Zoltan Popovits

Sculptor and ceramist Zoltan Popovits started his co-operation with Lapponia Jewelry Oy over 30 years ago by designing a chess set in sterling silver, each piece being an individual entity of its own, a miniature sculpture within the whole of a larger work. The chess set was well received and he was asked to continue his design work at the company. A silver collection and later a gold collection followed.

The roots of Zoltan Popovits´ jewelry design reach back to the jewelry customs of primitive peoples in which an extremely close bond exists between the jewelry and its wearer.  “We use our personal objects to bind ourselves to the outside world. Jewelry connects its wearer to a specifice time, place and person. It is an intimate object that evokes memories and emotions. Design and form in jewelry offers the wearer the possibility of discovering echoes of his or her own thoughts and experiences.”

“I find designing jewelry to be similar to the process of solving a puzzle. This puzzle consists of technical, material and intellectual elements and all these elements must fit harmoniously together. The resulting  piece of jewelry can be compared to a short poem or a melody: each is collection of thoughts” - Zoltan Popovits.

Check out also Zoltan's interview.