- Tell me a bit about yourself
I’m Delphine, based in sunny (and usually also very humid) Singapore. I picked up jewellery making about 10 years ago, but at that time, it was really only a hobby to be indulged in as and when I could fit it into classes and work. It’s now become a hobby that’s spiraled somewhat out of control and taken up at least one room in the apartment!
- What is the name of your Shop?
Essentials, because, well, I hope that what I’ve created become essential to everyone!
Heh. That was so incredibly cheesy.
- Please describe your creative process
My day job tends to take up a lot of time, which makes it difficult to sit down at the worktable (which doubles up as the dining table) on weekdays. I make it a point to sit down for a couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday mornings to fiddle around with gems and wire. On good days, I get a couple of new designs out in a weekend of work. On bad days, I put together, I take apart and then put things together again – it takes hours just to come up with something at all! The bottom line of my designs is this: Would I wear it? If I would, then it’s something that I can offer in the shop.
- Where do your ideas come from?
Gems! I’m a gemstone junkie and every time a new strand of gems arrives, I am inspired to use at least some of it to make something new. I’m trying to work with different types of gemstones, experiment with different cuts and colours and materials.
- How did you get into your craft?
Jewellery making was one of those things that was really “hot” amongst the university/student crowd years ago and I figured why not make some money out of it if I can. I lost touch with it when I started work, but then picked it up again about 3 years back in the middle of a really busy time at work. I just needed something that was completely different from my day job. Since then, I’ve never looked back!
- Apart from creating things, what do you do?
I spend most of my time at the office and divide the rest unequally between family, the cats and my worktable. I have (previously unvoiced) aspirations to be a domestic goddess, but I’m not quite sure the cooking/sewing bit of it is for me.
- How do you promote your work?
Most of the promotion is by word of mouth and through friends. For online promotion, I use Etsy Showcase quite a bit, as well as Facebook.
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About Emma
I think that the creativity is a gift that has to have its own freedom, the designs of my jewelry reflect my feelings and emotions, I always try to be dedicated in which I do up to being capable of saying that it is finished and therefore that it is possible to put in exhibition. I'm inspired with the colors of the nature mixed with the feelings and emotions that evoke me.
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