A quick glance at my family history will unearth a solid
line of scrupulous business people and crack finance gurus but
unfortunately for me, neither monetary savvy nor superior mathematical
prowess are hereditary genetic traits. Thankfully the buck of financial
fecklessness has seemingly stopped with me, seeing that the words
“fiduciary responsibility” actually mean something to everyone else in
my family.
One of my dear aunts has married her gift of commerce with her
insatiable passion for art and fine jewelry when she started her own
jewellery line. Jakarta native, Utty Wakkary began her foray into
jewellery in 2002, when she dabbled in designing and producing fine gold
jewellery under her eponymous label, Utty Jewellery. Without
compromising her duties as a devoted mother to four children, she
produced earrings, bracelets, and necklaces that won her favour with the
upper echelon of Jakarta society through word of mouth. Utty Jewellery
began winning national design awards for modern and contemporary design;
soon enough, word of her art spread to foreign shores, and she never
looked back.
Kinetic energy turned into full-on momentum when GianaMayra was launched
in 2010. A spinoff jewellery line that specialises in pearls and
precious stones set in silver, GianaMayra designs gravitated towards the
whimsical and playful. Products in the line are rich with details that
reward those who appreciate the art, and no two copies of the same
design exist. Materials such as semiprecious stones, pearls, and druze
are sourced from all over the Indonesian archipelago and lovingly
assembled by a team of local master silversmiths.
