Silversmith and sculptor, Patrick Mavros has lived in Zimbabwe all his life. Living near elephants, giraffes and baboons, inspired his new African themed jewellery collection. Even though he is one of the most elite and famous jewelry designers in the world, he makes sure to spend half of his time in his workshop.

With his home and studio overlooking Umwimsi Valley, Mavros makes sure that every silver jewelry piece designed under his brand has a part of his native land in it. Even after working for 35 years, he still makes sure he is up and working in the workshop making sure the quality of all the jewellery pieces is not compromised.

It all started when he carved a single pair of earrings for his wife. Since then, he has brought back the age old lost-wax technique, where each mould is only used once because it has to be broken open to reveal the final silver piece inside. Though, Mavros has extended his range and refined his technique, he is always focused on getting the basics right and for him, basics start with integrity, hard work, reliability and good service. By drawing the world’s attention towards the beautiful African animals, he wants to preserve wildlife for generations to come.

While Patrick has been living permanently in Africa, his work has taken him all over the world. He has studied wild turkeys in North America, Saker falcons in Arabia and northern wolves in Moscow. He has also studied the deep blue oceans which inspired the sea urchin range created by his son Forbes and daughter-in-law Katie

He is currently working on his new collection which is inspired by the Ilala palm tree. He wants his jewelry pieces to achieve the same calmness and delicateness of the tree. Though the tree has a very delicate trunk, the elephants never try to push it over. Instead, they nudge it to get the fruits out. Mavros will be using golden kernels and semi-precious stones to depict the fruits on the tree.

Mavros works with his four sons and his clientele includes Kate Middleton, Bruce Springsteen and the King of Spain.