WINTER GARDEN // OLGAFACESROK

BIO

Olga Košica - jewellery designer, and Rok Marinšek - graphic designer, create a collection of jewellery under the name olgafacesrok.

Košica has a masters degree at the Royal College of Art in London, while Marinšek  completed visual communication studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Their work takes inspiration from contemporary art, sculpture, painting, street art motifs to the metropolis and nature.
Their jewellery makes use of a variety of materials from acrylic glass to metal and ceramics - combining multiple materials and techniques. In their most recent projects they have explored new technologies, in particular 3D printing. 

WINTER GARDEN

Winter Garden Project was designed for presentation at the AW13 Paris Fashion Week as part of a collaboration with China based fashion designer MashaMa. Ma - who had stints at Alexander McQueen and Veronique Branquinho during her studies at Central Saint Martin’s - presented her graduation show at London Fashion Week where it was snapped up by fashionable select store - B store. She is known for her feminine, modern and elegant silhouettes, a use of rich materials and the colour white. Ma invited the Slovenian design duo to participate in the presentation of her new Autumn-Winter 2013 collection at her fashion show in Paris.

Below Masha F/W 2013/2014 runway video and some image stills.

PRODUCT

Inspired by the poetry of Pablo Neruda (Winter Garden), earrings in the form of organic, realistic flower motifs were frozen in the ice. Elements such as icy roses, snow drops, twigs and leafs were connected to create a flowing earring. Produced using the relatively untapped resource of 3-D printing, the lightweight material (polyamide) means earrings hang effortlessly, mapping natural shadows across the face.

Jewellery was crafted by 3D printing on a Pro60 machine with the technique of   selective laser sintering, in collaboration with Ortotip. The material used is polyamide powder. The process ensures the production of functional product with high mechanical and thermal resistance, without losing any of the beauty of the design.

olgafacesrok have been behind several high-profile projects including  the exhibition "Inside Out" in the gallery Squat and others in Berlin, a collaboration with menswear brand Wooyoungmi, and various fashion editorials.