What we do

The Jewellery

  • Simple and flexible jewellery: the everyday essentials

    You can use our jewellery daily and on any occasion: at work, for a mountain hike or an evening out.

    How is it possible? Because they have a simple design and are adaptable and modular.

  • Unique pieces that tell a story: the special ones

    Our special pieces, the ones that you give yourself for an occasion, are made to last and don't follow quick trends.

    They tell a story, speak to the soul and will always keep their emotional value.

Buy less, buy better? We agree

This is why we make the kind of jewels you put on and never tire of, with a slow-made, long-lasting design.

The jewellery that you will never leave in a drawer asking yourself why you once bought it.

  • Our customers

    Our customers look for unusual pieces that they can wear daily. Truly handmade pieces, with a timeless design and links to the natural world. They are happy to know that we care about which sign we leave in the world and that we value the materials that we use.

  • What we offer

    We offer them linear but slightly raw objects, with the silver reminding of the rocks and the earth where it comes from, and a lot of care in making, necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings.

We look for clever solutions to make real craftsmanship more accessible

JAD

  • JAD is us, Gioia and Ivano, based between Malta and Italy.

    Gioia, a psychotherapist with a background in art studies, became a goldsmith in 2007. Ivano, a stone setter and goldsmith, comes from a family of artists and artisans.

    We met in Italy, where we opened our first shared workshop in 2011

    JAD was born in 2015 when we moved to Malta and is an artistic duo and a small, artesanal jewellery brand

COLLABS

  • Homo Faber Guide

    "Homo Faber is a cultural movement centred on creative artisans. Its signature projects are educational projects for the next generations, an international biennial celebration and an online guide"

    Find us in the Homo Faber Guide 

  • Castello di Postignano

    An ancient Umbrian village, a lovely stay and its shop, full of crafts.

    Discover the Bottega of the Castello di Postignano 

  • OPTO - Worth Partnership Project

    An experimental capsule collection of interchangeable jewellery made of recycled silver and new biomaterials from food waste.

    We have been among the winners of the second call of this innovative European-funded project.

    Discover OPTO 

Our aesthetic and design explore the emotional undercurrents linking us to the natural elements, telling of the strength of the forces and the depths where silver comes from, the levity of a blow, and the force of the gales stirring the sea. In our pieces, we put the wonder for the strength of life, for its fragility, and for the human attempts to understand the world.

Scattered through a whole collection or concentrated in one single piece, there are always small signs and shreds of evidence of these concepts. Be it the simplest piece or the collector's one, in each you will find part of this story.

We explore techniques and materials to create unique jewellery, from solid silver to extra-thin wire. But an important part of our work is to develop technical solutions to keep together quality and design with affordable prices.

We are all part of the same life. Here is how we do our part to protect it.

Our micro-business model is itself a slow, respectful way of producing. We have our workshop and our pieces are all handmade by us. They are crafted to last. 

We use recycled silver and a few semiprecious stones. Recycled silver has the same characteristics and value as the mined one but it is obtained from old jewellery or silverware.

We love stones but we have chosen to use a bare minimum of them. Mines are not nice to humans and to the environment. We have a small reserve of old pieces we bought years ago, so we occasionally use some but we avoid buying new ones.

We do not like businesses that green-wash their brands. We do our best but there are things that we still don’t do. Here they are.

The energy we use is probably not "green" and, for the moment, we can't change this.

We use metal boxes for our jewellery. They are precious and delicate and need proper protection. Our metal boxes will last for long, and can be used for other purposes. 

We do not have a certification. As small artisans, we are and will probably always be too small to afford having one (and if you know the system, you understand why we keep away from it)

Most of our shipping materials are recycled or come from sustainable cardboard, but we keep an eye on new, better options.

In Malta

We are members of the panel of the Malta Creative Collective an independent, collaborative, purpose-led movement that brings together like-minded creatives currently based in Malta.

We took part in collective exhibitions and collaborated with Fashion Revolution Malta. In 2019 we placed third at the Campari - Negroni 100 Art Competition , and second at the Maltese Artisans' Award for precious metals. 

In 2020 we had our first contemporary jewellery solo exhibition, Southern Depths and Northern Lights, inspired by the suggestions of the Northern and Southern Pole.

From 2021 we are in the Maltese section of the Homo Faber Guide edited by the Michelangelo Foundation  .

In 2022 we were among the winner of the WORTH Partnership Project with our experimental jewellery collection and kit OPTO. With OPTO we took part in the Fuorisalone of the Milano Design Week 2023.