TYING UP WITH EACH OTHER
International women's day dates back over a 100 years, celebrating female voices and choices, and the fight for our right to be ourselves, together. As a woman, mother and entrepreneur, I feel incredibly grateful for all the women (and men) who, for the past century, have fought for our right to be equals. We have come a long way, for sure, and no day passes without me thinking abut how lucky I am. I have my family who supports me, and I have my work, which I truly love and could not live without. To create and express myself is something I live for, and today I celebrate having the freedom and support to do so.
Having said so, there are times when I find it super hard to combine motherhood with entrepreneurship, and I sometimes wonder if it is all worth it. There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. While I totally agree, it not only does take a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to move as a woman in this world. I miss the women in my life – my mother, my grandmother and my sister every single day, and the support and confidence they provide me with in life. I wish for all of us women, to support, encourage, collaborate, inspire and push each other in life, to become stronger and more creative together. I believe this is where the true beauty and strength of womanhood lies. I wish for all of us women to do so; Tying up with each other, a bit tighter for each day, and always.
Together with the Czech designers Jan Grabowski and Mikulas Brukner, we have developed limited edition packaging to celebrate the launch of our new bracelet Louise. The packaging is inspired by by my imaginary best friend and consists of a small pouch made from 100% silk, made on the Japanese knitting machine Shima Seiki. This project was a true celebration of womanhood and the history of female craftsmanship, and something I am very proud of.
Happy International Women's day!
Fine jewellery from the womb.
Love,
ZS.
WOMB BY SHIMA SEIKI
SILK PACKAGING CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY DESIGNERS JAN GRABOWSKI X MIKULÁŠ BRUKNER
Patterns printed as materials
Materials printed as patterns
She is Japanese
With its thousands of tiny arms
An armor of steel
Efficiently bringing threads of silk together
She touches your long lines of silk
She protects the womb that she knits
Like a modernist spider at work
Knitting its origins together
Delicate pouches of audacity
She makes silk cocoons into pouches of life
A tiny pinky hat is hidden inside
Holding golden octagons
lifelines
diamonds
about to be born
She makes
A pinky hat
Or a pink nipple
Only later
She makes sense
The womb
Weaved together of silk lines
Thoughts
Tied together
Moving like formations in the water
Semi-circular sweeping fingers across the skin
In boredom or affection
As a spider
She spins
Fabrics
Ideas
Neurotic thoughts of the worst outcomes
is this
a pinky stocking?
inside a knitted womb?
made from silk?
yes, it looks like it
imagine the delicate hands
creating pink
carefully knitted
eh womb
and two ovaries
tied together
under the chin
like loosely knitted
dialogues
perhaps
the womb
really is our first
piece of clothing?
wait
no
it is not made by hands
she is japanese
her name is shima seiki
her hands are at least
made of steel
perhaps she too
is born
under the blooming
sakura
yes
aw
she eats diamonds
she creates shelters
knitted nipples
golden
wombs
words by Emma Aars
