Canadian Artist

Honica

“My belief in a Creator God profoundly affects my view of the world and myself in it. The opportunity I have to enjoy the natural world, to be inspired by it, and to use its offered materials respectfully and creatively is an endless delight.”

Always innovative, Honica’s award-winning work has received fabulous reviews for many years, in many places. In 1991, she was named “Accessories Designer of the Year” at western Canada’s prestigious Power and Passion show.

In 1988, her work was featured at the gala opening of the international theatrical production of “Cats” by Andrew Lloyd Webber. She was commissioned to design jewellery for each of the five hundred gala dinner guests, based on characters in the play.

As former head of design for Purple Cat Jewellery, her work was sold in the USA through Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as other select boutiques and galleries.

Made for you by hand . . .

No molds or mass production used here Honica works each metal piece, each spiral, each stone, individually. A single metal component may undergo eight individual hand processes before it is ready to be featured in the finished composition. Metals and stones may be tumbled, patinaed, polished, forged, antiqued, acid-dipped, melted, molded, bleached, brushed, sanded . . . well, you get the idea!

Each jewellery collection features the development of new processes, new methods and new materials. Each piece of jewelle8ry is an original design. Each one made for you by hand.

Honica was born in the Netherlands and comes from several generations of professional artists whose disciplines include fashion design, painting, pottery, and art restoration.

Her own career spans thirty years of painting, sculpture, theatrical costuming, quilting, weaving, fashion and, for the last fifteen years, jewellery design. Working from her studio on the west coast of Canada, she continues to produce unusual collections of art jewellery.

Her lifelong fascination with natural materials has led her to develop diverse designs featuring semi-precious stones, glass, minerals, and fossils, together with hand-worked sterling silver, brass, copper, and gold.