QuadO is the new jewelry collection made of stainless steel, brass & silver by freelance artist & jewelry designer Konstanze Prechtl.

Konstanze’s design process usually starts with a rough sketch and a paper model. This helps her to see how the whole thing could look in three dimensions. In the next step, she uses digital drawing programs to create the final designs. The models are cut out flat on the metal laser and then shaped by buckling. The pieces are then trimmed and further processed in Konstanze’s studio. Which means, they are filed and sanded, bent into shape and, if necessary, soldered or connected with ear studs. In the final step, the pieces are then powder-coated.

In the designs of the new collection, Konstanze has taken up a form that she has recently implemented in larger works (paintings, jewelry and objects): cuboids and cubes that are slightly cut and whose shape oscillates between two- and three-dimensionality.

“I’ve had the laser cut pieces made abroad so far, but I really wanted to do this myself – both to make everything locally as much as possible, and to experiment with different materials and sheet thicknesses. The Distributed Design Residency at Happylab has helped me further develop the jewelry collection by being able to work on the machines myself.”