With a jewellery collection distinguished by its individuality, it is Bouwen’s balancing of structure and detail that lends her work a simplicity, unearthing meaning in restraint. Working with precious metals in different shades of gold – think of her champagne-tinted gold which acts as the perfect match for skin tones -, the Antwerp-based designer combines craftsmanship with an ethical backbone to embrace both quality and character.

A labour of love she runs together with her sister Inge, both sisters draw on a childhood spent in Antwerp’s diamond and jewellery field, harnessing their joint beliefs in the importance of love and friendship to create jewellery that is both intimate and intriguing. To have something engraved in mind.