+ than 30 years. A journey of discovery, of professional and personal transformation and of discovering new processes, leading to a new approach: customised jewellery design.
My path undoubtedly stems from my prior architectural experience and perspective which have enabled me to understand each project in itself; to analyse and sketch and to give each movement and shape a why, what for and for whom.
Along the way I have always drawn on other viewpoints and other ways of thinking and doing which have taught me the importance of the smallest details, of the strength and presence of a small object in an immense space, of craftsmanship, of shapes, of the senses...
From beauty to the finished piece, with meaning.
This experience and knowledge have brought me to where I am today and shaped who I am, what I do and how I do it, helping me to truly Believe, from the highest heights down to the smallest details.
Beauty
Understood as the utmost integration of form and function. Design that provides order, balance and makes you feel good. A design that makes people’s everyday life beautiful, combining inspiration with functionality. Rather than seeing the space or the content, we make people see the concept in it... Internalising it, understanding it.
Well-being
To offer people tranquillity and the chance to enjoy the work because, in reality, it is a unique moment in their life. This is the aim of our work: to enjoy and make people enjoy, because the best success is when people tell us how happy they are.
Respect
— For the customer: keeping our word regarding deadlines, prices... Listening to what they need and working with discipline and responsibility. — For our profession: evolving, always looking ahead and opening ourselves up to new worlds to nourish ourselves and absorb knowledge outside our comfort zone. — For sustainability: optimising spaces and resources, achieving quality and long-lasting results.
Intimacy
From the structural to the smallest detail. What we do is intimately linked to the people we do it for. It is for them and is not transferable to anyone else nor anywhere else. Works and materials that in an empty state are in balance… and our deepest intervention completes it.
MY EXPERIENCE
– “Beautiful things make people happy”
1968
Origin · San Sebastián
Born in San Sebastián. Growing up in the Basque Country, within a cultural environment of strong identity, deeply shaped her way of understanding form, void, and the relationship between matter and meaning.
1995
Architecture · Education
Architect graduated from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of San Sebastián. Her design thinking is built around space, structure, and proportion, foundations she would later transfer to jewelry.
1999
Doctoral Studies
Completed doctoral studies at La Sapienza University of Rome.
2004
Own Studio · Architecture
Founded her own architecture studio, developing new construction and rehabilitation projects in the Basque Country.
2017
Art Jewelry · Creative Shift
Began her training in Art Jewelry at Politécnico Easo in San Sebastián. Jewelry became a new territory in which to apply architectural thinking at the scale of the body.
The sculptural thinking of Jorge Oteiza and Eduardo Chillida is reflected in her attention to interior space and the tension between solid and void. From Cristóbal Balenciaga, she incorporates constructive rigor, precision, and structure as language.
2018
Exhibition · Art Jewelry
Selected for a traveling exhibition across different Jewelry Schools in Spain with the piece Perfumero.
2019
Espacio B+C · San Sebastián
Founded Espacio B+C, her street-level studio-gallery in San Sebastián: a place for creation and exhibition where architecture, design, and art jewelry converge.
2021
Recognition · Fair
Finalist in the SINTEMÁTICA Awards of the Association of Author Jewelry (AJA).
Participation in Madrid Joya Fair.
2022
Thought · Institutions
Speaker at Madrid Joya Fair on the relationship between architecture and jewelry.
Selected by Fomento San Sebastián to create the Donostia Commerce Awards Trophy (2022–2024).
Selected by the San Sebastián Art Jewelry School to participate with the Final Degree Project pieces.
2022–2025
Social Commitment
Collaboration with the WHY NOT Foundation, developing workshops and donating pieces for social initiatives linked to mental health.
2023
Group Exhibition
Selected for the Melting Point Biennial (Valencia) by the San Sebastián Art Jewelry School.
2024
Museums · Galleries · Publications
Creation of a collection for the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Creation of a collection specifically designed for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Pieces selected by Sorgin Gallery for exhibition and sale.
Creation of Design Day, a new concept to bring art and design closer to the public (two editions held).
Publication and media presentation of the book 30 aniversario.
Winner of the Paseo con Sombrero Award (San Sebastián) for her headpiece-jewel.
2025
Projection · New Contexts
Creation of a corner space for Manila Concept Store in San Sebastián.
Exhibition Rompecabezas at Parkean Arte Gallery, alongside other artists.
Selected for a traveling exhibition and charity auction with the piece Botella, supporting Zaporeak.
Selected for the FAME Program – Training and Mentoring for Contemporary Fashion Crafts.
A contemporary jewelry practice where form, space, and culture dialogue with the body through precision, balance, and awareness.
MY STUDIO
Beauty, Wellbeing, Respect and Intimacy
A place for creation based on solid, inherent, fundamental and natural values that will mature and evolve over time and yet govern our way of being and doing.