The sense that no matter how big a statement jewellery makes, it doesn’t have to mean ostentatious wealth. Maha works in zircon and semi-precious metals, which makes her work affordable, but in no way compromises the extraordinary effort and craftsmanship that goes in to creating her jewellery. Some of her earring designs involve 1,500 individual stones. They can take a full week to create by hand. To be a child in Lebanon, a woman in modern London, to recover from adversity: it all takes humour, a need not to take oneself too seriously. And one sees this in all her work. The sense of mixing popular culture, wit and tradition is everywhere in Maha’s work. “I love that whole organic look, antique; trying to create something that looks incredibly old but with the edginess of today.” The gothic style is in the mix, and rock’n’roll, and punk, and trees, and romance and leaves and loss, but it all adds up to something striking and unique. Maha Lozi’s pieces can be found at Boutique 1, The Shop at Blue Bird, Shopbop, Avenue 32 and Young British Designers.