K A D A L A S U
Pearl drop necklace · ₹2,84,000
N E E R V U
Layered pendant · ₹1,96,000
K A I T H I R I
Rose-gold bangle · ₹1,42,000
T H E M A L A B A R S E R I E S
Each piece is made once, in 22-karat, by four goldsmiths in Thrissur whose families have worked the same forms for six generations. Nothing in this collection will be made again.
K A D A L A S U
Pearl drop necklace · ₹2,84,000
N E E R V U
Layered pendant · ₹1,96,000
K A I T H I R I
Rose-gold bangle · ₹1,42,000
T H U L I R
Diamond line bracelet · ₹4,10,000
C H U V A D U
Woven chain bracelet · ₹1,18,000
K A A L A M
Gold dress watch · ₹3,26,000
A single Kadalasu takes eleven days. Nine of those are spent on the granulation — thousands of gold beads, each placed by hand and fused without solder, a technique that has not changed materially since the Chera period. There is no machine version of this. If there were, we would still not use it, because the small irregularities are the reason the surface catches light the way it does.
The collection is shown by appointment at our Kochi atelier, and travels to Mumbai and Bengaluru twice a year. Viewings run ninety minutes and there is never anyone else in the room.