Beauty of Beginnings: Exploring the Potential of Paper with Katerina Perez

If you are optimistic by nature, you may look at a blank sheet of paper and see limitless opportunities for creativity. Recently, my friend and visual artist Ksenia Usacheva approached me about a new ‘blank canvas’ inspired editorial project, incorporating reams of white paper, brushstrokes of colourful paint, and beautiful high jewellery. Her concept centred on the idea of starting afresh and the ‘beauty of new beginnings’, whilst also creating contrasts between stark white paper and colourful minerals like aquamarines and rubies. Below you will find the results of this collaborative photoshoot, including more details of the pieces that I am wearing.

When someone suggests wearing a hat made of paper for a high jewellery photoshoot, elegance is not necessarily the first thing that springs to mind. However, I think you will agree that Ksenia and I have achieved something special with this latest shoot, which manages to make something simple and fundamental – a simple sheet of white paper – into something expressive and dynamic that perfectly complements the colourful intensity of jewels by David Morris, among others.