Success Stories

IRIS DESIREE CLAESSENS

From her atelier in Maastricht, Iris Claessens works on a mix of wearable jewelry and free work, with which she already has been at exhibitions and fairs, such as Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven and Object in Rotterdam. Her free work serves as inspiration for her wearable and custom-made golden jewelry. “Telling the story of what my work entails is very important to me. I create poetry in picture.”

Iris graduated in 2017 from the Maastricht Academy of Fine Art & Design (MAFAD) in Jewelry design and is one of the current participants of the Business Development Program of Fashion House. “I think it’s very interesting to talk to multiple professionals, all of which have their own vision about my work. Because everyone works in a different discipline, they all have their own opinion on my work and on what I do. In the end it provides clarification in my own work and I am set to think about which way I want to go and how I would like to profile myself as a designer.”