These colourful earrings are made from recycled plastic and fine gold plated silver. The structure of the earrings is visible in the transparent top part of the pom-pom.
Karola Torkos studied textile design in Halle before starting an internship at a goldsmith's workshop in Erfurt. She then studied jewellery with Dorothea Prühl. "For me, switching from textiles to jewellery was about being able to work alone on a collection as a goldsmith, as opposed to being a piece of the puzzle in the textile industry." Karola decided to study jewellery at the Royal College of Art, in London. Today, her jewellery reflects her interest in textiles, her obsession with circles, and her desire to make something valuable out of seemingly worthless materials, such as plastic. In London, Karola collaborated with jewellery enthusiast Barbara Cartlidge and her gallery Electrum. Her colourful experimental collections reached a large audience and she has had many exhibitions in the UK and Europe. Since moving back to Germany in 2013, Karola works from her own studio in Lübeck, while remaining active as a member of the Erfurt Jewellery Symposium.
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These colourful earrings are made from recycled plastic and fine gold plated silver. The structure of the earrings is visible in the transparent top part of the pom-pom.
Photo: ©Karola Torkos
Garland is versatile piece of jewellery that can be worn as a necklace or bracelet. With some simple folding techniques, this piece can be transformed. Garland is available in different materials and is also a registered design.
Photo: ©Karola Torkos
These earrings are made from plastic and silver. The inlayed glitter gives the material different layers.The discs seem to encapsulate the Milky Way or the cosmos.
Photo: ©Karola Torkos
This neckpiece was made from recycled off-cuts of another necklace and 14 carat yellow gold. The blots appear like spilled colour in a painting project and due to the nature of the technique used to make them are in fact random and unique.
Photo: ©Karola Torkos
These elegant hoop earrings are made from either silver or fine gold plated silver with different coloured ceramit, a low temperature enamel. The earrings have an embedded closure and are made in three different sizes. The colour detail on the inside are a subtle statement.