Isabel Guarch

Who is / What is

Palma Jewelry. It was founded in 1957 by the mother of the current Isabel Guarch in a small atelier in an apartment in Palma. Since 2005, with her daughter at the helm, she has launched collections inspired by traditional culture and the Balearic landscape.

Featured work

• Reial: six-piece capsule (18k gold, silver, diamonds, leather); Three pendants bear the real d'or of Mallorca with the legend Jacobus Maioricarum Rex Dei. Nominated for the Spanish Fashion Academy Awards, Best Jewelry and Accessories Collection (year to be verified).
• Buttoned: collection inspired by Majorcan buttons (date to be verified).
• Foners (2023): first men's collection, with his son Gonzalo; tribute to the Balearic slingers.
• The current website also cites a piece inspired by the Balearic sargantana.

Relationship with the office

• Job: Mallorcan jewelery and buttons .

History

• 1957: the mother founded the firm.
• 2005: the daughter takes the creative direction (according to the website; a directory says "about thirty years ago": check).
• 2023 (Sept.): presents Foners.

Why is indigenous design

It translates its own icons into jewels (medieval coin, clothing button, foners, sargantana). It is a luxury, not a job at risk: it is interesting as a bridge with the public and the press.

For the project

• Piece compared: traditional workshop button vs. Buttoned.
• Sponsorship or collaboration for an issue on Mallorcan jewelry.

Photos

 — Royal Pendant. © Isabel Guarch

 — Royal Bracelet. © Isabel Guarch

Sources

• isabelguarch.com/
• isabelguarch.com/es/todas-las-colecciones/reial
• mallorcadiario.com/la-mallorquina-isabel-guarch-nominada-a-los-premios-de-la-aca
• menorca.info/vips/quiosco-rosa/2023/09/17/2024535/esteban-mercer-entre-amigos-pr
• ultimahora.es/etiqueta/Botonada.html

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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