Atelier de Bijouterie · Lyon — since 2009
Liliana Gonin
Independent jewelry design, made by hand in Lyon since 2009.
Shop the Collection →CHAPTER I · THE MAKER
A studio of one name, one bench, one city.
I draw every piece at the same wooden bench I was given when I left the École de Bijouterie de Lyon in 2008. The brass arrives in sheets, the silver in grain; I saw, file, solder and set each stone by hand. What leaves the atelier is not a collection in the seasonal sense — it is a numbered object, signed on the back, made by a specific person in a specific place.
I work with brass, silver and semi-precious stones because they age honestly. They take a patina. They carry the years of the person who wears them. Nothing I make is plated, outsourced, or reproduced beyond forty pieces a year.
— Liliana Gonin, founder & maker
THE ATELIER
Twelve Capucins, Lyon — since 2009.
A four-person studio on the slope of the Croix-Rousse, in the old silk-weavers' quarter where the city's jewellers have worked for two centuries.
- Founded
- 2009, Lyon — by Liliana Gonin, École de Bijouterie de Lyon, class of 2008.
- The team
- Four people: two in-house goldsmiths, a workshop assistant, and a dedicated bespoke commissioner.
- Certification
- 'Artisan d'Art' certified by the Chambre des Métiers et de l'Artisanat, registration #69-2018-CM.
- Pieces shipped
- Over 6,200 numbered pieces sent into the world since founding.
- Bench time
- An average of eleven hours of handwork per piece.
CHAPTER II · RECENT PIECES
Recent Pieces — Spring Series, No. 12
Three works drawn this spring, each limited to forty editions for the year and signed on the reverse.
CHAPTER III · THE MODEL
Each piece is numbered, signed, and limited.
The studio does not run on a season. It runs on a number of editions — a fixed ceiling on every design, and a maker's signature on the back of each one.
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No more than 40 per design, per year
Once the edition is closed, the moulds are broken. The piece will not be made again — a deliberate scarcity that protects both the work and the wearer.
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Hand-numbered & signed
Every object carries its edition number and Liliana's signature on the reverse — proof that it was made at this bench, in this year, by this maker.
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Eleven hours of bench work, on average
No piece is cast in series. Each is sawn, filed, soldered, set and finished by hand — an average of eleven hours before it leaves the studio.
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Lifetime repair & re-finishing
Every piece shipped carries a lifetime repair and re-finishing guarantee. Bring it back to Lyon, or send it by post — we will return it to you, ready to wear again.
IN THE PRESS
- Vogue Italia
- Madame Figaro
- Wallpaper*
- Bijorhca Paris — Créateur 2022
“One of the small studios to watch — quietly sculptural work, made in editions small enough to know every owner by name.”
— Wallpaper*, Small Studios to Watch, 2024