More a Conductor than a Designer
Leen Heyne (photo © Herman Wouters)
Leen Heyne
I consider myself more a conductor than a designer. I merely guide the material to finalize its own shape. Collaborating with the metal and understanding why and how it adapts. In a few forceful steps I discover its identity, its hidden curves. But it takes months to refine this character and also being able to repeat the same flowing shapes again and again.
Twist cuff ring in 925 silver
Biography
1986 Born in Nijmegen the Netherlands
2008 Own studio in Tilburg the Netherlands
2009 Graduated from the Academy for gold- and silversmiths in Schoonhoven
Wind ring in 750 yellow gold with brown diamonds
Knot ring in 750 grey gold with a brown marquise diamond
Fold ring in 750 grey gold and 750 red gold
photos © Tommy de Lange