Saskia Besiakov
When I was a little girl, there was this older girl who made pearl necklaces, and I wanted to be exactly like her. So, I started buying pearls and making necklaces at home. My grandma was fond of jewellery too; I remember she had a gorgeous jewellery box. For me, jewellery is like a memory that can last forever. Sometimes I wear my grandma’s necklace, and when I do, I always think of her.
My surname is Russian… some of my ancestors fled Russia and came to Denmark. My great grandfather is actually Victor Cornelins, from Saint Croix in the Caribbean. As a small boy, in 1907, he was transported to Denmark to be exhibited as part of a colonial exhibition in Copenhagen. They displayed cultural items and natives from their colonies and they wanted black human
