The workshop: how a Ginger and Velvet piece is made

We work all our pieces from a whole. We think out the theme, we develop the story and, as if it were a play, we tell the different acts in the form of pieces. Pure slow work: slowly and by hand.

How a piece is made, step by step

No piece of ours comes out of a mould. Every one goes through these hands, in this order:

1. It is cut with a piercing sawFreehand, following the drawing. It is the step that decides the shape, and there is no undoing it.
2. It is soldered with a blowtorchTo join the parts and build the structure of the piece.
3. It is shaped by handWith the hands and other tools, until the piece sits the way it has to on the neck, the wrist or the earlobe.
4. It is sanded, polished, matted and gold-platedEvery finish — shiny or matt — is achieved here. Then comes the 24-carat gold plating and the hypoallergenic lacquer.
5. And then the enamelling beginsThe colour is applied by hand, layer by layer, with bisphenol-free resins. It is the slowest part, and the reason why no two pieces are identical.

That is why, when you find a small variation in the enamel, in the polishing or in the tone of the gold, it is not a defect: it is the mark that somebody made it. We tell it in more detail in the Workshop Notebook, and the specific questions about materials and care are in the frequently asked questions.

From illustration to piece

From the illustrated series, where visual artists paint the original illustrations for each collection and graphic designers model, colour and assemble the ones our designer Maite G. Tejedor chooses, to the premium series, with exclusive pieces worked with modern jewellery techniques.

An open kitchen

And that is literal. Our workshop on Calle Alameda, in the Barrio de las Letras in Madrid, is open to the public. You can come in, look at the pieces, try them on and, if you catch us at it, watch us work.

If you want to go further, on our jewellery workshops and enamelling courses you learn to plan your piece, enamel it, assemble it and some basic jewellery techniques. You go home wearing it.

Personalised pieces

We also create pieces to order. We can start from an existing design and adapt it, or make one from scratch with you: we think it out, draw it and make it right here. Tell us what you have in mind and we will tell you whether it is feasible, how much it would cost and how long it would take.