Everything we make must pass the forest test before it is completed. Interview for Romanian Jewelry Week with Papier Langackerhäusl

With very little digital technology and a deep connection to natural materials, Ralf Stauss and Edward Richardson, founders of Papier Langackerhäusl, give themselves time to observe, experiment and let ideas develop.

They transform natural materials into paper jewellery, using cellulose and latex to give their pieces water resistance while preserving their organic character. This year, they bring their Fossil collection to Romanian Jewelry Week, a body of work inspired by nature and shaped by a traditional papermaking technique they learned in Japan from master papermaker Hatano Wataru.
 

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