Using only recycled gold and ethical diamonds, she maintains the importance of responsibly sourcing her materials as she crafts each piece in its entirety in her San Francisco studio.
Developing her own style and design organically over the course of her training, Tura Sugden crafts jewelry with goldsmithing as beautiful as the design and stone itself.
She learned to work with a traditional German blowpipe for soldering, a daunting new skill to learn. Through full immersion training she perfected the art and now uses it for most of her work. At one with the intuitive and natural process she works on a smaller scale, bringing the beauty of her ideas to life in every detail.
By blending traditional techniques that are no longer widely used with her own creative style and influence, Tura Sugden crafts unique works of art as unique as they are beautiful. Each completed piece is a celebration of every element in her jewelry.
Tura Sugden
Jewelry Artist
Classically trained in both goldsmithing and fine art, Tura Sugden has a unique approach to fine jewelry design and a traditionally rooted execution.Using generations-old hand building techniques, each setting is crafted from solid gold. Rolled, pulled, extruded, sawn, filed, sanded, soldered, and cut until each stone has a protective space. The studio produces only one-of-a-kind and small-production collections, with an emphasis on sustainable and responsible practices.
