I have chosen a maple leaf as the central element of my new jewellery collection. I have made up my mind in a second. It was out of question. I love nature, I love Canada and I want to make a maple leaf! Then I asked myself - are there not enough maple leaves jewellery here? Why is my collection going to be different from anyone else's?
I found the answer in my heart. How many pieces of maple leaf jewellery had been made with no artist's soul included in them? You take a ring and put it back, because you do not feel anything. It was made in a big hurry with only one reason... to sell it fast and make some money.
The maple leaf means so much to me as a symbol.
The maple leaf reminds how Canada started as a country. Well before the coming of the first European settlers, Canada's aboriginal peoples had discovered the food properties of maple sap, which they gathered every spring.
It is the symbol of respect of the county's history too. Canada is very loyal to the people who had been living here before Europeans came.
The maple leaf is the symbol of respect of people's rights and interests. People who come from all over the world are encouraged to keep their culture.
The maple leaf is the symbol of piece. People from different countries live here in piece and mutual respect to each others rights. It is Canada's goal to show other world that it is possible. This is why Canadians are known as the piece keepers.
The maple leaf is the symbol of peaceful life and openhearted people. I was not born in this country, but it is people who made me feel home here.
It is the symbol of hope. So many people come here from all over the world in hope to change their life to the better.
At last, the maple leaf is the symbol of perfection of nature for me,
because a maple tree is not just beautiful, it is spectacular! There are many shapes of the maple leaves and all of them are samples of beauty of nature. Everybody loves autumn maple trees, when they are as red as fire.
The maple leaf keeps reminding us of everything good that people think of Canada and its people.
If you are a Canadian who has a maple leaf jewellery, it reminds you how much you love your country and are proud of being Canadian.
If you are a tourist you will think of beautiful and hospitable Canada and its happy people if you have brought a maple leaf jewellery from here.
If you have never been to Canada you will feel joy and remember how close you are to beautiful nature of Earth.
I have all of these associations, as I have been all of them... I thought of Canada as a mysterious country, then I felt myself as a tourist when I had just come to Canada. Now I am a proud Canadian jeweller who is in love with the maple leaves...
I invite you to look at my new Maple Leaf Collection
