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Let Fantasy In

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It is my pleasure to welcome Helen Bogun of  Helz-Design, http://helz-design.com/ as a guest to our blog site.
Helen is a graphic designer based in Berlin and has written a great piece about creativity for us;

LET FANTASY IN

Do we really lose our creativity when we get older?

I really doubt this, but many of my friends claim that it is exactly this way.

Remember the good old days being a little child just taking a colorful pencil or a brush and your watercolors and just starting to paint?

Or the feeling of finger painting colors on your skin?

Very sensual experiences I know, and very important.

And these experiences can still offer great benefits, even if you have passed the twenty year mark!

Just give it a chance,  your children will love you for it.

We usually rip ourselves away from dealing with paints, wool, fabrics, modeling clay and other stuff. We think it is no longer appropriate because we are adults.

Adults don’t do that.

No way.

We also tend to think that creativity is something for real artists.

We are not artists; at least that is what we have been told.

And that makes us think that we lost our creativity while growing up.

We never lost it and we will never lose it.

Actually  you need to be creative many times a day, when solving a problem, for example.

Only a creative mind is able to solve problems.

Being creative just means to give your fantasy a chance to manage the process, to allow your mind to think in a way you have never thought before.  See things from a different angle.

Creativity does not mean to re-invent the wheel, just to find a different way to deal with it.

Think about the jewelry of Seba Dizajn. Some of us might think, that it is simple silver mixed with some gems. It is more; it is the imagination & creativity behind it. The imagination that is able to create something new out of simple and well-known things.

I know you can do it too.

You can see the flower in the colors you are painting.

You can see the bread in the flour you are putting in the bowl.

You can see the sweater in the wool you are going to knit.

Just take a brush, remember the child you have been and start painting.

Creativity is in each of us.

It makes live worth living, but it also means to step aside from the used path in life.

This may require stepping out of your comfort zone and feeling insecure, but this insecurity can be overcome.

Just do it!

Step aside, and open the door to a new adventure in life.

Experiment with anything you can get – clay, colors, wool even the computer …

Tell us about your creativity?

What do you like most?

Filigree from the Sea 3 – the finished product

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How fabulous to have found such a creative & fantastic husband!

And now I am loving the chance to share his creations with you, we have started a new line of jewellery here at Seba Dizajn.  Simply called ‘Treasures’ this jewellery line was inspired by the sea and sea-side treasures that those of us who are so inclined tend to collect whilst wandering along the coast.

You can see in my previous posts the story of this piece – here is the story in photos; it started with this wee ceramic gem,

found on this Korcula beach (couldn’t resist including cute nephew and sister-in-law photo).

Mr Creative sketched a few ideas;

        

and added a few details….

The finished Treasure – a beautiful pendant and perfect holiday keepsake or memento of your special occasion or place.

Please contact us at sebacroatia@yahoo.com if you are interested in having us create something special for you.

You can also follow us on facebook, www.facebook.com/SebaDizajn

Thanks for stopping by and joining us on our jewellery journey.

Questions & Answers

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On Thursday 28 July Seba Dizajn is hosting a questions and answers session – we can’t wait for this chance to interact with all of you….

What is it all about?

What would you like to know?

 

That’s a good question, it is all about finding out what you want from us;

What would you like to know about traditional filigree, modern adaptations of the filigree technique, the art and origins of filigree.  You ask it and we will do our best to answer it.

Maybe you are curious as to where the inspiration to create such beautiful pieces of jewellery comes from – I know I often am. 

 

It is endlessly fascinating to watch Adolf work, sometimes he sketches ideas on a page,  sometimes he will ask for my input, often it appears he is in his own creative bubble and things appear from his creative stem. 

Or, maybe your question is not related to filigree or jewellery at all – and that’s ok too.

Why the name Adolf? I know you’ve been dying to know, join our question and answer session and will share what we can with you.  How did I fall for someone named Adolf – I know my Mum was a little concerned when I first started talking about him!

So, please, stop by our facebook page

(www.facebook.com/SebaDizajn) and join the fun.

 If you do not have a facebook account leave your questions here and I will add them into our discussion panel on Thursday. 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers, Ruth