Handmade Store: JuLas Jewellery

My name is Jurate Lasuke and I am a Lithuanian – born jewellery maker. I have a real passion for jewellery, particularly jewellery created using the soutage technique. I love everything about it: its versatility, the possibilities to play with colors, its royalness, its textures and forms; its analogy with the sun; the possibility to play with colors; the possibility to work and communicate with personalities of my clients and develop a unique work of art that is consistent with their unique characters.

I found I was fond of jewellery and other crafts as a child. I started crocheting and knitting when I was 5 years old. I was especially fond of beauty and other clothing crafts as well: sewing or knitting clothes to dress up myself and other people. This might have been coded in my genes, and thus given by my grandfather who was a tailor and whom I have never had the chance to meet. Still, I had too little patience as a child, but my mother helped in this, she was a really strong – willed person.

EMOTION, CREATION AND CHALLENGES
My mother used to say: “If you make it all by yourself, no one will have it either and everybody will notice you. You will be outstanding and you will not replicate it by yourself since the emotion when creating jewellery is unique”. Indeed, each piece of jewellery is an extraordinary work of art. Every time you create, you experience a new emotion, which grants you with a new creation and a novel result. Our creation continues our life, thus by making us limitless, infinite and continuous. All you need is just catch them and capture by fixing the moment and emotion lying within. We need to find how to open ourselves.

Creation is my religion and addiction. We create each minute but we do not perceive we are creators. We do not grow old – we only mature and develop throughout our lives.
I have never feared challenges in my life. These are the moments when you feel strong and harmonious, it even gives certain pleasure and keeps you interested and live all the time.
At the age of 17 years I was courageous enough to leave my parents’ home with my accordion and enter J. Svedas Pedagogical Music School. This is how I became a professional musician. I created a family early and had two kids. Later, I met my new future husband when I was 39 years old. This is how I moved to Cork in Ireland.

Cork is a second city in Ireland, the history and architecture of which gives a good background for creation and ideas. Yet, I have noticed that it is not popular to wear jewellery in Cork. I would be happy if women here begin wearing not only the custom pearls but also more sophisticated and unique jewellery..