Living City · Series I
Istanbul Collection
Where two continents meet. Ten millennia of empire, faith, and gold layered beneath a single horizon.
The bridge between worlds
41.01° N, 28.98° E
Istanbul
MMXXVI
Istanbul has never been one city. Greek colony, Roman capital, Byzantine relic, Ottoman seat: every era poured its gold into the same ground and built on what came before. The pieces of this series are drawn from that layering, designed from the city rather than for it.
Each piece is cast and hand-finished in Istanbul's craft district, in workshops descended from the Grand Bazaar tradition. The forms carry what the city has long worn: the weight of empire, the patience of hand engraving, gold worked the way this place has worked it for centuries.
The Pieces
XII pieces · XII available
The Hüma Necklace
In the old ateliers of Istanbul, gold was alloyed deep and quiet, rose cut di...
The Hüma Earrings
The Hüma never lands, and so its feathers were only ever seen falling, one wi...
The Dewdrop Pendant
Dawn in the garden begins with one drop, holding the whole sky before it fall...
The Dewdrop Earrings
Two drops of the same dawn, one for each side of the light. From a pavé marqu...
The Pomegranate Pendant
Cut a pomegranate open and it shows you everything it has. The old city took ...
The Pomegranate Earrings
The tree gives its fruit in pairs when the season is kind. Each earring carri...
The Pomegranate Ring
The fruit, worn on the hand that picked it. The medallion sits full on the fi...
The Rosette Bangle
In the old gardens one bloom was always planted where the path crosses itself...
The Citadel Ring
The walled city was never one wall. It was towers, each watching its own stre...
The Lyre Ring
Before the garden had words it had music, strings played low in the courtyard...
The Fountain Ring
Every courtyard of the old city keeps a fountain at its heart, and every foun...
The Courtyard Ring
The palace does not show itself at once. One court opens into another, and th...