{"title":"Azuni London","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFrom a professional kitchen to a jeweller's bench\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAshley Marshall began his career as a chef in some of London's better kitchens, The Dorchester, The Ivy and Le Caprice among them, where combining unlikely things into something coherent becomes second nature. He applied the same instinct to jewellery, founded Azuni London in 1995, and has been at it ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe interest started on his travels in South America, where he took an ethnographic approach to indigenous craft, and continued through three years studying at the Sir John Cass faculty in London. What came out of it is a design philosophy he calls Urban Tribes: ancient artforms put alongside contemporary fashion, with no trademark house style, deliberately. Pieces are hand-textured, beaded, engraved and oxidised, in semi-precious stones and 24ct gold plate, with the sort of detail that rewards a closer look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe beadwork is made by a co-operative of Mayan artisans in Guatemala, and a share of every purchase goes to the local charity Pueblo a Pueblo, which supports children's education in rural communities there. Azuni has stayed deliberately small, producing in limited runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe work has been carried by Galeries Lafayette and Le Bon Marché, and Paul Smith, Jigsaw, Whistles and Emanuel Ungaro have all commissioned collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFind Azuni in our \u003ca href=\"\/en-gb\/collections\/jewelry\"\u003eJewellery\u003c\/a\u003e collection and the \u003ca href=\"\/en-gb\/collections\/gifts-for-her\"\u003eGifts for Her\u003c\/a\u003e edit, or see the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/en-gb\/collections\/british-makers\"\u003eBritish brands\u003c\/a\u003e. Have a browse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0039\/0728\/9206\/collections\/azuni-london-jewellery-brand-brix-and-bailey.jpg?v=1787930649","url":"https:\/\/www.brixbailey.com\/en-gb\/collections\/azuni-london.oembed","provider":"Brix + Bailey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}