Simply Abu Dhabi XXVIII

8 8 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I is the movement. I think that movement gives more life and sparkle to the stones I use. I’m also fascinated by multifunctionality. As a Roman, I love to see people’s interactions and watch them play and have fun with jewellery. It has such an amazing and surprising effect when a ring becomes a pendant, or an earring can be transformed into five smaller earrings. I also favour curves over spiky and geometric lines, because for me they are more feminine. Another rule of my creativity is that I love to play with hidden details, because I don’t like jewellery you understand too quickly. Instead I want that my customers to interact with it and feels emotions for it. That’s why my brand’s motto is “A precious journey” – I want people to discover the details of each jewel trough the story I tell them. Finally, the most important characteristic of my jewellery is that the pieces need to have a story. Is there a stone which you tend to use frequently in your collections, and if so, what is it and what is its attraction? I love all stones, and it depends on the collection and the collection’s spirit. But I have a love affair with Paraiba tourmalines – they are very expensive and I use them a lot in my Thalassa collection (Greek for the sea). I once used a 0.8mm stone as a detail in a piece of a jewellery, and I like it because it’s very pure. I don’t use fancy stones, because I can’t source them. I make high-end jewellery at affordable prices – I prefer to work with high quality stones but not rare stones, and I prefer to focus on exceptional design which adds value to the stone.