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Sheila Westera was honored with the Atelierul Award- The Iconic Ones, during the exhibition „I Don't Shine, I Have Something to Say" at Venice Design Week 2025.
Sheila is crafting unique, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces that highlights the natural beauty of stones, in an innovative and unexpected way.
Her creations have increasingly become a reflection of her own experiences. She became
intrigued by our obsession with shiny objects-what does gold genuinely symbolize? Sheila challenged the idea of adornment itself and uncovered the beauty that can be found within it.And that's why I chose her as a laureate of the Atelierul Award - The iconic ones.
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1. In the last 24 years you lived and worked in Amsterdam, London, Rome and finally in the Swiss Alps, where you are located for the moment. How did your creative processes change with each city, in each country?
Growing up in the Netherlands, I was exposed to the high-end and fine jewellery field
through family. I started by serving coffee on Saturdays as a teenager, did a general jewellery education, and I wanted to learn about stones, even though I wasn't sure which direction my life would take, I was somewhat fascinated by the craft of gold smithing, admiring the work of master goldsmiths, and overall I wanted to learn as much as possible. -
How amazing to be asked by Lost in Jewellery Magazine to search my archive for a piece that had a special meaning to me "where jewellery meets memory and meaning to rediscover the forgotten, the paused, the hidden. View Post -
My work was chosen by NYCJW 2023 to be featured on their Discovery page! View Post -
Luxemburger Worth | printed edition | Panorama section The compilation with my 'Horse Power" necklace, in the Luxemburger Wort / Online edition View Post -
My work, seen on Forbes.com Article by Kyle Roderick at the Bijouxreview. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE. View Post
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