Minimalist jewelry made in Brooklyn, NEW YORK
llayers™ is a sustainable unisex, minimalist & contemporary jewelry, crafted in Brooklyn, New York.
Every collection begins long before the first sketch. Images, architecture, sculptures, natural textures, and found objects are gathered into evolving mood boards. Shapes are refined through sketches before being sculpted by hand, allowing each design to emerge organically until balance and simplicity are achieved.
The jewelry is primarily made to order, helping to reduce overproduction and encourage a more considered way of creating.
Alongside the core collection, an upcycling line transforms existing materials into new forms, giving them a renewed life through design.
Everything is crafted in Brooklyn, New York with careful attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
Seen in Vogue, Elle, L’Officiel, Cosmopolitan.
SILVER
llayers™ uses recycled Sterling silver or 925 silver. This is the silver most often used in jewelry, pure silver being too soft.
BRASS
llayers™ use brass that is preferably recycled and lead-free.
GOLD-FILLED
It's a thick, solid layer of gold deposited around the metal base by a process combining pressure and heat.
Gold-filled is more resistant than gold-plated, and 5% of the jewel's weight must be gold.
It is much more resistant over time and is the best finish after pure gold.
This also makes it much more expensive than gold-plating.
llayers™ use gold-filled on primers that go directly on the ear, all necklace primers as well as chains.
VERMEIL
Vermeil is silver (or Sterling silver) plated with gold.
It is more expensive than gold-plated because the plating is thicker and the base of the jewel is a sterling silver jewel.
llayers™ uses vermeil on its fine rings and certain elements of necklaces and bracelets.
GOLD PLATED
Gold plating is a base (often brass, bronze or copper) coated with a layer of gold.
It's normal however than it can tarnish over time.
llayers™ uses gold plating on
bronze or brass, on its larger ring models and some pendant/necklace and earring elements.
GILDED
Fine gold-plated brass is a brass base onto which a thinh layer of pure gold is deposited.
llayers™ almost never uses gilding, but has a few fine gold-plated upcycling elements placed so as to rub minimally with the other
elements.
