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<\/p>\n\u201cI arrived in Ibiza by chance and fell in love with it,\u201d Natasha Collis recalls as we sit in the 400-year-old building which is now her workshop and jewellery store near the church in San Miguel.<\/p>\n
She already had a successful jewellery design business in London \u2013 with her delicate and intricate pieces being stocked in world famous stores including Liberty\u2019s in London and Barney\u2019s in New York, to name a few.<\/p>\n
Natasha, who hails from north London, has retail in the blood. Her grandmother founded Browns fashion boutiques in London and her parents, Molton Brown, the British fragrance brand.<\/p>\n
But she found her own direction. There was something about the island that draw her to move with her two-year-old son and to open her first and only shop and website.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said to myself if I\u2019m going to to do it (open a store) I want to have the space and quietness to be creative. The location was really important and also love the idea that people find the shop by chance while on holiday, almost by chance, and then they learn that everything is handmade and created in the studio. The store itself is really beautiful, it really spoke to me \u2013 and that is really important for the creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n
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She explains it used to be a post office and also a police station; \u201cYou can still see the original hooks where the police hung their bicycles from the beams.\u201d<\/p>\n
She used interior designer Olivia Lichtig for the decor, choosing cabinets in keeping with the history of the building, choosing pieces that have a story and blended with the centuries old walls.
\nNatasha\u2019s designs are all unique and made by her own hands on the premises \u2013 amid the sleepy mountains of north Ibiza.
\nShe describes her jewellery as sustainable as she uses recycled gold and ethically mined stones.<\/p>\n
Everything is made from 18 carat gold and from precious stones such as diamonds, emeralds and sapphires \u2013 and she has developed her own technique to create a unique style of jewellery, from rings, to bracelets, necklaces, to bangles.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shape gold, each piece of gold,\u201d she explains and described the basis of her work as creating nuggets. \u201cWhen you see a real nugget from a river, it has been shaped over the years where the water has smoothed it all down in a very organic way. I create that for myself \u2013 that is my signature \u2013 with diamonds set into it very delicately or often larger stones. It is a technique that I have created which I shape gold in that moment but then it can take hours to actually get that shape right. I make the shape of the gold to harmonise with the shape of the stone. I love what I do and love creating these one off pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n
Natasha studied fine art back in London and wanted to be a fine art painter but now feels she using her background to develop her jewellery designs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found my medium through jewellery \u2013 maybe I\u2019ll go back to painting, who knows. But I\u2019m really happy creating jewellery.\u00a0 I do feel more creative here. I don\u2019t think I have had ever had a block here, but I have had a block in London,\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s next for Natasha, well she is full of ideas for her jewellery but also making the most of the island she loves. \u201cIt\u2019s been a journey to get here, up and down, it hasn\u2019t always been easy but I still feel so lucky and privileged living here, and to be doing something that I love. I now have started to enjoying travelling a little more \u2013 but the great thing is when you return, you appreciate getting back to this beautiful island even more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t