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Urmas Samelselg

Urmas Samelselg (b. 1969 in Tallinn)

1995 EAA

I believe that every person has an own path for walking and an own goal to be achieved. The deeds of yesterday are reflected in your world today. Every taken step is a precondition for the next. Nothing happens without a cause. Everything is connected. Even the swerves, which currently seem quite out of context, will later melt into the whole image and support you on your path.

The goal, towards which you are moving, may not be something specific. It is rather a vision, sense, feeling perceived in subconsciousness, and this movement takes place also subconsciously, basing on the choices made. Path of every person is extraordinary and unique. For me the creation is an essential part of my path. The path reflecting my principles in the clearest way.

I have always been fascinated by the people, who make something with their hands. It is a wonderful feeling to see something completed actually in material, which has originated from the idea in your head; something you have invented yourself. It is a wonderful feeling, when you have made something with your own hands – the material, which was just a material before, takes the form of a specific item.

It is a wonderful feeling, if the process of making in itself captivates you to such extent that it produces passion and you lose any inner need to monitor the course of time around you. It is like a therapy, where your thoughts settle and your world view becomes clearer. When some activity captivates you so much that you forget yourself in its process, this can be the axis of your path. Making becomes a part of your identity. You are what you make.- In the book “A-Gallery. Estonian art jewellery gallery for 20 years” (2014)


“It is a wonderful feeling when the process of making in itself captivates you to such an extent that it invokes passion and you lose sense of the passage of time. It is like therapy where your thoughts settle and the world becomes clearer. If some activity captivates you so much that you forget yourself in its process, this can be the axis of your path. Making becomes a part of your identity. You are what you make.” – Urmas Samelselg at the A-Gallery exhibition MEMORY CARDS (2019)

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