Florence, March 31, 2026
We are introducing silver into the collection.
Not as surface treatment — as material. We are building our own closures, and developing the first full silver objects: cast, polished, assembled by hand.
For this, Florence is the right place. The Centro Storico holds one of the densest concentrations of craft knowledge in the world, and most of it is within walking distance. A supplier of metals and tools. A foundry for casting. A goldsmith who has been adjusting details for forty years. A prototype can move through several hands in a single afternoon.
Casting requires a model precise enough to survive the process. Each form is tested before it becomes a mold: weight distribution, how it sits against the body, where stress will concentrate at a joint or closure. Silver behaves differently from the materials we have worked with before — it demands a different understanding of thickness, finish, and connection.
Alongside the casting work, we are adding new components: Keshi pearls, selected individually for diameter and surface quality. You learn to read them — their weight, surface, tone.
Prototypes are currently being tested. Some will continue into production. Some will be reworked. A few have already been set aside.
The collection is not finished. But its logic is becoming clear.
Photographs by Johannes Roderer
