Contemporary jewellery designer Ines Gerard Cuesta sees jewellery design as a form of storytelling and is driven by the thought of jewellery being more than only a beautiful object. She draws inspiration from her French and Colombian heritage to design and handcraft timeless, artisanal jewellery in bronze, brass, silver, and gold.
Ines founded Ines & Litza in 2020 as an ode to her ancestors, who are memorialised in the rings, pendants, and earrings that make up the brand's collections. Indeed, Litza is an imagined spirit; the indigenous Colombian wife of Ines's ancestral grandfather, whose name was never written but whose lineage is still alive today.
The aesthetic of each piece, influenced by the jewels of past civilizations, as well as pre-Columbian goldsmithing, mixes irregular textures with simple lines. Every piece from Ines & Litza is lovingly handcrafted in Ines's small studio and she completes each stage of the jewellery-making process herself—from carving or forging, to casting and stone-setting.
