Spanish-born and based in Madrid, Esther Ortiz-Villajos makes jewelry that combines craftsmanship and technology. Her professional life as an architect informs her jewelry, which is directly influenced by the domain of geometry, the balance of form and function, and the control of structural and constructive processes carried to the object scale. The projects that she develops arise from a specific attraction toward a concept, whose essence she extracts in pursuit of obtaining coherence between ideas, materials, and techniques. She works freely, exploring the possibilities of each material and precisely controlling the processes, while enjoying the surprise that might come from the unexpected. The results are a fusion of coherence, precision, and expression.
Esther Ortiz-Villajos is part of Lalabeyou Gallery in Madrid, a group showing together at MAD About Jewelry.
