It’s as an alternative extra of a journey the place the whole lot by some means finds its place.