A small oasis of time
In a world where everything moves at a dizzying pace, where everything seems to have a finite time, you sometimes come across small oases of time.
Here you can stop. Watch the pieces being made little by little, see them take on meaning, and see how they can become the talisman that goes with you wherever you go.
Creating with time, sensitivity and sustainability
That is the purpose of Ginger and Velvet, its reason for being. Behind every collection there is inspiration and a great deal of work, but above all there is a present awareness: our collections are born and grow out of the moment we are living in. And afterwards, each piece develops alongside the life of whoever wears it.
Because our pieces are not just decorative objects. They serve many purposes: an aesthetic one, but also one of self-esteem, of confidence, and very often they have been, and still are, keepers of secrets.
An open kitchen
«The world of Ginger and Velvet is the kitchen of my own life. That is why it cooks honestly, and on a low heat. It is also an open kitchen that anyone can walk into.» — Maite G. Tejedor
And the open kitchen is meant literally. Our workshop at Calle Alameda 4, in Madrid's Barrio de las Letras, is open to the public: you can come in, look at the pieces, try them on and, if you happen to catch us, watch us work.
How a piece is made
Every piece is worked on one at a time: cut with a piercing saw, soldered with a blowtorch, shaped by hand and with other tools, then sanded, polished, given a matt finish and gold-plated. Only then does the enamelling begin, with bisphenol-free resins.
Copper alloy with 24-carat gold plating, hypoallergenic lacquer and enamel applied by hand, layer by layer. That is why no two pieces are identical: the small variations are the mark of a person having made it, rather than a machine.
The beauty of the everyday
Our pieces are made to be worn every day; you choose the moment. For walking, jumping, dancing, running for the bus, working at what you love most and at what you love a little less, waiting, getting home early or at some ungodly hour, laughing so hard you think you might run out of air… and wearing the same piece long enough that it adapts to your shape, to your way of doing things, and becomes familiar.
That is how Ginger and Velvet understands the beauty of the everyday: not as something separate from use, but as something shaped by it.
