Skin & Soul

Martine Hermans, creator of the Skin & Soul Jewelry brand, finds her inspiration in the imprints of skin, navel, scars or even bits of breasts, which she shapes into jewellery that carries an intimate story.

These jewels are timeless, almost metaphysical, they are passed on from generation to generation.

At the same time, Martine Hermans is developing a line called "Seeds", composed of jewellery made with the imprint of tree seeds. It was designed to remind us of our common origins (...) ...THE EARTH.

This collection consists of rings, earrings and choker. They are embellished with delicate maple leaf prints placed on thin gold and silver vegetalized rings. The entire collection is conceptualized and made in his workshops in Brussels.

The silver jewels are first title / 925 rhodium-plated to prevent oxidation of the metal. The gold jewels are in 18 crt. Each piece is stamped with the title and the Master.

"the enveloping, shifting shapes of my first pregnancy inspired me to make a cast of my belly; that taut belly button felt so strange that it had to be immortalized ...and this was the beginning of my umbilical and corporeal peregrination - freezing them in metal, hanging them around my neck or others' gave me a sense of a deep sharing of a common essence."