Peacock Eye Earrings
Sterling silver 925
A classic Debar motif, some 40 hours of work.
6.900 MKD
Filigree
Marija Tasevska
A silver thread finer than hair, woven over hours.
Biography
Marija is one of the few women to have mastered Debar filigree in full. She trained for eleven years under master Ǵorǵi Stojanov, who regarded taking her on not as a concession but as a necessary continuation.
She works in Skopje's Old Bazaar, in a shop that shares a wall with a coppersmith — a neighbourhood as old as the bazaar itself.
- Location
- Skopje, Old Bazaar
- Workshop since
- 1996
The Craft
„Half a second of flame is the difference between a jewel and a drop of silver.“
Sterling silver is drawn into wire thinner than 0.3 mm, twisted into a double thread and woven into motifs, then soldered onto a frame. A larger piece contains hundreds of individual solder joints.
The hardest part, she says, is not the weaving but the soldering: a flame held half a second too long melts the thread that took all morning to weave.
Sterling silver
Hand-drawn wire
Debar school
No machine work
Photographs & film
Products
Selected pieces available to order directly from the maker.
Rosette Brooch
Sterling silver, gilt
Twelve petals, each woven separately.
9.500 MKD
Prices are indicative. Agree the details directly with the maker.
Contact
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- Location
- Skopje, Old Bazaar
- Telephone
- +389 70 000 004
- marija@example.mk
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