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She calls herself "a body architect", and was the winner of the Czech Grand Design award in the category Jewellery Designer of the Year 2016, as well as the award Talent of the Year 2014, and seeks connections between an object and a body. Her sources of inspiration are the variety of natural and artificial forms, and the stories of the hidden, intimate self which is often set into contradiction with expressive statement. The feminine and provocative items Bold Black of nylon rope and metal elements follow on from the concept of the preceding collection, Dragon Spirit. In the new series, the artist transferred the Asian art of knotting into the form of wearable jewels and accessories for everyday use. The design of the Expelled jewels was, for a change, inspired by harpoons and fishing hooks and is completely handmade, without using 3D technologies. Markéta Kratochvílová commented on her most recent work as follows: "The statement rings and earrings from the Expelled collection are the main product line originating under my newly established studio, Bold. The inspiration of fishing gives the collection the air of adventure and danger sensed on the way to freedom. The aim of the collection is to re-evaluate the significance of jewellery in our wardrobe and fill it with opinionated items capable of expressing a strong and peculiar personality. Informed by the ancient fishing tools made of bones, the morphology of the collection, too, was slimmed into clean lines polished to high gloss. The silver material here receives innovative, luxurious forms which nevertheless retain distinctive poetics and the touch of high-quality craftsmanship."

Danica Kovářová