Are you Pinah?

No, I am Joana, the artist behind Pinah.

Ahh, so who is Pinah?

You have no idea how many times I went through the dialogue above. I don’t mind explaining it to people, but I (sometimes) wonder if it was a wise decision to ‘brand’ my pieces under another name, and I quickly remind myself that, yes, it was.

Pinah is the character who gives me the freedom to experiment with things that I would otherwise restrict myself to.

Creating my pieces under another identity gives me more courage and protects me from the vanity of my ego.

It is a crazy thing; on the one hand, it is me creating, experimenting, doing… everything comes from a very personal perspective… so yeah, it is me. But at the same time, I need Pinah to express myself.

Well, isn’t it what we all do? Create different masks to be able to move ourselves to different situations?

Curiosity: Pinah is my great-grandmonther’s name. She had the most beautiful ring, and I was very young (maybe 4 or 5 years old) and fascinated by that adornment on her finger. So, I like to think that she and her ring were my first contact with the amazing jewellery world.

X

Joana

PS: Click here to learn more about me.