CGD

Eva Růžičková, first nominated for the Czech Grand Design award in 2013, describes her work as follows: "I see jewellery as a personal, almost intimate testimony, something very close to the body. The principles which I would like to encompass in it and which have always been very important to me are origination, growth, harmony, corporeality and emotion." These words are especially apt in the case of her collection The Heights and the Depths, as if they were directly tailored to her body. And the human body, in turn, looks great in that jewellery, born of the designer's generous creative ideas and exuberant, albeit perfectly controlled fantasy. This, however, does not suffice for turning a piece of jewellery into a splendid experience and a gem passionately craved by every woman. Another unconditional aspect is precise craftsmanship, which is fortunately omnipresent in the given collection. If you embellish your hand with, for example, any of its "several-storey" rings, you will not only be captivated by its beauty, but also by the excellence and precision with which it was made. Do you think that couture jewellery cannot be wearable on an everyday basis? Eva Růžičková's collection very lucidly, intelligibly and originally demonstrates that if you have hitherto been thinking so, it was a big fashion mistake. But that, in fact, does not matter at all now since now, you have the opportunity to experience the beauty of The Heights and the Depths.

Andrea Běhounková