Journal

Pearls came back, but not the version anyone expected. Notes from the workshop on freshwater pearls, stacking with gold, and the bracelet to start with.

A workshop view of the Mediterranean bracelet stack: the Greek rules, how many pieces, sizing, alloy, and what makes a stack worth wearing for decades.

A goldsmith's guide to gold stud earrings: history, fit, back style, sizing, 14k vs 10k, and what makes a pair worth keeping for decades.

A goldsmith's guide on how to tell a real solid gold dainty necklace from a plated one, sizing, 14k vs 10k, and what lasts decades on the skin.

The first hand chain we have evidence of came out of the earth at Akrotiri three thousand years ago. We make the same form in our Athens workshop today. The full goldsmith's view on how...

My grandfather barely touched white gold. Forty years at the bench in Athens and you could say he was kinda refused. Called it a northern invention, something for Swiss watchmakers and Scandinavian minimalists who did...

My grandfather could identify a chain without looking at it. He would close his eyes, run it through his fingers, and tell you: cable. Or rope. Or herringbone. The man had been working gold since...

My grandmother wore the same pair of gold hoop earrings for forty three years. Not the same style. The same actual pair. I remember them on her when I was five years old, sitting on...

Two weeks ago a woman came into the workshop holding a necklace she bought online. Thin chain, tiny diamond, looked nice in the photos. She wore it for three months. The gold had started to...