BUUNT Jewellery is a bespoke jeweller founded in 2012. Their unique name is a combination of two German words that capture their philosophy: Bunte – meaning colourful, and Bund – signifying a union, or a connection. And just as this hybrid of two words signifies a union of craft and colour, so it is with Buunt, whose singularly unique pieces are a beautiful blend of art, craft and imagination. 

            Buunt’s history tells a story of the search for a unique technology to create a counterbalance and alternative to the mass production that dominates even the highest of high end luxury jewelled gifts. And in doing so, also ensure the craft and means for highly complex jewellery continues; stopping it from falling by the wayside as so many other artisanal skills have faded away in the face of automation and mass production.

            Buunt’s founder, Vitaliy Astakhov, is passionate about keeping alive those crafts that have lost ground to less precious and more homogeneous products. The market may be flooded with jewellery made by machines, aided and abetted by global advertising campaigns, but Buunt offer something that can only ever be made by hand, eye and an artist’s vision.

            The medieval Japanese art of mokune-gane is at the heart of Buunt’s mission. This art form, which was itself on the verge of extinction, uses a form of metal diffusion, where layers of metals, and in the case of Buunt, are overlaid and hammered under heat to produce a new and beautiful material. A new metal that is as unique as a human fingerprint or the cornea of an eye. And, of course, uniquely beautiful too.

            Buunt offers the opportunity to both surprise and astonish not only the receiver of their truly beautiful gifts, but also anyone who catches a glimpse of these stunning pieces worn or used by their owners. Even the most knowledgeable jewellery connoisseurs have been astonished by Buunt’s pieces.  

It’s long been recognised that memories have the power to move us in ways that can’t always be readily explained. And these memories can trigger senses in our brain that can recall, among other things, scents, places, faces of loved ones now lost to us, and long forgotten names. These memories are, by their very nature, powerful and precious. And just as memories work in such mysterious ways, so too do objects. Long lost childhood toys or precious gifts from a loved one now miraculously rediscovered also trigger memories that warm and embrace us.

         This is what we want our jewellery to do for you. To create memories that will always make you feel good whenever you wear or hold one of our beautiful creations. And who wouldn’t want such happy memories to always be close at hand?

         Inspired by nature, just as the ancient Japanese artists who created ‘mokume-gane’ were, we at Buunt are a world leader carrying on the near forgotten craft of melding precious metals with heat and hand to produce something completely new. And absolutely unique.

         Which is why we at Buunt use it as the basis for all our handcrafted unique jewellery.

         And because we know you’re looking for something rare, something that simply isn’t found elsewhere, all our pieces are unique. For no two mokume-gane creations can ever look alike. Like your fingerprints or your iris, every piece you own will be unique to you. Nobody will hold or wear anything resembling your own Buunt jewellery. Our artists and craftsmen leave their own vision permanently embedded in their work, and like all artists it’s their human touch that separates their work from those made by an automated machine. Vincent van Gogh made many versions of his Sunflowers painting, but each is different from the others because of his human artistry and temperament. And so it is with Buunt jewellery.  

         Our distinctive and rare collection of 18 karat gold mokume-gane designs, each hand-crafted and polished to the highest classification, is unrivalled anywhere. Unique. Rare. Beautiful. And endlessly fascinating to both its wearer and the observer.

            Come see, and let Buunt bring light into this often dark world of ours. And who doesn’t need the golden aura our pieces will bring into your life?