LALAoUNIS

The art form of jewelry most likely predates any of the other art forms. Man's love for beautiful and shiny rocks is a base instinct we share with many other life forms, and jewelry was the first way we branched off from mere instinct and created art for pleasure's sake.

Iliac LALAoUNIS, a Greek designer,  takes the history of jewelry very seriously, and bases his entire collection on it. Using the most common historical motifs from each era, LALAoUNIS creates a line of jewelry for Paleolithic and Neolithic, Minoan and Mycenaean, Ancient Greek, Roman, and African/Nubian periods. His goal was to connect each of his pieces with a piece of history.

LALAoUNIS doesn't copy from artifacts. He rather sums up the main idea from each period, and interprets it into beautiful 22 and 28K Gold jewelry. You won't find many stones set into his pieces. He preferred to work with gold. You'll find small rubies and gems in the eyes of his animal head collection, and in some of his african inspired pieces, but rarely anywhere else.

His company continues to thrive under his four daughters, and they continue his mission to marry ancient art forms with contemporary flares.