Bloom Earrings Greens

brass, sterling silver earring posts, multi-surface pigments

3 cm diameter, 3,7 g each

My work often begins with an exploration of surface—how it can grow, accumulate, and transform a form. I am drawn to processes in which making is not simply a way of realizing a predetermined design, but a way of discovering it.

Small individual elements come together to build larger structures, creating surfaces through repetition and accumulation. What may first appear as a detail—a point, a drop, a small reflection—can gradually become the form itself.

In these pieces, color becomes part of this exploration. Applied to individual elements, it creates rhythm, depth, and shifting relationships across the surface. The forms develop gradually through making, allowing unexpected connections between structure, surface, and color to emerge. This collection also marks the return of color to my work, becoming an integral part of how I explore surface and form.

Artist Bio:
Burcu Büyükünal graduated from the Department of Industrial Design at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 2003 and began working at the jewelry studio of Ela Cindoruk and Nazan Pak the same year. In 2009, as a Fulbright scholar, she completed her Master of Fine Arts degree in Metal at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Between 2010 and 2020, she taught product design, model making, and contemporary jewelry design at various universities. In 2011, she co-founded Maden Contemporary Jewelry Studio with Selen Özus.

In 2023, Büyükünal moved her studio to Göztepe, Kadiköy, where she continues her personal jewelry practice alongside Maden’s educational program. Combining a working studio and a small shop, the space brings together making, teaching, and direct encounters with her customers.