THE STORY BEHIND

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Like all grown ups, I used to be a child once. At 13 I was sure I’d become a pilot and I had a nickname ready for me - Charlie. Klotski is the name of the first game I got to play on my first computer which had 128 MB of Hard Drive. Spectacular for its time. 

In 2015 a friend of mine showed up with a peculiar gift for me. A used sound card and several chips. Color of the circuit board: blue. I remember it so clearly now. It was the symbol of the unpredictable beginning of an entirely new endeavor that I hadn’t fully pictured in my mind. But in my heart I had.

So it st..

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Who am I?

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I am Galia. It’s always a bit scary to present yourself concisely to a listener you don’t see or know. But here we are and somehow we get to know each other. You see the jewels I make and I am aware of what you choose. So it’s a form of communication. The rest is how I feel about it and what it means in the making.

 A great deal of my time is spent with my protective gloves on and a face mask to keep the dust off my nostrils, mouth and eyes. I first draw, then I cut and file the shapes, which is followed by encrusting, assembling, polishing. T..

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