'Jewellery without illusion" is our guiding principle. It means creating pieces that contain something real rather than just a perception of value. The result is jewellery that is genuinely rare and - that most elusive trait for personal items - full of meaning.
We live in a globalised world that erodes the concept of rarity. Nothing is unobtainable. Little is irreplicable. From art to diamonds, the things we traditionally treasured are now often conceptual in the division between artificial and real.
This backdrop provides a telling filter to the objects we value most. The things made by human hands, held against time within the earth, take on a new significance. Ancient artefacts are precious and finite. In particular ancient jewellery holds the greatest story ever told. It is the story of our survival - not by war and conquest but by our search for love, attachment and meaning. What could be more uniquely human?
Like Chinese porcelain or Renaissance sculpture, historic jewellery is a limited resource of something profoundly meaningful: the human spirit, materialised. Each Kapistree piece contains such an artefact, selected from our collection for its aesthetic and artistic quality. Presenting them in a wearable, modern design connects the experience of purchasing art with something deeply personal - the signifiers we will wear, or gift, to represent ourselves.