I like the pause that tea allows
I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.
I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.
I made two rings for myself and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields and they essentially bought them off my hands. Those were originally made in New York. There wasn't craftsmanship, there was just manufacturing, and I wasn't interested in doing that. My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.
My inspiration is love and history.
Design and the urgency to preserve it - not as a museum relic, as a living experience. And for me, something that lives alongside mass-produced goods. I'm not saying get away from it. My battle is there is a marketplace for what people wear and what they eat and care about how things are made and not just that they were made, and that's the core focus. I know where things come from, I know their families. I do that throughout my life - I know who makes my suits, and I know where my eggs come from. Everyone and everything is accounted for and has accountability.
I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.
I love driving in the city at night.
I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.
My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.
I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.
