Welcome to Qaff!
Our story in making jewelry dates back to 2003. I was in Montreal, Canada, on maternity leave with a new born baby. I started making jewelry and the first boutique that I presented my collection wanted to buy all of my pieces. That was so encouraging. I worked with many prestigious boutiques in Montreal and made custom order pieces for some of them. I moved to Istanbul with the family at the end of 2007 and continue learning different techniques and making jewelry at the beautiful Grand Bazaar district of Istanbul. The Grand Bazaar has a mystic atmosphere which feeds my soul and inspires me. It has been more than 15 years now in the colorful jewelry world. I have studied different techniques from different masters and I'll continue to do so because I believe that there is always room for improvement.
I use traditional goldsmithing techniques such as fusing, sawing, casting, soldering, filing, engraving and stone setting together with high-tech tools for extra precision. I use only hand selected diamonds, pearls, other precious and semi-precious stones. I also pay attention to get natural, untreated stones as much as possible.
Anıl, who has an extensive experience in corporate marketing has joined me at the end of 2019 which made our brand stonger.
We have corners at two high-end designer boutiques in Istanbul where we sell our pieces.
We support and buy handmade every way we possibly can. Different than mass-production, an artist puts his/her soul into each piece, so do we.
Thank you for visiting our store and we hope you enjoy...
Burcu Tezcan
Member of European Street Team (EST).
Member of Etsy Learn & Share/ The Blue Team
