Last summer I had the chance to visit Katie g. Jewellery studio in the beautiful Lindengasse Street in Vienna. The blue storefront in this nice yellow building is the entrance to Katie's gallery and studio space. Katie shares the space with Katharina Schmid, another jewelry designer, and the Atelier Lindengasse is a perfect mix of a store and jewelry studio.

A huge window provides natural light into the modern, clean space. In the gallery space you find custom cases, with built drawers that have necklaces hanging from the beautiful fixtures. On one corner of the room you can see the custom made bench, which is a perfect way to let the clients see the work that is being done by the designer.

Katie is an Austrian transplant from the UK. She was born in Cornwall in England and moved to Vienna when she was 5 years old. She pursued jewelry design at the Goldschmiedeakademie - Wien where she learned her technical skills, only to perfect them further at the renowned Alchimia Scuola di Gioielleria Contemporanea in Florence. The contrast between both of her jewelry training in Vienna (very technical) and in Florence (contemporary design) encouraged her to explore new and organic shapes, with a special appreciation for irregular shapes which influence Katie's designs.

Katie developed a concept, which she has trademarked, called the Ring Casing ©. As the name indicates, is a casing of two rings that you can use with a third ring in the middle. The idea came up when she got engaged: her engagement ring is a beautiful solitaire that belonged to her husband's grandmother. Thinking that she would want to add more volume to the existing engagement ring she came up with the casing rings and it proved so popular that she developed them into a permanent feature on her collection.

As I go around taking photos of the space and the jewelry it's evident that Katie draws inspiration from nature and organic shapes. There are some beautiful stack rings, with many different shapes, the cuffs and bracelets with diamonds and different patinas. Some of her rings are inspired from her childhood spent at the beach collecting seashells and other natured made objects. Another thing that I notice and that I love seeing in jewelry studios are the boxes and recipients jewelers use to keep their burs or small objects. Katie has a couple of them that I cannot resist to take photos.

And even though this is not jewelry related, I can't help to notice that Katie has the sneakers that I wanted and couldn't find cause they sold out. So sorry guys, I had to take a photo, because she looked really good on them.

So if you're on your way to Vienna remember to go visit Katie G and enjoy her beautiful studio, her gallery space and jewelry.