Karin Schieber

Biography

Karin Schieber

Gold & Silversmith

K-Originals

e-mail: karinschieber@shaw.ca

www.K-Originals.com

My artistic journey as a Gold and Silversmith started in Germany, were I trained for four and a half years under a German Master, and obtained my Diploma, followed by my enrolment into Art School

After coming to Canada, I was offered a teaching position at George Brown College in Toronto, where I taught in depth Gold and Silversmithing Techniques along with the creative aspects of this profession.

To be able to do more of my own work I left my teaching position and opened my own studio.

All of my work is designed and hand crafted by myself, and it gives me great satisfaction to see my inner creative vision become an outer visible reality, by transforming a piece of precious metal into something beautiful.

Karin Schieber
Gold & Silversmith
K-Originals
e-mail: KarinSchieber@shaw.ca
website: K-Originals.com

Nature with its never-ending textures, shapes, colours and art in general provide me with inspiration for all my pieces of jewellery. What story can be told through metal?
Most of the pieces I create come together as an inspiration, first as an image in my mind, or as an actual sketch or a drawing as a starting point. In the end every new creation expresses itself from the inside out, elements finding and complementing each other in harmony and synergy. An interesting stone, an intriguing texture, a unique piece of wood or any other material speaking to me might become an integral part in any of my pieces.
All of my jewellery creations are one-of-a-kind and handcrafted.