CABINET OF RARITIES

Over the years, I have gathered many such discoveries. Some came home with me from travels; others were found in old markets, where objects may pass from one pair of hands to another for decades. Some were acquired from craftspeople who continue traditions handed down through generations. And some began their history in the Eugenika Jewels studio itself, because certain ideas could not be completed without creating a new form specifically for them.

This collection brings together objects of very different origins. Some were shaped by nature, others by human hands; some carry the memory of distant shores, others of workshops where craftsmanship has passed from one generation to the next. What unites them is neither material nor place of origin, but the time already inscribed upon them.

A piece of old wood darkened by sun and sea salt. An African bead carved by a craftsman many years ago. An ethnic pendant discovered in a place where it had long ceased to attract attention. A seashell polished by the ocean. Each had lived its own life long before it met the jeweler.

The creation of a piece does not always begin with a sketch. It begins with a trained eye — one capable of recognizing, among countless objects, the single element that will eventually find its rightful place. Sometimes years pass before a found object encounters the stone, wood or silver that makes its final form inevitable.

Every piece is a collection of encounters

that might never have happened.

The jewelry in Cabinet of Rarities exists in a single edition and is available for purchase.

Once one of these pieces becomes part of a private collection, it leaves the cabinet forever, making room for new discoveries and new stories.