Architectural inspired jewelry designs
My design background is in architecture. It influences my design progress and the aesthetic of my jewelry creations.
I studied architecture at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany and worked as an Architect for many years in Europe, Mexico and the US.
In 2005 I took a jewelry making class at a community college. Once I touched metals and tools, I instantly fell in love. I took more and more classes, bought lots of tools and practiced many different techniques. I opened my first Etsy shop end of 2008. It took some time to get it running and growing into a successful business. In 2011 I opened another Etsy shop for my wedding and engagement ring designs. https://www.etsy.com/shop/NodeformWeddings
I quit my corporate day job as an Architect on Labor Day 2011 and decided to give jewelry making my full attention. It was the best decision ever. I enjoy being my own boss and devote all my time to create my art work. I love working with my customers and bring new designs to life.
Everything you see in my Etsy shops is made by me. I don't use any help. I mostly use fabrication and lost-wax-casting techniques to create my designs with my own hands in my tiny studio. All silver and gold is cast in-house by me. I also do all wax carving, fabrication, stone setting and finishing. Even when I use new techniques such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or CNC milling of wax models, I am still the person who makes all the decision every step of the process, who moves the computer mouse, writes the files and changes the wax cutting tools in the mill. All the casting and finishing after the CNC wax models are cut is still done by manual techniques, which often have been used since ancient times. This allows me to work closely with every piece of jewelry I create and make sure they all are made with only the highest metalsmithing standards and proper quality control procedures.
Some of my bracelet designs shown in my shop were 3D printed by Shapeways and then finished and polished by me. The original designs were modeled by me in a CAD software.
