Meet the origin of our emeralds - The Boyacá region of the Colombian Andes
On our way from Bogotá to the emerald mines of Chivor. While the distance is only about 180km of road it took us around 6 hours due to the curvy and bumpy roads across the Andes.
On our way from Bogotá to the emerald mines of Chivor. While the distance is only about 180km of road it took us around 6 hours due to the curvy and bumpy roads across the Andes.
Crossing the "Represa de Chivor" on our way to the emerald mines of Chivor.
Finally made it to the town of Chivor which is the closest town to the emerald mines. Can you find the emerald in the picture? ;)
Wandering around the rather isolated town of Chivor.
On our final meters to the emerald mines.
What in incredible landscape we encountered in this isolated area untouched by tourism.
Well, it was also pretty fun to get there :-)
Entering the first emerald mine in Chivor which is approx. 800 metres deep.
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Meet the origin of our jewellery - all handmade in our Bogotá workshop
Plaza de Bolívar - the main square of the Colombian capital of Bogotá which is surrounded by the capitol and the palace of justice.
Only a few blocks from Plaza de Bolívar is the so-called "zona esmeraldera" - an area with a high density of goldsmiths, setters, gemological institutes, polishers and everything you can imagine which is related to the jewellery and especially emeralds.
Zona esmeraldera.
Inside a gemological institute.
View of Bogotá.
Testing our recently acquired recycled gold for its components to guarantee that all our jewellery is made of recycled gold with a content of (at least) 18 ct.
Melting our recycled gold to breathe new life into vintage pieces and create some beautiful jewellery for you.
Melting our recycled gold to breathe new life into vintage pieces and create some beautiful jewellery for you.
Processing our melted vintage gold with a traditional jewellery rolling mill.
All our jewellery is completely handmade using traditional goldsmith techniques.
Hand filing our ring to bring into the desired shape.
Did we mention traditional goldsmithing techniques and machines? Look at this beauty from Germany - most likely to be found in a museum or in our Bogotá workshop :-)
There we go - our sparkling ring handmade of recycled 18 ct. gold which has been brought to a new life :-)
The final result after giving our rings a milgrain finish.
Oh - we forgot to mention that there are Alpacas to be found in Bogotá as we are in the middle of the Colombian Andes :-)
Zona esmeraldera in Bogotá.