Bringing fairy tales to life
- Simeon’s jewellery tells vivid stories and engage the mind
- His sense of humour matches his fantastic imagination
- He is always looking at the bright side of life
Among Simeon Shomov’s professional aspirations to continue working without glasses stands out. Born in Sofia in 1985 to artistic parents – he grew up just in time to miss the roaring Socialist regime in Bulgaria – he remembers wanting to be a famous actor. Later his wish morphed into wanting to become a businessman. Simeon graduated in computer science and quickly reached the conclusion that his vocation lay elsewhere. He found it in jewellery making. Simeon’s pieces are finely woven fairy tales, in which one can peel layer after layer of imagination and magnetism. He replenishes his creative bucket mostly in nature, ideally with his girlfriend, affectionately referred to as 'the Goblin' and Panteley (their camper) – they like to travel and discover new, wonderful places for counting stars or swimming in the sea and surfing. He then transforms these memories into unique jewellery pieces.
INTERVIEW
It proved to be the most comfortable way to materialise my dreams and unleash my fantasy: I create little stories, not jewellery. Most jewellery says nothing, I make my pieces talk. They move, ignite people's imagination and are carried with them in their best moments: I want the jewellery to make them dream.
Once I unexpectedly won the audience award in a rather large exhibition of designer jewellery abroad: it was a great pleasure and recognition. A few years ago, a gallery owner from Australia came to Sofia specifically to see me: I soon realised that there are easier ways to pay for heating and electricity besides robbing a bank!
Certainly a dreamer, with a wild imagination. Perhaps someone who loves to drink wine and watch the sunset from the beach or from the terrace of a cosy house in the mountains. Someone who likes going to the theatre and hates wearing a Covid-19 mask when you can never tell if they are smiling or not.
They vary every day. Today, for example, was some hellishly hard pebble that ruined my diamond drill. I really like dark oxidation, especially when there is a fracture, it is very well detected in oxidised jewellery.
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