Designer Klára Bílá produces distinctive jewelry that is also chosen by famous personalities. However, her path to success was not exactly easy. A few years ago she was fighting for her life. After a difficult brain surgery, she began to fulfill her desires. Today she only does what she enjoys and values every day. Her story is extremely inspiring to many people. A brave and purposeful woman who managed to change her life from the ground up and build a name for herself in the field of jewelry. In 2018, she placed in the finals of the Woman of the Year competition and won the Businesswoman of the Year competition.

The way to jewelry

After studying at Charles University, where she completed her master's degree in Cultural Studies, Klára worked in several managerial positions. But then her life changed from the ground up, as she faced a serious diagnosis from day to day. Nevertheless, she managed to give birth and raise two sons. After a difficult brain surgery, she began to appreciate every moment and longed to return to her passion, which had accompanied her since childhood, making jewelry. The beginnings were not easy because Klára did not have support in her family. No one trusted her in this direction and did not understand why she wanted to take this path when she graduated from college and has a prestigious position. But Klára stood up for herself. She learned the whole craft by herself, following the videos of the world's goldsmiths. Jewelry production started in the kitchen, but gradually she set up a complete goldsmith's workshop.

For the first time with leather on the market

Thanks to the Ženy s.r.o. community, where Klára had her fashion column, she got the courage to start selling her jewelry for the first time. "We were publishing a catalog of products made by female entrepreneurs, and that's when I thought of putting jewelry on the market. However, I have been creating since I was a child. I sewed on a machine, drew with dry pastels, painted with oils, created from ceramic clay and created jewelry for my loved ones. Only then did I try to sell my jewelry, and I was noticed by Libka Safr, a milliner of hats for the royal family, and asked me if I would create a summer jewelry collection for her. That momentarily opened the door to design for me."

Jewelry for celebrities too

In its offer, you can find rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, but also jewelry that is tailored to the customer, which is also appreciated by many famous personalities. She created wedding rings for actor Saša Rašilova or for actresses Veronika Arichteva, Vlastina Kounická Svátková or presenter Kateřina Kristelová. You could also see her jewelry in many TV projects. She participated in props for various fashion projects. For example, she created a crown for Aneta Vignerová for the Beauty Festival. Her jewelry adorned Veronika Kekh Kubařová while hosting the program of the Svetluška Foundation for ČT.

Manufacturing processes

He prefers to use the lost wax technique, or casting production. It is called so because the mold is destroyed after casting.

This method is especially suitable for jewelry with complex shapes that cannot be produced by any other method (e.g. machining or welding). "I make jewelry that doesn't have to have a complex shape using the classic goldsmith's method. Sheets and wires are cut, rolled, profiled. Then they fly to each other and continue to shape. Grinding and polishing is then common and the same for both methods. Now I use an innovative, modern enamel.” The designer herself mixes the shades of colors. It is then possible to achieve basically any shade. Thanks to this technique, even small materials such as hair, ash or a piece of plant can be incorporated into the jewelry.

Collection

Klára makes both minimalistic and expressive romantic jewelry. You are the closest to her. They are created in series (Spirit, Spiral) and are inspired by nature and life's moments. "For example, the pieces from the Hope collection are based on the experience of waking up from anesthesia - they resemble an angel. People reach for them after a difficult life test or, on the contrary, before it. Personally, I would prefer to work only with yellow gold. I find it goes better with live skin. It impresses me with nobility and purity, which are values I surround myself with at home as well."

The standard production time for a piece of jewelry ranges from two days to one week. It depends on whether it is a cast or just welded piece of jewelry. However, the average processing time does not exceed one week. I ship all orders within 2 days. Only for wedding rings and custom production is the time longer, up to 30 days. You can also have all the jewelry that I have in the offer in gold. I will send the price upon request.

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