Coup de coeur/Decouverte during AJW 2017 : Stefania SIOUFA, inner “Transformation”
« …… shaping my soul into art and jewelry«
Stefania SIOUFA At ATHENS JEWELRY WEEK (AJW) 2017 –Central EXPO ‘Art + Jewelry : Intersecting Spaces’ – Benaki Museum, Athens (GR) – 18-21 May 2017
Stefania Sioufa the 4 THOUGHTS brooches at AJW 2017
and the work of Stefania Sioufa has been selected for JOYA 2017 !!
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« SCENES OF THE MIND »
« My work is a means of expression, articulating ideas, transforming thoughts and emotions, shaping my psyche into jewelry.
This creative journey provides me with peace of mind and helps me improve myself. Pursuing and discovering new paths, experimenting with different colors and materials, is part of a process for bringing to life pieces that hold a special meaning to me as an artist and to the wearer.
My new project is about inner “Transformation”; transformation of the soul.
I created a jewelry collection that symbolises the transformation of positive and
negative thoughts that we are having during the day.
The continuous stream of thoughts, via meditation, gradually fades away, providing serenity and tranquility to the mind and soul. Through silence and observation of my thoughts, there comes an understanding, a need for change and self-improvement. »
Stefania Sioufa - « Thoughts » brooch – paper, silver, aluminium foil, broken mirrors, water colors« via meditation, slowly, all the bad (thoughts) are buried deep inside (the broken mirrors pieces that are INSIDE the brooch) and peace and beauty and serenity comes out, with nice and soft colors, with a smooth structure, done with smooth materials (paper), that looks like a flower in bud, a blossoming flower , a future beauty …. »
Stefania Sioufa - « Scene of the Mind » Brooch – Silver, pigments, cement, brass sheets, resin, sand, plaster
Stefania Sioufa. Greece, Brooch: Silver, pigments, cement, brass sheets, resin, sand, plaster, mixed media. “Transformation” means the inner change, the work I do with myself and my soul. It is the best version of me, coming from the « dialogue with myself ». Through silence, meditation and observation of my thoughts, comes the understanding and my need for change and internal transformation. It means the transition from negative to positive status, my self-improvement, the change of course, the opening of new roads. »
seems that this brooch has not reached yet a status of « peacefulness » ……..
Stefania Sioufa - Positive negative thoughts – brooch 
Stefania Sioufa - « Let your thoughts go away » brooch / Krama 
Stefania Sioufa nov.2016 · Let your thoughts go away – my project TRANSFORMATION
Stefania Sioufa brooch (BACK)
Stefania Sioufa · « It’s time for Healing », brooch« from dark to light side, from rough to smooth, from « bad » to « good », from negative to positive, from « war » to peace ….. »
Stefania Sioufa -juill. 2017 · Experimenting fight / loose control / find yourself
