Author Hana Beskyd Polívková
The main theme of my work is the cycle of life and its individual stages. In my collections I explore relationships, personal stories and the emotions that accompany us in everyday life.
I create jewellery using a distinctive technique of twisting fine wires, whose structure I then transfer into silver or gold. This gives the jewellery soft, irregular and gently sentimental shapes that are typical of my work.
I fell in love with making jewellery more than 20 years ago. And luckily, the love was not one-sided.
My jewellery has been shown at more than 30 Czech and international exhibitions and wedding fairs, including the prestigious Schmuck in Munich and Designblok in Prague.
In 2024 and 2026 my jewellery was presented as a gift to the First Lady Eva Pavlová. In 2024, 2025 and 2026 I also created jewellery awards for Herione magazine.
I studied goldsmithing and jewellery making at the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Turnov. I completed my studies at the S+M+L_XL studio (metal and jewellery) at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. For four years I worked at the Zorya jewellery studio.
Since 2017 I have devoted myself fully to my own brand, Hana Polívková Jewellery. You will find the showroom at SmetanaQ in Prague, and my workshop is in Jílové u Prahy.
Kateřina Nora Nováková, curator and art historian specialising in art jewellery:
"Hana Polívková's jewellery is inspired by nature at its very core. She sometimes uses purely natural materials in her art jewellery, where she puts the artistic expression of the original idea before comfort of wear.
The design collection "Tord" is inspired by natural objects: seeds, flowers, buds, pine needles, wood or the structure of sown fields. The wedding rings, made of fine strands of twisted wire, also come from this collection.
These pieces, with their fragile, delicate and vividly irregular character, have already found many wearers. The author also used simple forms in the "Rinrin" collection, which subtly accentuates basic geometry and uses knots in the wire to create interesting structures that evoke memories of the past.
In her gold and silver jewellery, Hana Polívková puts the bond with the wearer before perfection of design. That is why her work is marked above all by subtlety, irregularity and a pleasant feel."
I wish my customers could look back at any time, through their jewellery, at the pieces of life they have lived.
In her locket, a mother will remember the days when she held her children and lovingly cared for them. Even decades later, a married couple will see in their wedding rings the moment they said yes in front of the world.
In the reflections of earrings from a friend, a grandmother will remember the time they spent inseparably together. A grandfather will show his grandchildren the chain he received for his first Holy Communion and tell them more about times long gone.
A woman looking at a ring bought just for joy will remember at any time that she is confident and happy in the world.
My work also includes custom-made pieces, in which I combine my own artistic signature with the personal stories and wishes of my customers
I would love to design a custom piece of jewellery, which will remind you of a precious moment or a strong memory. If you like an existing piece, we can adapt it. Get in touch and we will talk about the options.
Art collections
Secret of Life
about the cycle of life
"When I feel nature, my soul bursts. I live to the full, I can do anything and I need nothing. Everything is connected to everything. One cannot exist without the others."
Every being passes through a beginning, birth, growing up, maturing and withering, until death. The everyday processes of growth in nature are mirrored in the shapes of seeds, fruits, grasses, wood, fields, trees, flowers and pine needles.
The course of life, which gradually repeats itself and becomes an endless cycle.
Hand jewellery made of copper, the beginning of the Tord collection.
Hidden Powers
about finding self-confidence
A hard shell, claws, teeth, fur, hair, skin: thanks to these, animals can survive in the wild. Humans have these attributes only symbolically, yet still use them to survive in the city.
Searching for hidden power, the confidence that we can achieve whatever we set our minds to.
The necklaces are made of bracket fungi, copper and leather.
Synergia
about two people living together
Two elements or individuals who influence each other, merge into one, assert themselves, seek compromises, share thoughts, help each other, oppress one another, compete, spur each other on, overcome, learn, put up obstacles, search for themselves and for the other, resonate and blend.
The jewellery collection is made of silver dust and cast bronze.
WIND OF THE FUTURE
about the initial minimum within us
The seeds symbolise the minimum that is contained in each of us when we are born. What we need for our life.
The wind will take us to places we cannot even imagine at the beginning. The seeds naturally fall from the necklaces and wander into every corner until nothing is left of them.
The necklaces are made of bulrush seeds, leather and resin.
Papilio
about transforming into oneself
The transience of the fragile life of butterflies. A dust structure symbolising both the end and the beginning from which new life is born, like a caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly.
The jewellery collection is made of silver.
Heard
about searching for a tangible form of love
The heart as a human organ, a symbol of first love, love for one's neighbour, for God, for sex, or as a commercial product.
The graphic form of the classic Valentine's heart, transforming into different parts of the human body.
The brass brooches are covered with metal leaf coloured by fire.
