Tidework Collection

Tidework begins with a strand of pearls that's already lived a life. The necklaces are sourced one at a time, vintage and intact, sometimes for the character of the pearls and sometimes for nothing more specific than a feeling that the strand had another version in it. Each one is restrung in silk by Catherine and rebuilt around the strand it came from — old findings kept where they still hold, new ones welded in where the diamonds will hang. The floating stones are chosen for these specific pearls and no others.

The floating diamond technique runs through every piece. Stones are laser-drilled through the table and suspended directly through the chain, with no prong or bezel between the diamond and the light. Applied to a contemporary chain, the technique reads as architectural. Applied to a vintage pearl strand, it reads as a conversation between two centuries — the soft, organic surface of an antique pearl beside the cool geometry of a modern stone. That contrast is the premise of the collection.

Every Tidework piece is one-of-one. The strand is sourced once and the stones are set once; when a piece sells, it goes with the strand it was built around.

Pieces release as they're finished.