Meet Sylva
A little about me. My graduate studies focused on language. Early on I had an interest in becoming a fashion designer, and still do love fashion.
Coming from a lineage of jewelry craftsmen, my sights turned to jewelry design. I’ve combined my love of language and fashion into designing pieces that tell a story. My passion is designing jewelry as art. I’m intrigued by combining history with the present, hand selecting and creating unique arrangements of stones and elements. The mystery of not knowing who will finally be treasuring the finished work.
WHAT INSPIRES ME…
Being Open to the Unexpected
“I have discovered that I can never be ‘set in my ways’ when it comes to design. The stones have a voice and life of their own and I incorporate what they say into the process. Creating jewelry is a journey…allowing for change and development along the way always leads to a beautiful final result. Being mindful that asymmetry is something I love and truly letting ‘nature’ take its course.
The Vintage and Rare
“I am always energized when I discover rare vintage stones that have a lineage and pedigree of their own. Gems that come from extinct mines, or the last of a collection of materials left on this earth. These are distinct items that go beyond the precious. Hand-cut diamonds and gems, not heat treated but left in their natural state. Truly ‘raw’ materials. Each have a unique story and I am honored be able to to give them a new life.”
Masterfully Crafted Museum Jewelry
“I am humbled when I look at jewelry created in the Georgian era. Such exquisite beauty. From granular gold to hand pulled wire, encircling stones…hand cut as carefully as they could in the 18th century. Without cast nor mold, these works started with asymmetrical gems, then bench masters with the gift of composition, painstakingly developed works of art around these stones, all with perfect harmony and balance.
Using rudimentary tools by today’s standards, they stopped at nothing to create masterpieces. I always strive to honor these craftsmen and their old world process in my work.”
