OUR STORY
Years of our experience as jewelry artisans, the feeling for proportions, materials and technical possibilities, combined with the artistry of skillful craftsmen, merges with the oriental aesthetics of India. This is how HIRAN takes shape as a label for handmade jewelry and textiles
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In 2013 Sabine and Gustavo meet in Brazil. They travel through South America, making jewelry using simple tools and selling it on the street. Crafting beautiful products that are accessible to everyone is crucial.
Settling in Berlin in 2008, they started selling their jewelry in street markets, Flea Markets and Christmas Markets
In 2009 they travel to India. There they are intrigued by an infinite number of small craft businesses that work in traditional ways.
They meet Nitesh, who employs several families of craftsmen who make beautiful brass jewelry. The beads are cast in an old fashioned way using ancient templates and threaded on by hand. The posibilies for creativity are endless. The first jewelry collection is created: designed in Berlin - made in India. Over the course of several years, more small jewelry workshops were added, each specializing in their own techniques. Friendship with the artisans and production partners they meet in India grows, leading to the development of products in cooperation.
In 2016 Gustavo and Sabine fall in Love with Handblockprinting. The cooperation with Harish, the operator of a family business for block printing textiles, begins. He also employs a number of sewers who produce high quality textile products under good working conditions. The first hand-block printed gym bags are designed and manufactured.
HIRAN - traditional handcraft contemporary design
