The Women Who Make
Inside the small Ubud workshop where our brooches are cast — by hand, one at a time.
February 22, 2026·6 min read
Down a side street off Jalan Hanoman, behind a green door and a flowering hibiscus, is a single room with three wooden tables and a small electric kiln.
This is where the Leo brooch is cast — in lost-wax, by Made and her two daughters. The piece begins as a sketch on tracing paper, becomes a wax positive, becomes a plaster mold, and finally — after an afternoon at 900 degrees — becomes brass.
Each one is finished by hand. No two are exactly the same. They are heavier than you expect, smoother than they look, and meant to be worn on the lapel of a heavy coat or pinned to the strap of a small leather bag.
We have ordered two hundred for the season. When they are gone, we will commission a new run — but not the same one.
