ABOUT
CIUFOLI was founded by Giacomo Ciufoli as a contemporary art jewellery house.
Before jewellery, Giacomo trained in aviation. Flight taught him discipline, scale, and precision — but more importantly, it taught him how to read time. Time as distance, as pressure, as something measured, experienced, and respected. That understanding would later become central to his work.
Jewellery was not an immediate destination. It arrived gradually, through a growing fascination with objects that endure — materials shaped not only by craft, but by history, use, and human contact. What began as a study of structure became an inquiry into how matter holds memory.
Giacomo’s work is guided by a deep interest in time — geological time, human time, and the time carried by objects that pass from one life to another. This is reflected in his use of materials: gold and diamonds alongside fossilised woods, horn, meteorite, and other substances shaped long before the present moment. These are not chosen for novelty, but for their ability to hold narrative and permanence. Each piece is composed through Geometric Essentialism — a reduction to line, plane, and proportion. Negative space is treated as an active element, allowing light to enter the form and the body to complete it. The work is intentionally restrained. Nothing is added without reason.
All works begin as hand-drawn studies in the London studio, where proportion, balance, and movement on the body are resolved. They are then realised in Italy, where Giacomo works closely with master craftspeople to refine structure, setting, and finish. Precision is essential, but never decorative. Comfort, longevity, and quiet confidence guide every decision. Diamonds are selected for character as much as clarity. Inclusions are not hidden when they add depth; perfection is not pursued at the expense of authenticity.
Archival photograph — Giacomo’s grandparents with his father and aunt in Rome — an early imprint of place, architecture and time. The photograph speaks to personal memory behind the work. CIUFOLI is founded by Giacomo Ciufoli, and each piece is drawn in London and realised in Italy.