Meet Sara Battaglia

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Sara Battaglia. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Sara, appreciate you making time for us and sharing your wisdom with the community. So many of us go through similar pain points throughout our journeys and so hearing about how others overcame obstacles can be helpful. One of those struggles is keeping creativity alive despite all the stresses, challenges and problems we might be dealing with. How do you keep your creativity alive?

I am a person who has always loved art and drawing. Thus, to keep my creativity alive, I keep blank notebooks where I usually make drawings randomly, mostly in the evening after dinner. I also follow artists on social media and go to see exhibitions that interest me when I have the chance.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

I’m Italian and I live in the province of Treviso, northern Italy. I studied architecture in Venice. I am a self-taught beadworker. Since I remember, I have an unconditional love for beads. I started with the beadloom stitch using a wooden board with 7 nails on both sides. Little by little, especially in recent years, I started to study other weaving techniques besides the beadloom and to distinguish the various types of beads.
My inspiration is geometry and precise lines. I love art, especially Neoplasticism (De Stijl, Bauhaus and so on), Abstractionism and Optical Art, as well as fashion, even if I haven’t had a chance to study it yet.
When I found out that geometry and beads could live together, it opened a whole new world for me. I started researching, watching video tutorials, bought books and studied and tried again, until the geometric shapes started to be, to my eyes, perfect.
The jewelry that I propose are as geometric as possible. I like defined, linear and precise things and also effective, even if small.
I start from an idea, I draw it down in one of my (thousand) notebooks, and then, when it’s time to “convert” into something concrete, I start to choose the colors, the finish of the beads, the type of components to match, I make math calculations and diagrams to understand how much material is needed and I study the definitive design. And then off, I stitch the seed beads with needle and thread one after another.
I wish you could look at the seed beads with different eyes. And fall in love with them.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

The combination of my love for art and geometry and my scientific and technical education (first scientific high school and then a degree in Architecture) have helped strengthen the style and colors I choose for my jewelry.

The advice I feel giving is to have tenacity and self-confidence and find your own voice. The world is full of people who know how to do something, you have to find a way to be original and out of the chorus.

Tell us what your ideal client would be like?

Definitely a person who has always felt different among other people. A person who is not afraid to wear a different, geometric and noticeable accessory.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarabmade/

Image Credits

Sara Battaglia @sarabmade