About

 

I'm Ombretta and I'm originally from Milan, Italy. I've moved to London to work in a jewellery boutique in Burlington Arcade. While working solely with pearls from around the world for the boutique, I've attended a silversmith short course and a woodcarving one in a bid to further expand my skills. 

I spent three years making and selling jewellery for the London boutique before embarking on my own collection supported by The Prince's Trust.

ESOTIC Jewellery is inspired by my Italian heritage, mythology, craftmenship, archaeological finds and the ocean as well as my love of travelling.

I'm mainly a self-taught jeweller who works with the old age lost wax casting technique. I also often use by-products of the food chain, plant-dyed threads and up-cycled materials.
I'm working towards producing sustainable and ethical jewellery while reducing waste by making jewellery to pre-order or in small batches with the aim of creating future heirlooms.

All jewellery is handmade which results  in no two creations being identical.
ESOTIC jewellery are timeless, ready to be worn every day, on any occasion, season after season.
I work from my London studio in the home where I live with my husband and two sons.

ESOTIC jewellery has been featured in British Vogue, Elle UK, Red Magazine, Elle Italia, Style.it.  and they are sold in boutiques around London, Japan and Australia.

 

"Since I was a child I've always been surrounded by art as my mum is a porcelain decorator and my dad, once a musician, used to make me wooden toys and boats in bottles. I would often loose myself in art books and paintings from a young age. I loved to play with my grandmothers old necklaces from the '30s , they were so elegant and sparkling.

I always loved traveling to discover new places and other cultures, I was especially attracted by different body adornments. When I was younger I wanted to be an archaeologist but ended up studying natural sciences and  marine biology at university. Being passionate about fossils , I spent my summer holidays at the seaside searching for them while collecting shells, seagull feathers, coloured glass from sea-washed bottles, small tree branches left on the beach and tiny natural turquoise, corals and pyrites during family excursions.

Once back in Milan, I wanted to continue carrying these treasures with me to hear and smell the sea and remember my adventures. I then started  reassembling my grandmothers necklaces incorporating my findings which sowed the seed for the creation of  ESOTIC jewellery"