Ezgi Okur is a Turkish contemporary jewelry artist working in a wide range of materials, most prominently silver, brass, steel, sequins, epoxy, acrylic and acrylic paint, glass, and acetate. He finds inspiration in a variety of sources, including architectural structures and details. At times, the texture, color, or shape of a material sparks an idea; at others, he chooses the material that best expresses the idea. Okur thrives on the process of creation—the materials he’s discovered, the techniques he has learned or repeated, the results drawn from the mistakes he has made—rather than the reception of the final result. While acknowledging the harmony of form and color present in works that garner wide appreciation, he is drawn to the strong identities contained in those works that do not appeal to all tastes. These, he says, “carry the spirit of the artist, and are open to interpretation by other eyes that see it, other fingers that touch it.”
