About the brand
Susana Barbosa Jewellery is driven by a search for balance between form, meaning, and permanence. Founded by Susana Barbosa, the brand explores contemporary jewellery as an extension of personal identity — pieces designed to accompany everyday life and endure over time. Each collection emerges from a sensitive observation of space, the body, and the relationship between fullness and emptiness, reflection and materiality. The creative process unfolds through drawing, hands-on experimentation, and close attention to detail, resulting in minimalist jewellery with character and presence. Produced in small series, SBJ pieces prioritise durability, material quality, and a conscious approach to production. We believe jewellery should be more than an object — it should carry intention, memory, and meaning.
About the designer
Susana Barbosa Jewellery is driven by a search for balance between form, meaning, and permanence. Founded by Susana Barbosa, the brand explores contemporary jewellery as an extension of personal identity — pieces conceived to accompany everyday life and endure over time. Each collection emerges from a sensitive observation of space, the body, and the relationship between fullness and emptiness, reflection and materiality. The creative process unfolds through drawing, hands-on experimentation, and close attention to detail, resulting in minimalist jewellery with character and presence. Produced in small series, SBJ pieces prioritise durability, material quality, and a conscious approach to production. We believe that jewellery should be more than an object — it should carry intention, memory, and meaning.
Contemporary jewelry designed to last, both on the body and over time.
Inspiration
Susana Barbosa’s inspiration emerges from the observation of space and form. Minimalist architecture, with its refined lines and quiet rhythms, intersects with the colours of the city of Porto — restrained tones, weathered materials, Atlantic light. Between simplicity and sophistication, each piece seeks balance: the essential, without excess, designed to exist naturally on the body and in everyday life.
Practice and Experimentation
The practice of the brand is shaped by the designer’s training and a process of continuous experimentation. Alongside the development of the collections, Susana Barbosa leads workshops and projects related to jewellery and design, maintaining an ongoing investigation into materials, techniques, and alternative combinations. This experimental dimension is reflected in the pieces, where research and handcrafted practice move forward side by side.
Materials & Creative Process
The work of Susana Barbosa Jewellery is rooted in a direct relationship with material. Silver and brass are established as base metals, chosen for their resistance, malleability, and ability to endure over time. These are joined by resins and other materials, explored as elements of contrast and experimentation. In parallel, Susana Barbosa’s practice also unfolds within an experimental and artistic territory, where the reuse of everyday materials plays a central role. Materials often considered discarded are incorporated into the creative process as a way of questioning value, function, and permanence, giving rise to unique pieces, developed outside a logic of repetition or series. Through jewellery, these elements are reinterpreted, acquiring new readings and meanings. The exploration of alternative combinations, mixed techniques, and handcrafted processes is part of an ongoing investigation, in which each piece emerges from a dialogue between material, form, and gesture. More than a starting point, materials become active agents in the process, influencing decisions, rhythms, and outcomes. Within this approach, jewellery emerges as a territory of conscious experimentation, where material research, handcraft, and attention to detail move forward side by side.
