Every Alex Yuvero piece begins with a sketch. Not a digital render, not a CAD model — a drawing on paper, usually made at night, usually because something in the world refused to leave the mind alone. A particular stone, a particular reference, a movement that seemed worth translating into metal.

The studio is in Madrid. The pieces are made there, by hand, one at a time. That is not a marketing phrase. It is a description of the process: wax carving, casting, finishing, setting — each step done by the same hands that conceived the piece. There is no production line. There is no offshore casting. When you receive an Alex Yuvero piece, it has been touched hundreds of times by a single pair of hands.

The Collections

Each collection begins with a question that resists easy answers. The Bamboo collection asks what protection means when worn on the body — how an ancient symbol of shelter becomes a pendant, a ring, an earring. The Aerolite collection asks what it means to own something that fell from space — how you wear the fact that the stone in your hand is older than the planet. The Möbius collection asks about time — how a Roman symbol found in a third-century mosaic becomes a contemporary piece of jewellery that claims eternity for the person wearing it.

These are not decorative questions. They are the reason the collections exist.

The Materials

The base material for most Alex Yuvero pieces is 925 sterling silver — 925 parts per thousand silver, the standard for fine silver jewellery. Selected pieces are available in 925 silver plated in 24-karat gold: a layer of pure gold applied over the silver through an electroplating process that produces the warmth of yellow gold at a fraction of the weight and cost of solid gold.

All pieces in the standard collections are available in solid 18-karat gold on request — white, yellow or rose. The Diamond Bamboo and Diamond Nipples Torso are made exclusively in 18-karat gold, with white diamonds. These are made to order: a conversation, a sketch, a piece made for one person.

The stones in the Aerolite collection are real meteorites, sourced from Campo del Cielo in Argentina — an iron meteorite site where fragments have been found over more than 4,000 years. The stones in the Aragonite collection are natural baroque river pearls. The aquamarine stones are natural mineral beryl. None of these are simulated or synthetic.

The Process

The journey from sketch to finished piece typically takes between one and three weeks for standard catalogue pieces, and three to six weeks for made-to-order commissions. The process includes:

• Wax carving or modelling: the form is sculpted in wax before being cast. This stage determines everything — proportion, weight, how the piece will sit on the body.
• Lost-wax casting: the wax model is encased in investment plaster, burned out in a kiln, and replaced with molten metal. Each cast produces a single piece.
• Finishing: filing, sanding, polishing — bringing the surface to its final state. This is the most time-intensive part of the process and the one most responsible for the quality of the finished piece.
• Stone setting: for pieces with meteorite, pearl, or aquamarine, the stone is set by hand. Each stone is unique; each setting is made to fit that specific stone.
• Plating (if applicable): gold-plated pieces receive their gold layer after all finishing is complete.

Why It Matters

There are faster ways to make jewellery. There are cheaper ways. The reason Alex Yuvero does not use them is not nostalgia for craft. It is because the process is inseparable from the result. A piece made by hand carries the evidence of its making — in the slight variation in surface texture, in the way the stone sits in its setting, in the weight of the metal in the hand. These are not imperfections. They are the signature of the object.

If you have a question about a specific piece, how it was made, or whether it can be made in a different material, contact us at hello@alexyuvero.com.