VAKARE.ART
ABOUT
The Beginning
01
While my friends were buying handbags and shoes I was buying files and saw blades.
I started teaching myself how to make jewelry while living and working in the UK. I used to daydream about new designs while standing at the factory production line.
From fashion to Object
02
I studied Fashion Design at Vilnius Academy of Arts. I think that’s where I started paying attention to how a form sits on the body — and how much a change in texture can change the whole thing. I still catch myself looking at metal and thinking: what if it folded like fabric?
3D modelling lets me try out shapes that would be difficult to make straight from metal. I can work out the structure on screen, but that’s only part of it. Then I have to figure out how to make the form work in real life — with plenty of filing, adjusting and polishing along the way. A piece can look finished on screen. At the bench, the questions start again.
Technology Craftsmanship
03
I like figuring out what technology makes possible — then getting my hands dirty.
I started learning 3D modelling during the pandemic. Fairs and exhibitions were cancelled, my main source of income disappeared, and for a while I couldn’t even get into my studio. So I needed something I could learn from home.
I got hooked. For a whole month, I spent up to twelve hours a day learning 3D modelling. There was always another tool to try, another shape to test. I’m still learning something new almost every day — that’s part of what keeps me interested.
I build the shape in 3D, especially when it involves structures or textures that would be difficult to make by hand. Then comes the part the screen can’t do for me: working out how to finish it in metal, filing, adjusting and polishing until it feels right. 3D modelling gives me new forms to work with. The hands-on part is still very much mine.
Made in Vilnius
04
I grew up in a small town, and even as a child I wanted clothes that felt different from what everyone else was wearing. In the 90s, finding something unusual wasn’t easy. That desire for things with a character of their own has stayed with me. It’s still one of the biggest reasons I create.
Vilnius keeps that part of me fed. I’m close to artists, exhibitions, design and the conversations happening around me. There’s always something to see or think about, and I carry those impressions back to my studio. My jewellery is made in Vilnius, but the urge to make something distinctive began long before I came here.
Didn’t find exactly what you were looking for?
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You do not need a finished design — we can begin with a feeling, a story, or a small idea and shape it together into something truly personal.
