Christian Hemmerle: Our Pieces Are Defined By Craftsmanship And Quality

Pieces by the German brand Hemmerle don’t really fit into any particular defined category of jewellery. On the one hand, it’s rightfully classed as high jewellery art: Hemmerle’s work successfully sells at huge global auctions, is exhibited at famous galleries and enters the collections of jewellery experts and aficionados. The name Hemmerle can be found at the top of the world’s jewellery ranking tables. On the other hand, the total non-conformism of the brand has shocked and surprised: sometimes it seems as if Hemmerle is teasing the prim, traditional jewellery world. It’ll make brooches peppered with diamonds that look like mushrooms, or fix a huge sapphire to a frame made of brass or wood and steel…

Now the maison is a fourth generation family business run by Christian Hemmerle and his wife Yasmin. Representing J&W Magazine, I met Christian Hemmerle at the Masterpiece exhibition in London.

All images are courtesy of Hemmerle